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Records of Lindsay and Blakiston [publishing firm]
Collection
Identifier: MSS 5/002
Scope and Contents
The collection contains letters and fragments of letters, filed
alphabetically, L W, received by Lindsay and Blakiston, 1855-1856.
The letters, from physicians and dentists, many in rural or
remote areas of the United States, contain orders for medical
books and journals, indicating the published materials physicians
were using at this time. There are several letters from a Buffalo, New York, firm,
A. J. Mathews and Company, and physicians, Campbell Morfit, concerning
the...
Dates:
1855 - 1856
Records of M. H. Tucker and Company
Collection
Identifier: MSS 385
Overview
George W. Merchant, a druggist, began manufacturing his Gargling Oil in Lockport, NY, in 1833. Merchant’s Gargling Oil was not meant to be gargled, as the name suggests, but used as a liniment. Like many 19th-century patent medicines, it was advertised to effectively treat numerous ailments, including rheumatism, burns and scalds, flesh wounds, toothaches, cracked heels, hemorrhoids, and sprains and bruises.Around 1855, Merchant sold the business to M. H. Tucker, who continued...
Dates:
1856-1857; 1870
Records of Philly Health Info
Series
Identifier: CPP 21
Overview
The Records of Philly Health Info span the years 1999 to 2010, and include documentation from pre-planning phases of the project, background information, correspondence, advisory committee meeting minutes, grant funding reports, outreach and partnership files, and website design and maintenance details. The collection is divided into nine series, which resemble the original order in which the material was received. Researchers interested early 21st-century public health initiatives by...
Dates:
1999-2010; undated
Records of the Anderson Hospital
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/278
Scope and Contents
This collection of materials concerning the Anderson Hospital
spans 1917 to 1943. Included are photographs of the hospital's
facilities, form letters with information about the opening
of the hospital (ca. 1917), a clipping describing a fire at
the hospital (1924), and an illustrated brochure (ca. 1943).Series 1 includes photographs of the Anderson Hospital taken sometime
between 1917 and 1921, when it was still called the Pennsylvania
Orthopaedic Hospital and School of...
Dates:
1917 - circa 1943
Records of the autopsy of Chang and Eng Bunker
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/007-06
Scope and Contents
Letters, minutes, contracts, and receipts for payment, 1874-1875, associated with autopsy of Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker. Autopsy begun on 1 Feb. 1874 at Bunker home in Mt. Airy, N.C., and completed in Mütter Museum of College of Physicians of Philadelphia later in Feb. 1874. Letters and minutes concern transport of bodies and arrangements for College of Physicians to oversee conclusion of autopsy. Contracts and receipts are for photographs, casts, and anatomical drawings, and supplies...
Dates:
1874 - 1875
Records of the Babies' Hospital of Philadelphia I
Record Group
Identifier: MSS 6/006-01
Scope and Contents
The records of the Babies' Hospital of Philadelphia, spanning
1911 to 1960, consist of minutes and committee reports; correspondence
of Philip Dechert, President of the Babies' Hospital; a history
of the Babies' Hospital with a typescript staff manual; and
printed annual reports. The collection documents the history
of the hospital from its inception in 1911 to its dissolution
in 1948, and provides detailed records of its finances, activities,
and programs.Series 1.1...
Dates:
1911 - 1960
Records of the Babies' Hospital of Philadelphia II
Series
Identifier: MSS 6/006-02
Overview
The Babies’ Hospital of Philadelphia opened in 1911 in Wynnefield, PA, at the Country Branch of Children’s Hospital. The hospital had limited wards to house its patients and the staff hosted pre-and post-natal clinics for mothers, though the physicians of the Babies Hospital largely emphasized treatment in the home.The records of the Babies’ Hospital of Philadelphia, spanning from 1911-1960, contain annual reports, newsletter pamphlets, benefit matinee programs, material related to...
Dates:
1911-1960, undated
Records of the Board of Managers of Wills Hospital
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6/008
Scope and Contents
These records of the Board of Managers of the Wills Hospital consist
of three manuscript documents, all of which date from approximately
1833, when the hospital was first established. Included are
the "By Laws of the Board of Managers of the Wills Hospital",
"General rules and regulations for the management and supervision
of the Wills Hospital for the indigent lame and blind", and
a certificate announcing the election of new managers to the
Board. These documents provide insight into...
Dates:
1833
Records of the Board of Scientific Directors of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
Collection
Identifier: MSS 372
Overview
The Records of the Board of Scientific Directors of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research contains meeting minutes and reports for the Board of Scientific Directors. The Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research was founded in 1901 by John D. Rockefeller and eventually became Rockefeller University. Scientific reports and minutes of the meeting of the Board of Scientific Directors, 1931, comprise this collection. This material was formerly cataloged in printed collection with call...
Dates:
1931
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- Correspondence 348
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- University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine 39
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- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Mütter Museum 10
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Curator 10
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- Wood, George B. (George Bacon) 10
- Chapman, Nathaniel 9
- Coxe, John Redman 8
- Mütter, Thomas D. (Thomas Dent) 8
- Osler, William, Sir 8
- Dunglison, Robley 7
- Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine 7
- Leidy, Joseph 7
- Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa) 7
- Philadelphia College of Medicine 7
- Philadelphia County Medical Society 7
- Physick, Philip Syng 7
- Sturgis, Katharine R. (Katharine Rosenbaum) 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
- Girvin, John H. (John Harper) 5
- Gross, Samuel D. (Samuel David) 5
- Jackson, Samuel 5
- Radbill, Samuel X. 5
- United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (Board of Naval Surgeons) 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
- Keen, William W. (William Williams) 4
- McDaniel, W. B., II (Walton Brooks) 4
- Medical Library Association 4
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- Parrish, Joseph 4
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- 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
- 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
- Dorsey, John Syng 3
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- 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
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