Samuel M. Beale papers (unprocessed)
Collection
Identifier: 1990-136
Scope and Contents note
This is a collection of Dr. Beale's patient records, 1927-1965, in rough alphabetical order by patient name. These files include patient medical histories, correspondence with patients and other physicians, test results, photographs, and x-rays. The collection also includes several reprints by Beale, a copy of The Doctor Beale Book, and photographic illustrations for an article by Beale.
Dates
- 1927-1965
Conditions Governing Access note
Access to this collection is restricted; please contact the holding institution for details.
Biographical/Historical note
Samuel Marsden Beale, Jr. (1876-1965) practiced medicine for 60 years on Cape Cod. Beale received his bachelor's degree from Brown University and his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1902. In 1919 Beale became a member of the original staff of the Cape Cod Hospital in Hyannis and a trustee of the Barnstable County Hospital at Pocasset. His clinical interests included metabolic diseases and cancer. Beale published multiple articles on insulin and cancer. In 1933 he became a member of a correspondence club organized by De Forest Clinton Jarvis, who later published the best-selling Folk Medicine (1958); after the group ended, Beale sent out a series of communication letters on health matters titled "Letters to My People."
Extent
15.8 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition note
Provenance: Gift of Elizabeth S. Beale
Year acquired: 1990, 1996
Accession number: 1990-136 and 1996-035
Year acquired: 1990, 1996
Accession number: 1990-136 and 1996-035
- Title
- Samuel M. Beale papers 1927-1965 CoPSp.ACC497
- 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
library@collegeofphysicians.org
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org
