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Correspondence of William J. Taylor regarding the visit of Marie Curie to The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 2/004-01
Scope and Contents
This collection, spanning 1920 to 1923, consists of letters
sent to William J. Taylor and carbon copies of his replies.
The correspondence documents Marie Curie's visit to the
College of Physicians of Philadelphia on 23 May 1921.
Much of the correspondence in the collection is between
Taylor and Robert Abbe (1851-1928). Abbe, who lived in New
York City, was an Associate Fellow of the College of
Physicians and was largely responsible for arranging Marie
Curie's visit. The letters between Abbe...
Dates:
1920 - 1923
COVID-19 and public health stamp collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 456
Overview
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many countries issued special stamps. These stamps served to signal the government's commitment to fighting the virus, to highlight the work of scientists working on a vaccine, and to honor healthcare and other essential workers.
This small collection contains COVID-19 stamps from around the world, collected between March and April 2022.
This small collection contains COVID-19 stamps from around the world, collected between March and April 2022.
Dates:
1978-2021; Majority of material found within 2020
COVID-19 ephemera collection
Collection
Identifier: MSS 452
Scope and Contents
This small collection contains stickers and pins that individuals received with their COVID-19 vaccinations. Most pieces of ephemera are accompanied by short notes indicating who received the vaccine, as well as where and when the vaccine was administered.
Dates:
2020-2021
Coxe family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 443
Overview
John Redman Coxe was born in 1773 in Trenton, N.J. and died in Philadelphia in 1864. He earned his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1794. Coxe held the positions of Professor of Chemistry (1809-1818) and Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy (1818-1835) at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a strong advocate of vaccination and one of the first to practice this new preventive method in Philadelphia.The Coxe family papers is a small collection dating from 1857 to...
Dates:
1857-1872
Crawford Long notes on remedy for poisonous insect bites
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/093
Scope and Contents
Holograph item describing case which Crawford W. Long treated on 20 May 1847 at Jefferson, Ga., in
which child experienced stomach pains, difficulty breathing, and muscle spasms following insect bite.
Long treated the child with tincture opii, Hoffman’s anodyne, and aqua ammonia. Typed transcript by
Richard A. Kern included.
Dates:
1847
D. Hayes Agnew presidential address
Collection
Identifier: CPP 2/008-01
Scope and Contents
Typescript address of D. Hayes Agnew (1818-1892), summarizing activities of College of Physicians of Philadelphia during 1890. Discusses papers delivered at College meetings, additions to Mütter Museum, accessions of Library, profits from Directory for Nurses, and names of Fellows who died during the year. Includes holograph notes, some belonging to S. Weir Mitchell (1829-1914), Vice President of the College, who delivered address to College in Agnew’s absence, 3 Dec. 1890.Published...
Dates:
1890-12-03
D. Heber Plank ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/277-02
Scope and Contents
Ledger, 1865-1868, of accounts of unknown merchant in Caernarvon township, Pa., used as index and file for correspondence, 1882-1899, of physician D. Heber Plank. Correspondence file contains incoming letters and drafts of outgoing letters concerning family genealogical research; analyses of manganese ore found by Plank in Bucks County; notes on medical cases; Plank’s application as examining physician for local pension board; and personal financial and estate matters. Includes correspondence...
Dates:
1865-1899 (span).; Majority of material found within 1882 - 1899
D. Heber Plank papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/277-01
Scope and Contents
The collection contains ten volumes of financial papers documenting
the Morgantown, Pa., medical practice of D. Heber Plank, 1868-1908;
there are two ledgers and two combined ledger and cash books,
six daybooks, and associated financial papers.The ledgers and cash books, 1868-1908, are organized by account
name and list the service performed, date, and fee charged;
there are occasional notes on cases, patients, and settlement
of accounts. Each volume includes an index to...
Dates:
1868 - 1908
D. Stratton Woodruff Papers
Series
Identifier: MSS 423
Overview
D. Stratton Woodruff M.D. (1924-2006) specialized in family medicine in the Bryn Mawr area of Pennsylvania. In 1975, he co-founded the Bryn Mawr Family Practice Residency program with Dr. Ian Ballard. As of now (2019), the program continues to train doctors in family medicine practice. The D. Stratton Woodruff Papers span from the 1930s to 1986. The small collection includes four quarantine signs circa 1930s and a copy of the script of a speech Dr. Woodruff delivered at his Lower...
