Medicine -- United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783

Scope and Contents The collection contains four letters to Joseph Carson from the publishing firm of Lindsay Blakiston concerning the production and sale of Carson's A history of the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania. The collection also includes a letter containing resolutions made by the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania on the resignation of Joseph Carson in 1876. 1. Lindsay Blakiston. Letter : Philadelphia, Pa., to Joseph Carson, [Philadelphia, Pa.], 1868 Sept....

Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence John Morgan received from medical and political colleagues during the American Revolution. Correspondents include Williams Smibert, James Finlay, Edward Rutledge, William Eustis, Jonathan Trumbull, Benjamin Rush, and Waldron Dumond.

Overview This daybook contains medical observations and recipes from Philadelphia resident, Dr. Solomon Bush. The son of Mathias Bush, Dr. Solomon Bush practiced medicine around the time of the Revolutionary War despite not having any formal training. In addition to his medical case studies and remedy recipes, his daybook also includes a memorandum of his marriage to Ann, the daughter of Christopher Marshall on April 2, 1791. The announcement of the birth of his son, Nathan Marshall Bush, follows on...

Overview Thomas Bond was an American physician and surgeon. He was born May 2, 1713, in Calvert County, Maryland. In 1751 he co-founded the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first medical facility in the American colonies, with Benjamin Franklin, and also volunteered his services there as both physician and teacher. During the Revolutionary War, Bond helped to organize the medical department of the Continental Army. He established the first American field hospitals during the conflict. He was also a member...