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Richard von Volkmann papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/227
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters received by Richard
von Volkmann and one letter sent by him. The letters, spanning 1867
to 1889, cover the last twenty years of Volkmann's life, when
he had achieved international fame and recognition. The correspondents
in the collection are notable physicians, surgeons, and professors
from Germany, England, France, Russia, and the United States.
Most of the letters are written in German; some are written
in French and English. English...
Dates:
1867 - 1889
Robert A. Groff papers (unprocessed)
Collection
Identifier: 1989-19
Scope and Contents note
This is a collection of papers of Robert A. Groff. The materials in the collection are located both onsite at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and in offsite storage. The onsite collection includes: indices for offsite files; awards, plaques, medals, and memorabilia; portraits and family snapshots; surgical records of Groff and several other neurosurgeons from 1934-1949; some biographical information; a few manuscripts; a folder of news clippings; and papers from Groff's Army service...
Dates:
1908-1977 1936-1975
Robert Abbe papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/146
Content Description
This collection was assembled by Robert Abbe and contains scrapbooks and other memoranda relating to Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie, Joseph Lister, Edward Jenner, and Benjamin Rush. Included in the scrapbooks are correspondence, portraits, and newslippings. For a more detailed description of the materials included, please the "Scope and Content" note for each item.
Dates:
1781 - 1927
Robert Blake Cruice papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/274
Scope and Contents
The papers of Robert Blake Cruice, spanning 1861 to 1899, consist
of a biographical sketch, correspondence and general business
papers from his tenure as an assistant surgeon in the U.S. Army
during the Civil War, papers pertaining to his military pension
claim, and miscellaneous material concerning various societies
and institutions with which Cruice was associated.Series 1 contains a biographical sketch on the life of Robert
Blake Cruice; the author of this undated...
Dates:
1861 - 1899
Robert Campbell correspondence
Collection
Identifier: CPP 2/011
Overview
This collection contains a small amount of Robert Campbell’s correspondence, 1978-1980, from his tenure as President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
Robert E. Campbell was born in 1931. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1957 and specialized in diagnostic radiology. In 1975, Campbell was elected a Fellow of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and served as its President from 2006 to 2008.
Robert E. Campbell was born in 1931. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1957 and specialized in diagnostic radiology. In 1975, Campbell was elected a Fellow of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and served as its President from 2006 to 2008.
Dates:
2006-2008
Robert H. Colhoun lecture and matriculation tickets
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/231
Scope and Contents
This small collection documents Robert H. Colhoun's medical education
at the University of Pennsylvania in 1832. The collection contains
Colhoun's matriculation ticket, signed by William E. Horner
and tickets admitting him to the lectures of Thomas C. James
and William Dewees on midwifery and Nathaniel Chapman on the
institutes of medicine and clinical practice.
Dates:
1832 - 1833
Robert H. Ivy papers (unprocessed)
Collection
Identifier: 1989-84
Scope and Contents note
This collection includes certificates from various professional organizations, including the American College of Surgeons, the American Board of Plastic Surgeons, the Association of Military Plastic Surgeons, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science; honorary diplomas, plaques, a trophy, and licenses; and military certificates, including Ivy's appointments to the ranks of Lieutenant Colonel (1919) and Colonel (1924 and 1939) and a 1945 certificate recognizing his service as a...
Dates:
1904-1974
Robert Harris record of the caesarean operations in the United States
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/345
Dates:
1888
Robert Louis Weber lecture admission card from the University of Pennsylvania
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/195
Scope and Contents
Card admitting R. L. Lewis to lectures of Henry H. Smith on practical surgery in Medical Dept. of the University of Pennsylvania, [1858?].
Dates:
circa 1858
Robert M. Girvin papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/047
Scope and Contents
This small collection of papers of Robert M. Girvin includes personal letters from Reinhold L. Herman, 1876-1877 and 1898; letters from Charles P. B. Jefferys, 1875 and 1878, reporting on the health of Charley [Jefferys' son?], suffering from liver and kidney disorder; two letters, 1878, from Amos Row, containing
inquiries about the use of "mannikins" for anatomical instruction; and letters, 18711872, from a former patient, Caroline McGehee Stewart, describing her experiences with...
Dates:
1871 - 1908
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- Correspondence 348
- Minutes 109
- Reports 89
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- Speeches (documents) 38
- Medical societies -- Philadelphia, Pa. 36
- Ledgers (account books) 34
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- Certificates 18
- 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
- Library catalogs 14
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- Physicians -- Pennsylvania -- Nineteenth century 6
- Physicians -- World War, 1914 - 1918 6
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- University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine 39
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia 38
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Library 35
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the President 20
- University of Pennsylvania 18
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Secretary 17
- Jefferson Medical College 15
- Philadelphia General Hospital 15
- Rush, Benjamin 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
- 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
- Mid-Eastern Regional Medical Library Service 4
- Parrish, Joseph 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
- 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
- Hare, Robert 3
- Harvard Medical School 3
- Hinsdale, Guy 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
- Wistar, Caspar 3
- Wood, Francis C. (Francis Clark) 3
- Abbe, Robert 2
- American Association for the History of Medicine 2
- American Gynecological Society 2
- American Medical Society 2
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