This paper is drawn from a chapter of a forthcoming book on Canadian physician Maude Abbott. The excerpt explores how a prominent woman negotiated relationships during the early twentieth century. Abbott spent most of her career at McGill University in Montreal, as curator of its medical museum and as a researcher in congenital heart disease. Nonetheless her network of correspondents was vast. Engaging an approach the author calls ‘friendship archaeology’, the paper excavates Abbott's relationship with two powerful American physicians, Emanuel Libman and Paul Dudley White. Archival evidence turns up links with Nobel Prize nominees and winners, revealing how Abbott manoeuvred in that network.

本文摘自即将出版的关于加拿大医生莫德·雅培的书中的一章。摘录探讨了一位杰出的女性在 20 世纪初如何处理人际关系。雅培的大部分职业生涯都在蒙特利尔的麦吉尔大学度过，担任该大学医学博物馆的馆长和先天性心脏病研究人员。尽管如此，她的通讯员网络还是很庞大的。该论文采用作者称之为“友谊考古学”的方法，挖掘了雅培与两位强大的美国医生伊曼纽尔·利伯曼和保罗·达德利·怀特的关系。档案证据显示与诺贝尔奖提名人和获奖者的联系，揭示了雅培如何在该网络中操纵。