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Emlen Wood notes on the lectures of E.T. Reichert
Item
Identifier: Z10 217
Scope and Contents
One volume (unbound) of notes on physiology lectures delivered by Edward T. Reichert. Lectures are dated from 2 October 1911 to 26 January 1912.
Dates:
1911 - 1912
English commonplace book on observations relating to human abnormalities and natural phenomena
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/217
Scope and Contents
English commonplace book, compiled by an unknown author by 1795, containing observations and historical anecdotes relating to human abnormalities, including dwarfs and giants, longevity and rejuvenation, and multiple births, as well as natural phenomena, such as fires and earthquakes. Many anecdotes are dated and contain citations to sources.
Dates:
circa 1795
Ernest Spiegel papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/251
Overview
Ernest A. Spiegel, M.D., was an Austrian-born internationally
recognized neurologist. He emigrated to the United States in 1930,
where he spent much of his career at Temple University School of
Medicine in Philadelphia. He finished his career at the National
Parkinson FOundation in Miami. Spiegel is well-known for his work
in developing the stereotactic technique. He passed away in 1985. The
papers of Ernest Spiegel reflect his varied interests in neurological
research and publication from his...
Dates:
1895
Essays from the Board of Naval Surgeons of the United States Navy Bureau and Medicine Department
Collection
Identifier: MSS 1/001-02
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a series of 74 brief essays on an array
of subjects, 1841-1848, with a few related letters and testimonials,
from physicians applying to the Board of Naval Surgeons, for
entrance into or promotion in the U.S. Navy. The Board appears
to have been convened at the U.S. Naval Asylum in Philadelphia
and Surgeon John A. Kearney was its president. Many of the
applicants were graduates of the Medical Department of the University
of Pennsylvania. The collection conveys...
Dates:
1841 - 1848
Evelyn Cook Bauerle papers on Benjamin Gruskin
Collection
Identifier: MSS 402
Overview
Evelyn Matthews Cook Bauerle was born in 1910 in Rahway Union, New Jersey. She graduated from Ursinus College in 1930, majoring in chemistry and biology, and assisted Benjamin Gruskin in setting up his new research lab at Temple Medical School, running most of tests summarized in Gruskin’s published articles. She remained there until 1939. Bauerle died in 2002 in York, Pennsylvania.Benjamin Gruskin was born in 1878 in either Lithuania or Russia (accounts vary). He graduated from...
Dates:
1931-1951
Examination questions from the United States Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery
Collection
Identifier: MSS 1/001-01
Scope and Contents
Examination questions and responses to Naval Medical Board at U. S. Naval Asylum, Philadelphia, from D. Warren Brickell, 1847, and H. Lawrence Sheldon, 1856. Brickell gives description of iritis and its treatment. Sheldon responds to twelve questions and describes fistula lacrymalis; scarlatina; delivery by the feet; composition of light; definition of dew point; nux vomica; branches of intestinal iliac; lacrimal apparatus; structure and function of liver; morbid changes in blood; rheumatism;...
Dates:
1847, 1856
Failed fellowship applications of the Office of the Secretary of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 1/007-01
Scope and Contents
This collection of failed fellowship applications, spanning
1900 to 1937, is part of the records of the office of the
Secretary of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
Each fellowship application consists of an application form
containing basic information about the applicant and three
or more letters of recommendation from Fellows of the
College. These applications are useful in that they reveal
some of the reasons why candidates were rejected from the
fellowship, provide the names of...
Dates:
1900 - 1937
Felix E. Karpinski papers (unprocessed)
Collection
Identifier: 1995-056
Scope and Contents note
This is a collection of papers of Felix E. Karpinski, including lecture and manuscript notes; reprints by Karpinski and others; correspondence; a small number of histories and photographs of patients; and some administrative memoranda from Jefferson Medical College. Topics include anemia, lead poisoning, fluid balance, and nutrition.
Dates:
1947-1968
Final report of the Committee on the Revision of the Pharmacopoeia of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/015-01
Scope and Contents
Final report, dated 1890 Feb. 1, of the committee appointed by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia to review and revise the 1880 edition of the Pharmacopoeia of the United States. The report is in the hand of the committee’s chairman, W. S. W. Ruschenberger, and recommends that quantities of ingredients be stated "in parts by weight", the langauge of the pharmacopoeia be simple, straightforward, and comprehensible, and metric measurements and the centigrade scale be avoided. The report...
Dates:
1888 - 1890
Financial records of the Committee on the Mütter Museum
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/007-05
Scope and Contents
The collection contains cash books, checkbooks, cancelled
checks and account statements, bills, receipt books and
receipts, vouchers, and audit and financial reports of the
Committee on the Mutter Museum of the College of Physicians
of Philadelphia, documenting the financial transactions and
history of the Mutter Museum and College Collections, 1863-
1972. Earlier materials in the collection, in particular,
document the purchase, transport, and restoration of museum
anatomical and pathological...
Dates:
1863 - 1972
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- Correspondence 351
- Minutes 109
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- Medicine -- Practices 36
- Ledgers (account books) 34
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- Medical libraries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 28
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- Certificates 18
- Pathology 17
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- Admission tickets 16
- Medical students -- Philadelphia, Pa. -- Nineteenth century 16
- Membership records 16
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- Genealogies (histories) 15
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- 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
- Wood, Francis C. (Francis Clark) 3 ∧ less
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