Wood, George B. (George Bacon)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1797 - 1879
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
George Bacon Wood financial records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/039-01
Scope and Contents
This small collection of George B. Wood's personal financial papers
documents his interests and activities in Philadelphia in the
mid 19th century. There is a small folder of financial correspondence (18451847)
including a letter (dated 15 May 1847) from Joseph Warrington
concerning lecture tickets for private pupils and an extract
from the minutes of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (dated
September 1846) concerning relinquishing loans to the College.The bulk...
Dates:
1845 - 1872
George Bacon Wood letters to Caroline Wood
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/039-03
Scope and Contents
This collection, spanning 1856 to 1858, consists of signed autograph
letters sent by George Bacon Wood to his wife, Caroline, while
she was visiting family in Greenwich, New Jersey. In these
letters, Wood describes the events at home in Philadelphia,
including his lectures at the University of Pennsylvania; the
visits of friends, family members, and students; the progress
of his latest book; and meetings of the College of Physicians
of Philadelphia. Other letters in the collection were...
Dates:
1856 - 1858
George Bacon Wood papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/039-04
Overview
The George Bacon Wood Papers collection documents George Bacon Wood’s professional and personal life from 1813 to 1870. Dr. George Bacon Wood was an accomplished physician and author, and also lectured at several medical institutions in the Philadelphia region. Materials located in the collection include correspondence, manuscript drafts, lecture notes, financial material, and some graphic material. The collection contains six series arranged by their relative size: “Correspondence,”...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1813-1870; 1793-1921
George Bacon Wood poetry
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/039-02
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a small assortment of George B. Wood's
poetry, 1820-1849. Folder 1 contains a fragmentary commonplace
book with two lengthy undated poems, one untitled, the other,
"The triumph of Morpheus" (pp. 19-30). The volume also contains
nine geometrical theorems (pp. 119126) based on Wood's studies
at the University of Pennsylvania in 1814.Folder 2 contains seven poems on friendship, 1820-1831, originally
written in albums of several individuals; Wood's...
Dates:
1820 - 1849
George Bacon Wood writings
Collection
Identifier: MSS 433
Overview
George Bacon Wood was born in New Jersey 1797 and received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1818. He was one of the founders of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1821, but resigned in 1835 to become Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy at the University of Pennsylvania. Later he became Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, a position he held until he retired in 1860. He died in Philadelphia in 1879.The George Bacon Wood writings are a small...
Dates:
1848; undated
Gove Saulsbury letter to George Bacon Wood
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/187
Scope and Contents
Saulsbury refers patient, Caleb H. Sipple, with indigestion to Wood’s care and describes case history and treatment, 11 Mar. 1851.
Dates:
1851-03-11
John Elsom notes on clinics from Jefferson Medical College and Pennsylvania Hospital
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/061
Scope and Contents
Volume of medical and surgical cases presented to students by faculty members at the clinic and hospital of
Jefferson Medical College and staff at Pennsylvania Hospital, 30 Sept. 1848 to 14 Feb. 1849. Entries contain
name and age of patient with description of the ailment and notes on treatment or prescription. There are
occasional follow-up studies of certain patients. Index to subjects included. Physicians presenting cases are:
Robley Dunglison, George Fox, W. W. Gerhard, Charles D. Meigs,...
Dates:
1848 - 1849
Notes on lectures from the University of Pennsylvania
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/131
Scope and Contents
Student notes taken in three different hands on lectures in University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Medicine, 1850-1862. Bulk of volume contains notes on lectures of George Bacon Wood on theory and practice of medicine, 1857, and William Pepper on theory and practice of medicine, 1861-1862. Other lecturers are: Joseph Carson on materia medica, 1851; J. F. Frazer on the steam-engine, 1850; William Gibson on surgery, 1851; Samuel Jackson on institutes of medicine, 1851, 1860, and 1861; and...
Dates:
1850 - 1862
Records of the National Convention for Revising the Pharmacopoeia
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3/001
Scope and Contents
The records of the National Convention for Revising the Pharmacopoeia cover the fourth meeting (1850) and the fifth meeting (1860).The records of the fourth meeting documents the labors and progress of the Committee
of Revision and Publication from 1850 to 1855. Included are
the committee's minute books; records of the distribution of
the Pharmacopoeia; a draft report on the committee's work sent
by George Bacon Wood to Harvey Lindsly, the secretary of the
National Convention,...
Dates:
1850-1855; 1858-1864
William Wood Gerhard papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/183
Scope and Contents
This small collection of W. W. Gerhard's papers, 1834-1845, documenting his education and early career, contains letters received and sent, some correspondence of his brother, lawyer Benjamin Gerhard, and a few receipted bills and miscellaneous items. The bulk of the collection is composed of letters sent to Gerhard, 1834-1837, from colleagues, many of whom studied with him in Paris, The letters, several in French, describe medical student life and conditions there. Included are letters from A....
Dates:
1834 - 1845
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