Samuel Hollingsworth Stout notes on the lectures of Hugh Lenox Hodge
Item
Identifier: 10a 376
Scope and Contents
Two volumes of notes on 54 obstetrics lectures delivered by Hugh L. Hodge from 7 Nov. 1842 to 18 Mar. 1843 at the University of Pennsylvania. Most of the rectos of leaves 1-31 of vol. 1 contain Stout’s pencilled annotations and lectures 1-12 bear pencil dates of 29 Oct. to 3 Dec. 1900. Stout may have been preparing his notes from Hodge’s course for the obstetrics course he never taught in the Medical Department of the University of Dallas.
Dates
- 1842 - 1843
Creator
- Stout, Samuel Hollingsworth (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Samuel Hollingsworth Stout was born in Nashville, Tennessee on 3 March 1822 to Samuel V. D. and Catherine (Tannehill) Stout. He married Martha M. Abernathy of Giles County, Tennessee, in April 1848; they had 4 sons and 3 daughters. Dr. Stout died on 18 September 1903 at his home in Clarendon, Texas.
As a child Stout was educated in the classical seminary school of Moses Stevens and received his A.B. from the University of Nashville in 1839. He studied medicine under Dr. R.K. Martin and his brother Dr. Josiah Stout, before attending the 1842-1843 session of the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania. After three years running a classical school in Elkton, Giles Co., Tennessee, Stout returned to Philadelphia to study medicine under Drs. W.W. Gerhard and Edward Peace. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1848. Stout went back to Tennessee to set up private practice, first in Nashville, then in Midbridge, Giles Co.
During the Civil War, Stout served as Surgeon, 3rd Tennessee infantry, in the Confederate army, beginning in 1861. In 1862 he was attached to the Chattanooga military hospital, and later was put in charge of all hospitals under Gen. Bragg. From 1863 to 1865 he was Medical Director of all the hospitals in the Confederate Army in the Dept. of Tennessee.
Stout was appointed Professor of Surgical and Pathological Anatomy at the Atlanta Medical College (1865-1867). In 1869, after a year spent in his native Nashville, Stout returned to Atlanta, Ga. During this time he was instrumental in creating the Atlanta public school system. In 1874 he moved to Roswell, Cobb Co., Georgia, where he began to treat female factory workers and develop an interest in gynecological cases. In 1881, Stout briefly resided in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 1882, Stout moved to Texas and set up practice in Cisco, Eastland Co., an impoverished rural railroad town. In 1893 a cyclone decimated Cisco prompting Stout to move to Dallas. In 1900, Stout helped found the University of Dallas Medical Department, later Baylor University College of Medicine (1902), and became President of its Board of Trustees. Although he never taught a course at the University, Stout assumed the title of Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics in 1901.
Stout’s medical writings focussed on presentations of cases. He also wrote about the Confederate Army and medical issues relating to the Civil War.
Always active in professional societies, Stout was a founder and Secretary of the Tennessee State Medical Society (1840s), President of the Giles County (Tenn.) Medical Society, and Secretary of the Georgia Medical Association (1872-1873). He also was active in the Atlanta Academy of Medicine and the Dallas County Medical Society (1890s-1903).
Hugh Lenox Hodge, obstetrician, son of Hugh and Mary (Blanchard) Hodge, was born 27 June 1796 in Philadelphia, Pa. He married Margaret E. Aspinwall on 12 Nov. 1828; they had seven sons. Dr. Hodge died on 26 Feb. 1873 in Philadelphia, Pa. Educated at the College of New Jersey (Princeton; A.B 1814), Hodge studied medicine with Caspar Wistar and received his M.D. from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1818. He was in charge of the Lying-In Department of Pennsylvania Hospital from 1832 to 1854 and held the position of Professor of Obstetrics and the Diseases of Women and Children at the University of Pennsylvania from 1835 to 1863. Hodge became renowned for modifications to obstetrical forceps and the development of the lever pessary. His thirty years of clinical experience culminated in the publication of On Diseases Peculiar to Women (1860) and The Principles and Practice of Obstetrics (1864). Hodge was a member of the American Medical Association and the American Philosophical Society. He was elected a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on 3 Apr. 1827.
As a child Stout was educated in the classical seminary school of Moses Stevens and received his A.B. from the University of Nashville in 1839. He studied medicine under Dr. R.K. Martin and his brother Dr. Josiah Stout, before attending the 1842-1843 session of the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania. After three years running a classical school in Elkton, Giles Co., Tennessee, Stout returned to Philadelphia to study medicine under Drs. W.W. Gerhard and Edward Peace. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1848. Stout went back to Tennessee to set up private practice, first in Nashville, then in Midbridge, Giles Co.
