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Midwifery

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Alexander Jackson notes on lectures from the University of Pennsylvania

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/196
Scope and Contents Alexander Jackson’s notes, 26 January through 27 February 1824, from lectures in Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania. Includes occasional diagrams and subject index. Lecturers include: Nathaniel Chapman on the practice of medicine, John Redman Coxe on materia medica, William Gibson on surgery, and William P. Dewees and Thomas C. James on midwifery. Includes occasional notes on Robert Hare on chemistry and Philip Syng Physick on anatomy.
Dates: 1824

Charles Michael notes on lectures from Washington University of Baltimore

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 378
Overview This collection contains two volumes of lectures notes of Charles Michael, a medical student at the Washington University of Baltimore, dating from 1829 to 1831. One volume covers notes from a course on midwifery taught by a Dr. Handy. The other volume contains notes from the theory and practice of medicine by J.H. Miller, M.D. Not much is known about Charles Michael. This collection was discovered during a survey in the summer and fall of 2015
Dates: 1829 - 1831

Henry Richard Smith medical notebook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/248
Scope and Contents Notes on lectures of Dr. [James] Blundell on midwifery, 1835, from Guy’s Hospital; examination questions on surgery; notes on symptoms and treatment of common ailments; and recipes. Several bills and recipes, some dated as late as 1884, laid in.
Dates: 1835 - 1884

Isaac S. Thompson notes on the lectures of Colin McKenzie

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 408
Scope and Contents note This is a volume of manuscript lecture notes entitled "Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery by Colin McKenzie, M.D." The notes appear to have been taken by Isaac S. Thompson. There are 22 lectures; topics include "Of the Structure of the Pelvis," "Of Conception and Touching," "On Abortion," "Premature Births," and "Preternatural Labor." The volume also includes several recipes for prescriptions.An inscription on the inside of the front cover dates the volume to 1784;...
Dates: 1784; undated

John Meigs, Jr. notebook

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/305
Scope and Contents Notebook, 1832, of physician John Meigs, including recipes, notes on various medical authors, and notes on midwifery lectures of R. D. Mussey at the New Hampshire Medical Institution.
Dates: 1832

Nathan L. Hatfield papers

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Identifier: MSS 2/213
Scope and Contents This small collection of Nathan L. Hatfield's papers, 1821-1826, documents his medical education and early career and personal interests. The collection contains notes on lectures from both the University of Pennsylvania and the first session of Jefferson Medical College. Also included are a few samples of Hatfield's writings, such as the draft of an application to the Managers of the Philadelphia Alms House for resident student status, essays, a eulogy on Samuel Williston Lebeau, and the...
Dates: 1821 - 1826

Notes on lectures from the Medical College in Boston

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Identifier: MSS 2/082
Scope and Contents Volume of notes taken by unnamed student at the Medical College in Boston [Harvard Medical School], 20 Nov. through 14 Dec. 1822. Contains notes on Jacob Bigelow on materia medica; Walter Channing on midwifery; John Gorham on chemistry; James Jackson on theory and practice of medicine; and John Collins Warren on anatomy.
Dates: 1822

Samuel Hutchins Notes on lectures from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital and physician's daybook

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Identifier: MSS 2/130
Scope and Contents Notes taken by Samuel Hutchins on lectures at Harvard Medical School and clinics at Massachusetts General Hospital, 1839 Jan. 10-1839 Feb. 5 (pp. 1-123), and Hutchins’ daybook from medical practice in Norton, Mass., 1841 Apr. 25-1841 Aug. 14 (pp. 124-129). Lecturers are: Jacob Bigelow on clinical medicine and materia medica; Walter Channing on midwifery; George Hayward on surgery; and John Ware on theory and practice of physic.
Dates: 1839 - 1841