Books:

Pitcock, Cynthia DeHaven and Gurley, Bill J, I Acted on Principle (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press), forthcoming.

Pitcock, Cynthia DeHaven, A Revolution in the Treatment of Tuberculosis: The Arkansas Experiment. In progress.

Pitcock, Cynthia DeHaven, Arkansas Winds: Poems from Home, (privately published), 1976.

Pitcock, Cynthia DeHaven, Treescapes: A Collection of Poems, illustrated by Tallie Moore (Houston, TX: Lantern Gallery) 1974.

Book Chapters:

Pitcock, Cynthia DeHaven, "Six Country Doctors, The Paris Hospital, Paris, Arkansas," in Silent Sentinels, for Mark Christ (ed.), (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press) 1999.

Pitcock, Cynthia DeHaven, "William Beaumont: Science and Medicine in 19th Century America." for Lois Magner (ed), Encyclopedia of Science, October 1997.

Pitcock, Cynthia DeHaven, William Beaumont, M.D. History of U.S. Medicine and Science, Marc Rothenberg (ed), Greenwood Press (forthcoming 1996).

Pitcock, Cynthia DeHaven, Proceedings of the International Society for the History of Medicine, "The Exchange Scientific Ideas Between Europe and Early America During the Early Republic," 1992, Granada, Spain.

Articles:

Pitcock, Cynthia DeHaven, "A History of the Old State House, 1910-1932." Researched and written by contract with the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, Department of Arkansas Heritage, May 1997.

Pitcock, Cynthia DeHaven and Gurley, Bill J., "I Acted from Principle:" Diary of Wm. M. McPheeters, CSA Surgeon, Missouri Historical Review, July, 1995.

Pitcock, Cynthia DeHaven. "William Beaumont and the Exchange of Scientific Ideas in the 19th Century," in Proceedings of the International Society for the History of Medicine, Granada, Spain, 1992.

Pitcock, Cynthia DeHaven and Clark, Richard B.. "From Fanny to Fernand: The Development of Consumerism in Pain Control During the Birth Process." American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology 167 (1992) 3, 581-587.

Pitcock, Cynthia DeHaven. "William Beaumont and Malpractice: The Mary Dugan Case, 1844." Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Science, 47 (1992) 2, 153-162.

Pitcock, Cynthia DeHaven. "Doctors in Controversy: An ethical Dispute Between Joseph Nash McDowell and William Beaumont." Missouri Historical Review, 60 (1966) 3, 336-349.

Pitcock, Cynthia DeHaven. "The Involvement of William Beaumont, M. D., in a Medical-Legal Controversy: The Darnes-Davis Case, 1840. Missouri Historical Review, 59 (1964) 1, 31-45.

Book Reviews:

Joseph, Peter, ed. The Wounded River: Civil War Letters of John Vance Lauderdale, M.D. in Literature and Medicine, 8 (1994) 2, 316-319.

Reginald Horsman, Frontier Doctor: William Beaumont, America's First Great Medical Scientist (Missouri Biography Series), in Missouri Historical Review, 1997.

PUBLISHED WORK PRESENTED BY OTHERS

"Sounds of Spring" Poetry by Cynthia DeHaven Pitcock, presented by the Little Rock Musical Coterie, Arkansas Performing Arts Center, March 13, 1996.

"From Fanny to Fernand: The Development of Consumerism in Pain Control During the Birth Process." presented by coauthor R.B. Clark, American Society for the History of Anesthesia, Atlanta, May 1994.

LECTURES AND PAPERS PRESENTED (selected list):

"Perils of Newness: Discoveries in Medicine from Vesalius to Harvey," University of Central Arkansas Baroque Festival, (2 hours) January 25, 1999.

"Six National Experiences in the Teaching of the History of Medicine" (Russia, Poland, Romania, England, Italy, and the United States), Organizer and Moderator of Panel Discussion, Annual Congress of the International Society for the History of Medicine, Tunis, Tunisia, September 8, 1998.

"An Early Battle in the Worldwide War Against Malaria: Arkansas 1914," Annual Congress of the International Society for the History of Medicine, Tunis, Tunisia, September 7, 1998.

"Change for the Sake of Change: History of the American Hospital," presented to the International Congress for the History of Medicine, Cos, Greece, September 4, 1996.

"Unction, Healing and Politics in the Early English Church," Public Lecture, Memphis, May 5, 1996.

"McPheeters Civil War Diary: Not for Want of Trying," American Osler Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, April 26, 1996.

"The Terminal Illness of the American Hospital: Medical Reform as a Political Issue," two combined journal clubs and the Medical Society of Memphis, January 9, 1996.