During the Civil War, Stout served as Surgeon, 3rd Tennessee infantry, in the Confederate army, beginning in 1861. In 1862 he was attached to the Chattanooga military hospital, and later was put in charge of all hospitals under Gen. Bragg. From 1863 to 1865 he was Medical Director of all the hospitals in the Confederate Army in the Dept. of Tennessee.
Stout was appointed Professor of Surgical and Pathological Anatomy at the Atlanta Medical College (1865-1867). In 1869, after a year spent in his native Nashville, Stout returned to Atlanta, Ga. During this time he was instrumental in creating the Atlanta public school system. In 1874 he moved to Roswell, Cobb Co., Georgia, where he began to treat female factory workers and develop an interest in gynecological cases. In 1881, Stout briefly resided in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 1882, Stout moved to Texas and set up practice in Cisco, Eastland Co., an impoverished rural railroad town. In 1893 a cyclone decimated Cisco prompting Stout to move to Dallas. In 1900, Stout helped found the University of Dallas Medical Department, later Baylor University College of Medicine (1902), and became President of its Board of Trustees. Although he never taught a course at the University, Stout assumed the title of Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics in 1901.
Stout’s medical writings focussed on presentations of cases. He also wrote about the Confederate Army and medical issues relating to the Civil War.
Always active in professional societies, Stout was a founder and Secretary of the Tennessee State Medical Society (1840s), President of the Giles County (Tenn.) Medical Society, and Secretary of the Georgia Medical Association (1872-1873). He also was active in the Atlanta Academy of Medicine and the Dallas County Medical Society (1890s-1903).
Hugh Lenox Hodge, obstetrician, son of Hugh and Mary (Blanchard) Hodge, was born 27 June 1796 in Philadelphia, Pa. He married Margaret E. Aspinwall on 12 Nov. 1828; they had seven sons. Dr. Hodge died on 26 Feb. 1873 in Philadelphia, Pa. Educated at the College of New Jersey (Princeton; A.B 1814), Hodge studied medicine with Caspar Wistar and received his M.D. from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1818. He was in charge of the Lying-In Department of Pennsylvania Hospital from 1832 to 1854 and held the position of Professor of Obstetrics and the Diseases of Women and Children at the University of Pennsylvania from 1835 to 1863. Hodge became renowned for modifications to obstetrical forceps and the development of the lever pessary. His thirty years of clinical experience culminated in the publication of On Diseases Peculiar to Women (1860) and The Principles and Practice of Obstetrics (1864). Hodge was a member of the American Medical Association and the American Philosophical Society. He was elected a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on 3 Apr. 1827.
Extent
2 Volumes
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Presented to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on 19 Dec. 1955 by Dr. George Clayton. With souvenir bookplate from the Re-Union of the Confederates, Dallas, Tex., Apr. 22-25, 1902, featuring a portrait of Dr. Stout, on the front flyleaf of vol. 1 and Stout’s autograph on the front flyleaf of vol. 2.
Inventory
Vol.
1 Contains 77 leaves of notes on obstetrics lectures numbered 1-29 and dated 7 Nov. 1842 to 18 Jan. 1843. Most of the rectos of leaves 1-31 contain Stout’s pencilled annotations and lectures 1-12 bear pencil dates of 29 Oct. to 3 Dec. 1900. Stout may have been preparing his notes from Hodge’s course for the obstetrics course he never taught in the Medical Department of the University of Dallas.
2 Contains 90 leaves (leaves 82-90 are on rectos of leaves 70-80) of notes on obstetrics lectures numbered 30-54 and dated 20 Jan. to 18 Mar. 1843.
1 Contains 77 leaves of notes on obstetrics lectures numbered 1-29 and dated 7 Nov. 1842 to 18 Jan. 1843. Most of the rectos of leaves 1-31 contain Stout’s pencilled annotations and lectures 1-12 bear pencil dates of 29 Oct. to 3 Dec. 1900. Stout may have been preparing his notes from Hodge’s course for the obstetrics course he never taught in the Medical Department of the University of Dallas.
2 Contains 90 leaves (leaves 82-90 are on rectos of leaves 70-80) of notes on obstetrics lectures numbered 30-54 and dated 20 Jan. to 18 Mar. 1843.
Creator
- Stout, Samuel Hollingsworth (Person)
- Title
- Samuel Hollingsworth Stout notes on the lectures of Hugh Lenox Hodge
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- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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