Wistar, Caspar
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1761 - 1818
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Caspar Wistar notes on the lectures of Joseph Black
Item
Identifier: 10a 12
Scope and Contents
Four volumes of notes on 118 chemistry lectures delivered by Joseph Black at the University of Edinburgh in 1784.
Dates:
circa 1784
Isaac Hiester letter to Samuel Jackson
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/143
Scope and Contents
Hiester recalls experience as student sent by Caspar Wistar to Germantown to report on outbreak of yellow fever among several families there, circa 1805. Letter describes physical situation of Germantown and location of houses of infected families.
Dates:
1821-08-24
List of physicians of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/218
Scope and Contents
Document, circa 1797, written in hand of Benjamin Duffield, listing twenty-one physicians who are members of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Reverse contains list, written in hand of Caspar Wistar, of twelve physicians who are not members of the College. Internal evidence indicates list compiled after William Annan became a member, June 1796, and before his death on 4 Oct. 1797.
Dates:
circa 1797
