William Ellery Hughes record of anomalies found in the dissecting room of the University of Pennsylvania
Item
Identifier: 10a 57
Scope and Contents
Two volumes of illustrations and descriptions of anatomical anomalies found mainly in the muscular, arterial, venous,
nervous, and osseous systems of subjects dissected at the University of Pennsylvania during the 1878-1879 and probably
the 1879-1880 academic sessions.
Dates
- circa 1878 - 1880
Creator
- Hughes, William Ellery (Person)
Biographical / Historical
William Ellery Hughes was born on 9 October 1857 in Phoenixville, Pa. He received both his M.D. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1880. His medical thesis was on the placenta. At Commencement Hughes received the Anatomical Prize for best record of anatomical anomalies found in the dissecting rooms. He set up private practice in Philadelphia, where he became a Consulting Physician to Philadelphia General, Presbyterian, and Miseriacordia Hospitals
and Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia. Dr. Hughes was a Fellow of the American Medical Association and was elected to the Fellowship of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on 2 Nov. 1892. Hughes died in Philadelphia on 16 Mar. 1944 of arteriosclerotic cardiopathy.
H. Lenox Hodge was born in Philadelphia on 30 July 1836 to Hugh L. and Margaret (Aspinall) Hodge. He married Harriet Roosevelt on 7 Jan. 1869. Hodge died on 16 June 1881 in Philadelphia. He received his A.B. in 1855, and A.M. and M.D. in 1858 from the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating, he was a Resident Physician at the Pennsylvania Hospital (1858-1860). Hodge set up private practice in Philadelphia in 1860, eventually specializing in surgery and the diseases of women. During the Civil War, Hodge served as a Surgeon to Satterlee Hospital in Philadelphia (1862). He was a member of the Pa. Reserve Corps of Surgeons, and was Pension Surgeon to the U.S. Sanitary Commission. A gifted speaker, Hodge was quite successful as a private lecturer on operative surgery. Together with Drs. Bolling and J. Cheston Morris, he founded a quiz association for medical students in 1861. It became know as the Medical Institute, a namesake of Dr. Chapman’s organization, and lasted until 1872. Hodge served as a Demonstrator of Surgery (1861- 1863) at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1864 he became Surgeon to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The success of the Medical Institute prompted his appointment as Demonstrator of Anatomy (1870-1881) in the University of Pennsylvania. In 1872 he helped found the Presbyterian Hospital, and served as its first Surgeon. Hodge was a member of the American Medical Association, Philadelphia County Medical Society, Philadelphia Obstetrical Society, and Philadelphia Pathological Society (President, 1876-1879). He was elected to the Fellowship of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in April 1863.
H. Lenox Hodge was born in Philadelphia on 30 July 1836 to Hugh L. and Margaret (Aspinall) Hodge. He married Harriet Roosevelt on 7 Jan. 1869. Hodge died on 16 June 1881 in Philadelphia. He received his A.B. in 1855, and A.M. and M.D. in 1858 from the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating, he was a Resident Physician at the Pennsylvania Hospital (1858-1860). Hodge set up private practice in Philadelphia in 1860, eventually specializing in surgery and the diseases of women. During the Civil War, Hodge served as a Surgeon to Satterlee Hospital in Philadelphia (1862). He was a member of the Pa. Reserve Corps of Surgeons, and was Pension Surgeon to the U.S. Sanitary Commission. A gifted speaker, Hodge was quite successful as a private lecturer on operative surgery. Together with Drs. Bolling and J. Cheston Morris, he founded a quiz association for medical students in 1861. It became know as the Medical Institute, a namesake of Dr. Chapman’s organization, and lasted until 1872. Hodge served as a Demonstrator of Surgery (1861- 1863) at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1864 he became Surgeon to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The success of the Medical Institute prompted his appointment as Demonstrator of Anatomy (1870-1881) in the University of Pennsylvania. In 1872 he helped found the Presbyterian Hospital, and served as its first Surgeon. Hodge was a member of the American Medical Association, Philadelphia County Medical Society, Philadelphia Obstetrical Society, and Philadelphia Pathological Society (President, 1876-1879). He was elected to the Fellowship of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in April 1863.
Extent
2 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Given to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on 20 May 1896 by Mr. Hugh Lenox Hodge. With bookplate of H.
Lenox Hodge, M.D.
Creator
- Hughes, William Ellery (Person)
- Title
- William Ellery Hughes record of anomalies found in the dissecting room of the University of Pennsylvania
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
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