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Dixon family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 382
Overview
Edward H. Dixon (1808-1880) was a New York City surgeon. Dixon earned his M.D. from Rutgers Medical College in 1829 or 1830, and then studied material medica, theory and practice, and therapeutics under Dr. John Francis; and surgery under Dr. Alexander Mott. Afterwards, Dixon accepted positions at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum and House of Refuge. Later, he opened his own practice as a consulting surgeon, as well as a private surgical hospital.He married his wife, Sarah S. Hart, in...
Dates:
1842 - 1893
Document of property sale on Water Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/174
Scope and Contents
Document of sale of parcel of property on east side of Water Street, Philadelphia, Pa., from John Fothergill and other London merchants and professional men to Thomas Riché, Philadelphia merchant. Includes signature of John Fothergill.
Dates:
1761-03-07
Documents relating to the death of Charles II of England
Collection — Oversize: 1
Identifier: MSS 450
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two separate texts: 1) The state of his late Majesty's body when opened February 7, 1684, read to the Councell the same evening (2 ff., text on recto of f.1, title on verso of f.2); and 2) A short character of Charles the Second, King of England, setting forth his untimely death (2 ff., verso of f.2 with title "my Lord's Mulgraves characer of King Charles the 2nd.")
Dates:
1684-1685
Dome collection of portraits
Collection
Identifier: Dome
Scope and Contents
The provenance of this collection is unknown. This collection consists of over 2,100 portraits of doctors (possibly all dermatologists). The collection is likely part of the materials donated by the American Academy of Dermatology during the 1970s.
Dates:
undated
Donald L. Baxter papers (unprocessed)
Collection
Identifier: 1992-084
Scope and Contents note
This is a collection of papers of Donald L. Baxter. Materials include: correspondence; programs, annual reports and other printed materials; and photographs concerning Donald L. Baxter's membership with professional organizations and his attendance of meetings. Organizations include the American Academy of Dermatology, American Society of Dermatopathology, the Pacific Dermatologic Association, and the Society for Investigative Dermatology. The collection also includes a reel-to-reel audio tape...
Dates:
1964-1978
Donald M. Pillsbury correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/018
Scope and Contents
The Pillsbury Collection consists of correspondence received, filed
alphabetically by author from national and international figures
working in dermatology. A comprehensive list with name of correspondent,
date of letter, and origin of letter is included. The correspondence is,
in general, brief and concerns the abstracts and papers delivered
by the correspondents. Presumably Donald M. Pillsbury retained
these letters for their autograph value. Although the dates
of the collection...
Dates:
1958 - 1963; Majority of material found within 1961 - 1962
Donations to the Pathological Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 7/002-04
Scope and Contents
Volume lists donors and anatomical or pathological specimens or surgical instruments with tag or catalogue numbers, 1866 Feb. 3-1885 June 13, providing an accession record for the Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia; occasional case histories or surgical procedure information, provenance information, references to medical literature, and notes on disposition are included. Information on purchases and deposits is also included. The volume was compiled primarily by Thomas...
Dates:
1866 - 1885
Dorothy Scudder manuscript on Scudder family history
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/023
Scope and Contents
Describes lives and experiences of four generations of Scudder family members who were Protestant
medical missionaries in Ceylon and India, 18191960s.
Includes information on medical work, social
conditions, education, caste system, customs and religions, hospitals, and foundation of the Arcot Mission
and the Vellore Christian Medical College. Major figures are John Scudder and Ida Sophia Scudder.
Parts 13
were composed in the late 1930s; volume completed in 1970.
Dates:
1970
Douglas Macfarlan manuscript on revolutionary war hospitals in the Pennsylvania campaign
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/104
Scope and Contents
Describes medical conditions in the Continental Army and hospital facilities in Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, 1777-1778.
Includes map of locations of military hospitals.
Dates:
undated
Douglas P. Murphy Papers
Series
Identifier: MSS 419
Overview
Douglas P. Murphy (1893-1971) served as a surgeon in the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) with the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War I. During his military service, Murphy worked in several medical hospitals in France from 1917 until the war’s end in 1918. Surviving the war intact, and even managing to get married during his time overseas, Murphy returned home to Philadelphia and opened his own obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) practice. His clinical experience eventually...
Dates:
1917-1972
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- Correspondence 351
- Minutes 109
- Lecture notes 106
- Reports 89
- Financial records 79
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- Speeches (documents) 38
- Medical societies -- Philadelphia, Pa. 36
- Medicine -- Practices 36
- Ledgers (account books) 34
- Committees 33
- Essays 33
- Lectures 33
- Annual reports 32
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- Materia Medica 30
- Medical libraries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 28
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- Daybooks 27
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- Obstetrics 24
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- Diaries 21
- Medicine -- Practice -- Accounting 20
- Publications (documents) 19
- Certificates 18
- Pathology 17
- Physiology 17
- Research notes 17
- Admission tickets 16
- Medical students -- Philadelphia, Pa. -- Nineteenth century 16
- Membership records 16
- Bylaws (administrative records) 15
- Genealogies (histories) 15
- Physicians -- Philadelphia, Pa. -- Nineteenth century 15
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- Hospitals -- Administration -- Philadelphia, Pa. 6
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- University of Pennsylvania 40
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- College of Physicians of Philadelphia 38
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Library 35
- Rush, Benjamin 22
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the President 20
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Secretary 17
- Chapman, Nathaniel 16
- Jefferson Medical College 16
- 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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