John M. Keating correpondence (unprocessed)
Collection
Identifier: 2002-002
Scope and Contents note
This is a collection of correspondence of John M. Keating, from 1891 and 1893. Most of the letters concern medical publishing and Keating's role as editor and as reviewer. Other topics include the Pan-American Medical Congress of 1893. Correspondents include William Osler, Charles Penrose, Judson Daland, J.M. Da Costa, W.B. Saunders, Charles Lea, and John Wanamaker.
Dates
- 1888-1893 1891-1893
Conditions Governing Access note
The collection is open for research.
Biographical/Historical note
John M. Keating (1852-1893) was Professor of Obstetrics in the Jefferson Medical College. He graduated with a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1873. He was Physician to Blockley Hospital and Lecturer on the Diseases of Children in the University of Pennsylvania. Keating was the editor of Cyclopedia of Diseases of Children, and contributed to a number of other volumes on obstetrics pediatrics. He was the editor of Archives of Pediatrics, the International Clinics, and the Climatologist, and was president of the American Medical Association Section on Diseases of Children.
Extent
0.4 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Accession number: 2002-02
- Title
- John M. Keating correpondence 1888-1893 1891-1893 2002-002
- Date
- 2012
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
- Sponsor
- This collection-level EAD record is a product of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) Consortial Survey Initiative, which was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
Contact:
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
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19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org