Dates:
1930 - 1986
Daniel J. Swinney papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/085
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Daniel J. Swinney's student lecture
notes and related papers, recipe book, daybook, and vaccination
records, 1808-1827, documents the education and early medical
career of an obscure country physician during the early 19th
century.The collection is divided into two series. Series 1 concerns
Swinney's medical education at the University of Pennsylvania,
1808-1809, and includes a receipt for his 1808-1809 session
fee; an 1809 copy of Benjamin Rush's...
Dates:
1808 - 1827
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- Chapman, Nathaniel 16
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- Philadelphia General Hospital 15
- Fisher, Charles Perry 13
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Mütter Museum 10
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Curator 10
- Mütter Museum 10
- Wood, George B. (George Bacon) 10
- Coxe, John Redman 9
- Physick, Philip Syng 9
- Mütter, Thomas D. (Thomas Dent) 8
- Osler, William, Sir 8
- Dunglison, Robley 7
- Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine 7
- Hodge, H. Lenox (Hugh Lenox) 7
- Leidy, Joseph 7
- Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa) 7
- Philadelphia College of Medicine 7
- Philadelphia County Medical Society 7
- Roberts, John Bingham 7
- Sturgis, Katharine R. (Katharine Rosenbaum) 7
- Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia 7
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Medical History 6
- Mitchell, Silas Weir 6
- Morse, Elliott H. (Elliott How) 6
- Carson, Joseph 5
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Building Committee 5
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Treasurer 5
- Dorsey, John Syng 5
- Girvin, John H. (John Harper) 5
- Gross, Samuel D. (Samuel David) 5
- Jackson, Samuel 5
- Parrish, Joseph 5
- Radbill, Samuel X. 5
- United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (Board of Naval Surgeons) 5
- University of Edinburgh 5
- University of Pennsylvania. Hospital 5
- Ashhurst, Astley Paston Cooper 4
- Bache, Franklin 4
- Bache, Thomas Hewson 4
- Blockley Almshouse 4
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Library Committee 4
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Public Health, Preventive, and Industrial Medicine 4
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Women's Committee 4
- Deaver, John B. (John Blair) 4
- Fowlers and Wells’ Phrenological Cabinet 4
- Gibbon, John Heysham, Jr. 4
- Gibson, William 4
- Hinsdale, Guy 4
- Keen, William W. (William Williams) 4
- McDaniel, W. B., II (Walton Brooks) 4
- Medical Library Association 4
- Mid-Eastern Regional Medical Library Service 4
- Pathological Society of Philadelphia 4
- Pepper, William 4
- Philadelphia College of Pharmacy 4
- Santee, E. A. (Ephraim A.) 4
- Stillé, Alfred 4
- Sturgis, Samuel Booth 4
- Tyson, James 4
- United States. Navy 4
- Wistar, Caspar 4
- Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania 4
- Alms-House (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Board of Trustees 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Revision of the Pharmacopoeia 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of Advancement 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Executive Director 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on General Medicine 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Ophthalmology 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Otolaryngology 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Trustees of the Building Fund 3
- Curie, Marie 3
- Da Costa, J. M. (Jacob Mendes) 3
- Hare, Robert 3
- Harvard Medical School 3
- Horner, William E. (William Edmonds) 3
- Hunter, Robert J. (Robert John) 3
- James, Thomas C. (Thomas Chalkley) 3
- Medical Documentation Service (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- Meigs, Charles D. (Charles Delucena) 3
- Micozzi, Marc S. 3
- Mitchell, John K. (John Kearsley) 3
- Muller, George P. (George Paul) 3
- Neilson, Thomas R. (Thomas Rundle) 3
- Pancoast, Joseph 3
- Philadelphia General Hospital. School of Nursing 3
- Rush Hospital for Consumption and Allied Diseases 3
- Sizer, Nelson 3
- St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- United States Naval Home (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- Wallace, Ellerslie 3
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