[5] In 1937 he left for England on a fellowship at the National Institute for Medical Research, spending two years working in the laboratory of Henry H.
[5] On July 1, 1940, Harvey returned to Johns Hopkins as chief resident of the Osler Medical Clinic.
[8] The couple moved to Nashville, Tennessee where Harvey joined the faculty of Vanderbilt University's Department of Medicine as a resident.
[11] Harvey returned from the Pacific in 1945, and as an Army officer was assigned to Johns Hopkins hospital where he was to investigate the effects of the organophosphate nerve agents developed by the Germans.
[5] In December, at the age of 34, Harvey was named physician in chief at Johns Hopkins hospital, taking over from Warfield T.
[5] At the age of 34, he was the youngest person appointed to this position, and following the announcement he appeared on the cover of Time magazine.
[6] At Johns Hopkins Hospital, Harvey was the first to develop a research-based school of medicine in the United States.
[8] Harvey spend the remainder of his life on the history of clinical science, publishing several books on the subject.