Box 1
Container
Contains 44 Collections and/or Records:
Thomas Dolbeare to Benjamin Rush: Regarding incoming letter, 1878 May 5
File — Box: 1, Folder: 11
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:
1878 May 5
Samuel Duffield to College of Physicians: Regarding yellow fever inquiry; Samuel Duffield to College of Physicians regarding case of necrosis, 1797 August 15
File — Box: 1, Folder: 12
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:
1797 August 15; 1804 December 4
Benjamin Gales to Benjamin Rush: Regarding the discovery of an antiviral root, 1788 August 15
File — Box: 1, Folder: 13
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:
1788 August 15
James Grant to College of Physicians: Regarding gum plants, 1795 February 18
File — Box: 1, Folder: 14
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 February 18; 1795 April 30
Alexander Hamilton via William Williams to Adam Kuhn: Regarding trust in Edward Stevens for treating yellow fever, 1793 September 11
File — Box: 1, Folder: 15
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:
1793 September 11
Thomas T. Hewson to College of Physicians: Regarding a case of small pox supervening on vaccine inoculation, 1802 April 6
File — Box: 1, Folder: 16
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:
1802 April 6
Samuel Hodgson to College of Physicians: Regarding the ship Amelia's rotten coffee incident, and the crew's health, 1793 November 9
File — Box: 1, Folder: 17
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:
1793 November 9
David Hosack to William Currie: Regarding medical theory and practice, yellow fever, and perspiration, 1801 October 6
File — Box: 1, Folder: 18
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:
1801 October 6
Japsoy, abstract of a letter to Ferguson: Regarding conditions and diseases in Batavia (Jakarta), Dutch East Indies, 1803 January 5
File — Box: 1, Folder: 19
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:
1803 January 5
Stephen Kingston to College of Physicians: A 'disputation' on West India Fever, from Bermuda; Stephen Kingston to College of Physicians: Regarding yellow fever treatment, with prescription for medicine, 1793 November 8
File — Box: 1, Folder: 20
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:
1793 November 8; 1794 November 3
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