15. Physics laboratory, undated

Item — Box: 2, Volume: 4

Scope and Contents

From the Collection: The collection of Fred D. Weidman's papers, 1896-1933 contains student notebooks and papers; correspondence and reports concerning a 1926 survey on fungal disease; drawings and photographs; and some miscellaneous writings.

The bulk of the collection is concerned with Weidman's education, both in secondary school and in the Department of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Series 1 contains 28 volumes of student notes on many subjects. The notes from Weidman's medical school career concern bacteriology, chemistry, histology, and pathology, and generally represent subjects which he studied during his first two years in the medical program. The secondary school notebooks and related papers may have been retainedjby Weidman for use in preparation for the entrance examinations to medical school.

Weidman's later career is documented in the collection by two instruction manuals for pathology students used during Weidman's tenure as demonstrator in pathology in the University of Pennsylvania, circa 1909, and a survey which he designed and tabulated on the incidence of favus and ringworm and public health measures taken to treat the diseases in major cities in the United States and abroad.

The collection also includes nine pencil sketches and a sketchbook, both probably from Weidman's student days; nine photographs; and samples of his writings, including a poem, two addresses, and the draft of an article on the treatment of ringworm.