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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
Robert Patterson ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/216
Scope and Contents
Ledger documenting medical practice of physician R. H. Patterson in Somerset Co., Pa., from 1844 to 1849. Each account contains chronological list of charges and payments; several accounts remained unsettled until 1852. Many patients identified by profession or relationship to other individuals. Ledger also includes notes on volumes loaned to other physicians by R. H. Patterson.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1844 - 1849
Robert S. Pressman papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/356
Overview
Robert S. Pressman graduated from the Temple University School of Medicine in 1946 and received a Master of Medical Science degree in Internal Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania. Pressman served as an Associate Professor of Medicine at Temple University and as head of the infectious diseases section at the Albert Einstein Medical Center. He was a president of the Philadelphia County Medical Society and of the Pennsylvania Society of Internal Medicine. He also served as president of...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1934 - 1985; 1856 - 1996
Robley Dunglison autobiographical ana
Collection
Identifier: MSS 437
Overview
Robley Dunglison was born in Keswick, England, on 4 January 1798. He attended the Royal College of Surgeons in 1818, received a license as surgeon apothecary from the Society of Apothecaries, and began practice in 1819. In 1823, he received an M.D. from the University of Erlangen. From 1823 to 1833, Dunglison was professor of medicine at the University of Virginia; from 1833 to 1836, he was professor of medicine at the University of Maryland. In 1836, he came to Philadelphia to become...
Dates:
circa 1852-1862
Robley Dunglison papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/168
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Robley Dunglison's papers contains correspondence
with many individuals, 1830-1869; holograph manuscripts of three
Dunglison lectures on physiology and medical jurisprudence,
1832-1856; and miscellaneous material, 1841-1868, including
some financial papers, a report by Joseph Pancoast on a thoracic
examination, and resolutions of the Board of Trustees of Jefferson
Medical College on the retirement of Dunglison.Principal correspondents in the collection...
Dates:
1830 - 1869
Roderick Tondreau papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 365
Overview
The Roderick Tondreau papers include papers compiled by Dr. Roderick R. Tondreau, a former President of the Philadelphia Roentgen Ray Society. The bulk of this collection details the activities of the Roentgen Ray Society during Dr. Tondreau’s membership. The Reference folder contains academic papers used for reference. Correspondence folder includes letters to and from Dr. Tondreau regarding Society activities. Philadelphia Roentgen Ray Society Papers folder contains correspondence regarding...
Dates:
1920 - 1993
Roland G. Curtin papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/215
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Roland G. Curtin's papers, 18791912,
contains holographs and typescripts of articles and speeches
with bibliographies of Curtin's works. Some items in the collection
include related letters or notes describing cases and reference
material.Several of the speeches and articles concern heart disease and
its treatments. Other noteworthy items are a speech on medical
symbolism; obituaries of James B. Walker and DejForest
Willard; and Curtin's description...
Dates:
1879 - 1912
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh papers of Lewis W. Bluemle
Collection
Identifier: CPP 2/003-01
Scope and Contents
The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Tercentenary
Papers, spanning 1967 to 1981, are part of the records of
the Office of the President of the College of Physicians of
Philadelphia. The bulk of the papers date from 1980 to
1981, when Lewis W. Bluemle was President of the College of
Physicians. The papers document Bluemle's involvement in
the Tercentenary Congress of the Royal College of Physicians
of Edinburgh.Series 1 contains correspondence pertaining to the
preparations...
Dates:
1967 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1981
Russell E. Morgan account book and appointment book
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/301
Scope and Contents
Daybook, 1936 Sept. 16-1936 Dec. 31, of Russell E. Morgan’s first months of medical practice in Annville, Lebanon Co., Pa., lists patients, brief descriptions of services rendered, and account settlements; monthly summaries of income and expenses included. Appointment book, 1940, lists patients and account settlements.
Dates:
1936 - 1940
Russell Murdoch notes on the lectures of J. L. Cabell
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/209
Scope and Contents
Notes taken by Russell Murdoch on the lectures of J. L. Cabell in the Department of Medicine of the University of Virginia, 1860 Oct. 3-1861 Apr. 1. Subjects of the lectures are comparative anatomy, histology, and human physiology. Review or study questions are interspersed with the lecture notes. A few pages of rough notes included.
Dates:
1860 - 1861
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- Correspondence 348
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- Medical societies -- Philadelphia, Pa. 36
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- Certificates 18
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- Admission tickets 16
- Medical students -- Philadelphia, Pa. -- Nineteenth century 16
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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
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