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Contains 44 Collections and/or Records:
Peter Chatard: Observations and Reflections on an Uncommon Disease of the Matria, undated
File — Box: 1, Folder: 41
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:
undated
Isaac Cathrall: Case of Aneurism, 1791 November 1
File — Box: 1, Folder: 42
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 November 1
William Currie: Strictures on the Cullean Doctrine of Fevers; A Case of the Cynanche Trachealis; Observations on the Effects of Modes of Preparing and Treating Patients Inoculated for the Small Pox, 1788 December 2
File — Box: 1, Folder: 43
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 December 2; 1789 December 1; 1792 August 7
William Currie: Observations of Fevers (2 parts); An Account of a Child Born with Small Pox; Abstract from Notes of Weather; Notes Respecting the Measles, 1794 May 6
File — Box: 1, Folder: 44
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:
1794 May 6; 1794 August 5; 1801 August 4
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