College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Public Health, Preventive, and Industrial Medicine

Scope and Contents Collection contains annual reports filed with the College of Physicians of Philadelphia by the clerks of its Section on Public Health, Preventive and Industrial Medicine, 1920-1928. The reports list the programs and presentations of each year as well as the total membership of the Section and average attendance at each meeting. Most of the reports were filed by Alexander Heron Davisson.

Scope and Contents The collection contains annual reports, membership information, financial material, and proceedings of meetings, 1923-1952, of the Section on Public Health, Preventive and Industrial Medicine of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.The contents of folders 1 through 4 were originally in a single volume but disbound during processing. The records, maintained by Section clerks, consist of: an alphabetical list of members, 1923-1935; the Section's cashbook, detailing receipts,...

Scope and Contents The collection contains correspondence of the clerks of the Section on Public Health, Preventive and Industrial Medicine of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1967-1971, along with bank account statements and a check register, showing the financial situation and transactions of the Section. The correspondence, from clerks Samuel R. Moore, Jr., and Judith S. Mausner, describes the activities of the Section, the transition from one clerk to the next, and the reasons for the discontinuance...

Overview The Section on Industrial Medicine and Public Health was established by the Council and President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on 4 April 1917, at the request of thirty Fellows, including John B. Deaver, G, E. De Schweinitz, William W. Keen, John B. Roberts, and Alfred Stengel. The work of the Section was purely scientific and intended to present programs on matters of public and industrial health concerns, In 1923, the name of the Section was changed to the Section on Public...