"The Development of Our Great Teaching Hospitals, University Journal Club and two guest journal clubs, Memphis, December 1, 1995.

"Buddy, Don't Let the Camp Surgeon Get His Hands on Me," noontime lecture for medical students, University of Tennessee School of Medicine, Memphis, November 29, 1995.

"Healing and Magic in the Ancient World," Panel Discussion, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, November 2, 1995.

"William Welch, M.D.: Reminiscence of His Career," American Osler Society, Pittsburgh, May 11, 1995.

"I Acted on Principle: Diary of Wm. M. McPheeters CSA Surgeon, Missouri Congress on History, Jefferson City, April 14, 1995.

"Tuberculosis and the Arts in Europe in the 19th Century," meeting of the National Board of the American Lung Association, Little Rock, March 3, 1995.

"A Revolutionary Treatment of Tuberculosis: The Arkansas Experiment, 1950-1993," VA-UAMS Medicine Ethical Grand Rounds, John McClellan Veterans' Administration Hospital, Little Rock, December 16, 1994.

"The Life and Diary of William McPheeters, M.D.," for three combined book clubs, Menlo Park, California, November 17, 1994.

"A Consuming Fire: The Struggle to Control Tuberculosis in Arkansas, 1950-1994," International Society for the History of Medicine, Glasgow, Scotland, September 8, 1994.

"The Sociology of An American Epidemic: Philadelphia Yellow Fever, 1796," VA-UAMS Medicine Ethical Grand Rounds, John McClellan Veterans' Administration Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, March 25, 1994.

Guest Lecturer, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, November 22-23, 1993.

"Who Poisoned Napoleon?" Medicine Ethical Grand Rounds, John McClellan Veterans' Administration Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, May 21, 1993.

"Time to Spend," a poem presented as poster, Society for Health and Human Values Annual Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, November 22, 1992.

"From Fanny to Fernand: The Development of Pain Control During Childbirth," Society for Health and Human Values Annual Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee, November 22, 1992.

"William Beaumont: Medicine and the Self-Made Man in 19th Century America," American Osler Society Annual Conference, San Diego, California, March 27, 1992.

"William Beaumont and the Exchange of Scientific Ideas in the 19th Century," International Society for the History of Medicine, Granada, Spain, September 5, 1992.

"Medicine in the Civil War," Medicine Ethical Grand Rounds, John McClellan Veterans' Administration Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, October 2, 1992.

"The History of Medicine as an Essential Component of Medical Training," Harding University, Memphis, TN. May 11, 1991.

"From Fanny to Fernand: The Development of Consumerism in Pain Control During the Birth Process," Grand Rounds, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan School of Medicine, November 8, 1990.

"William Beaumont, M.D.: Medicine and the Self-Made Man in Nineteenth Century America," presented at the XXXIInd International Congress for the History of Medicine, Brussels, Belgium, September 5, 1990.

"Proposed Humanities Curriculum as Part of Residency Training," paper presented at a conference: Ethics, Law and Humanities, University of Michigan School of Medicine, August 18, 1989. To be published.

"William Beaumont and Malpractice: The Mary Dugan Case, 1844." Society for Health and Human Values, Annual Convention, Chicago, November 10, 1988.

"Purge, Puke, Blister and Bleed: Medicine in Revolutionary America," Lecture presented at Medicine Grand Rounds, John McClellan Veterans' Administration Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, August 28, 1987.

Program of poetry from Arkansas Winds, by Cynthia DeHaven Pitcock, presented at the Arkansas Performing Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1982.

Half-hour interview and poetry reading on Arkansas Educational Television Network, 1981.

SPECIAL PROJECTS:

An Evening of Readers Theatre, "William Osler: Genesis and Genius of Modern Medicine," by senior medical students Cody Wright, Sara Shareef, and Chris Horan, followed by a lecture by Dr. Charles S. Bryan, Chairman of Internal Medicine at the University of South Carolina, "Osler: Inspirations from a Great Physician," University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, February 12, 1998.

Readers Theatre at Internal Medicine Grand Rounds, "William Osler: Genesis and Genius of Modern Medicine," by senior medical students Cody Wright, Megan Strother, and Chris Horan, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, April 30, 1998.

Luncheon for physicians and nurses who participated in the "Revolutionary Treatment of Tuberculosis: The Arkansas Experiment, 1950-1993," coordinated at UAMS Division of Medical Humanities, December 16, 1994.

Lecture-Recital for UAMS campus and general public, "George Gershwin, His Life, His Music, His Final Days," by Richard Glazier, national Young Artist Winner in Piano, February 17, 1994.

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