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Contains 44 Collections and/or Records:
Articles regarding collection discovery, 2001 November 19-November 20
File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
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From the Collection:
The College of Physicians Early Records document some of the College of Physicians' earliest activities, including attempts by Fellows to diagnose and treat the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. The collection, which was discovered by chance in 2001 by College foreman Leroy Green, contains letters, manuscripts, and committee reports. Initially, the letters and manuscripts were found wrapped in two bundles, without any organization or context. The items were then separated from the...
Dates:
2001 November 19-November 20
Lists of items found in bundles, 1839
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The College of Physicians Early Records document some of the College of Physicians' earliest activities, including attempts by Fellows to diagnose and treat the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. The collection, which was discovered by chance in 2001 by College foreman Leroy Green, contains letters, manuscripts, and committee reports. Initially, the letters and manuscripts were found wrapped in two bundles, without any organization or context. The items were then separated from the...
Dates:
1839; after 2001
P. Batchelor, extract of letter, 1817 July 25
File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The College of Physicians Early Records document some of the College of Physicians' earliest activities, including attempts by Fellows to diagnose and treat the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. The collection, which was discovered by chance in 2001 by College foreman Leroy Green, contains letters, manuscripts, and committee reports. Initially, the letters and manuscripts were found wrapped in two bundles, without any organization or context. The items were then separated from the...
Dates:
1817 July 25
William Bayham to College of Physicians: Regarding case of extra-uterine conception, 1796 May 12
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The College of Physicians Early Records document some of the College of Physicians' earliest activities, including attempts by Fellows to diagnose and treat the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. The collection, which was discovered by chance in 2001 by College foreman Leroy Green, contains letters, manuscripts, and committee reports. Initially, the letters and manuscripts were found wrapped in two bundles, without any organization or context. The items were then separated from the...
Dates:
1796 May 12
Samuel Betton to Benjamin Rush: Account of efficacy of tonic remedies for tetanus, 1791 May 3
File — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The College of Physicians Early Records document some of the College of Physicians' earliest activities, including attempts by Fellows to diagnose and treat the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. The collection, which was discovered by chance in 2001 by College foreman Leroy Green, contains letters, manuscripts, and committee reports. Initially, the letters and manuscripts were found wrapped in two bundles, without any organization or context. The items were then separated from the...
Dates:
1791 May 3
L. Bodelio to unidentified recipient: Regarding venereal diseases in Calcutta, 1806 December 1
File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The College of Physicians Early Records document some of the College of Physicians' earliest activities, including attempts by Fellows to diagnose and treat the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. The collection, which was discovered by chance in 2001 by College foreman Leroy Green, contains letters, manuscripts, and committee reports. Initially, the letters and manuscripts were found wrapped in two bundles, without any organization or context. The items were then separated from the...
Dates:
1806 December 1
George Buchanan to College of Physicians: Regarding yellow fever in Baltimore, Maryland, 1795 October 12
File — Box: 1, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The College of Physicians Early Records document some of the College of Physicians' earliest activities, including attempts by Fellows to diagnose and treat the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. The collection, which was discovered by chance in 2001 by College foreman Leroy Green, contains letters, manuscripts, and committee reports. Initially, the letters and manuscripts were found wrapped in two bundles, without any organization or context. The items were then separated from the...
Dates:
1795 October 12
William Currie to College of Physicians: Regarding an account of inflammatory fever independent of local affectation; William Currie to College of Physicians, regarding the college's reputation and future, 1789 June 2
File — Box: 1, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The College of Physicians Early Records document some of the College of Physicians' earliest activities, including attempts by Fellows to diagnose and treat the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. The collection, which was discovered by chance in 2001 by College foreman Leroy Green, contains letters, manuscripts, and committee reports. Initially, the letters and manuscripts were found wrapped in two bundles, without any organization or context. The items were then separated from the...
Dates:
1789 June 2; 1802 May 25
Edward Cutbush to William Currie: Regarding treatment of typhus with mercury, 1804 December 4
File — Box: 1, Folder: 9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The College of Physicians Early Records document some of the College of Physicians' earliest activities, including attempts by Fellows to diagnose and treat the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. The collection, which was discovered by chance in 2001 by College foreman Leroy Green, contains letters, manuscripts, and committee reports. Initially, the letters and manuscripts were found wrapped in two bundles, without any organization or context. The items were then separated from the...
Dates:
1804 December 4
Frederick Cyprus to College of Physicians: Regarding malignant tumors in North Carolina, 1798 October 24
File — Box: 1, Folder: 10
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The College of Physicians Early Records document some of the College of Physicians' earliest activities, including attempts by Fellows to diagnose and treat the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. The collection, which was discovered by chance in 2001 by College foreman Leroy Green, contains letters, manuscripts, and committee reports. Initially, the letters and manuscripts were found wrapped in two bundles, without any organization or context. The items were then separated from the...
Dates:
1798 October 24
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