Medical Staff of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children minute book

Collection

Identifier: MSS 6/007

Scope and Contents

This positive photocopy of a minute book of the Medical Staff of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, spanning 22 January 1900 to 28 November 1916, contains minutes of special and regular meetings of the Medical Staff. The minutes provide information about the staff, residents, and visiting physicians at St. Christopher's Hospital during the early part of the twentieth century.

The minutes of the Medical Staff document the selection of candidates to fill vacancies in St. Christopher's Hospital and its dispensaries. The minutes reveal why a position was vacated, who was hired to fill the vacancy, and the term of the appointment. Also documented in the minutes are the appointments of residents and visiting physicians.

The minutes also contain resolutions made by the Medical Staff. These resolutions recommend the creation or elimination of certain departments or positions, recommend changes in hospital policy, or suggest ways to make the hospital more efficient.

Dates

1900 - 1916

Biographical / Historical

The Medical Staff of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children was organized in 1900. The guidelines for the Medical Staff are outlined in "Rules Governing the Medical Organization of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children" (March 1900). These guidelines reveal that the Medical Staff was a committee of representatives from the medical staff of St. Christopher's Hospital. The committee members were appointed by the Board of Managers and served one year terms.

The Medical Staff of St. Christopher's Hospital was responsible for nominating physicians to fill vacancies in the hospital and its dispensaries; the names of the candidates were submitted to the Board of Managers, who made the final selection. The Medical Staff held regular meetings twice a year, in May and October, and special meetings when it became necessary to fill a position suddenly vacated by death or resignation.

Extent

1 volume

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Custodial History

This positive photocopy of a minute book of the Medical Staff of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children was donated to the Historical Collections of the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on 22 August 1989 by the Library of St. Christopher's Hospital. The original volume was loaned for photocopying, courtesy of St. Christopher's Hospital, and returned in 1989.

The minute book was cataloged in 1992.