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Richard Owen essay on trichina spiralis

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Identifier: MSS 2/169
Scope and Contents Richard Owen relates history and defends priority of his discovery of tricina spiralis in 1835. Published in Proceedings of the Zoological Society (1882), pp. 571-575.
Dates: 1882

Samuel Franklin Coues essay and examination questions

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Identifier: MSS 2/233
Scope and Contents Holograph essay, 1856 Mar. 4, describing causes, symptoms, and treatment of hepatitis, and twelve examination questions with responses, 1856 Mar. 7, by Samuel F. Coues. Forms part of Coues’ examination for advancement in the Medical Corps of the U.S. Navy. Examination questions answered at U.S. Naval Home in Philadelphia and presented to the Board of Naval Surgeons of Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
Dates: 1856

Samuel Hadden papers

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Identifier: MSS 368
Overview The Samuel Hadden Papers contain the personal papers of Dr. Samuel Bernard Hadden (1900-1988). Born in Dunmore, PA Dr. Hadden completed his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Pennsylvania. He then served his internship and residency at the Philadelphia General Hospital. He pursued his interest in neuro-psychology, earning attention for his work in group psychotherapy. While Dr. Hadden was regarded as a compassionate therapist, his views on the treatment of male homosexual...
Dates: 1924-1956

Samuel Patterson, Jr. essay and examination questions

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Identifier: MSS 2/210
Scope and Contents Collection contains essay on the medicinal and therapeutic uses of iron and twelve examination questions with responses by Samuel D. Patterson, 1858 Apr. 19 and 20. Essay and questions form part of Patterson’s application for admission to the Medical Corps of the U.S. Navy. Essay was written at the U.S. Naval Home in Philadelphia and presented to the Board of Naval Surgeons of the Navy’s Bureau of Medicine and Surgery.
Dates: 1858

Silas Weir Mitchell typescripts

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Identifier: MSS 424
Overview 1) A case of uncomplicated hysteria in the male, 1904; 2) Two letters to Dr. Osler concerning his book on science and immortality, 1904; and 3) Address to the American Neurological Association by the President, S. Weir Mitchell, 1909.

Previously catalogued as 10a 195.
Dates: 1904; 1909

Stephen Cheek essay on yellow fever

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Identifier: MSS 2/103
Scope and Contents "An inaugural essay on yellow fever: presented to the faculty of the Philadelphia College of Medicine for the degree of doctor in medicine" Cheek maintains yellow fever itself is not contagious but communicable only under certain climatic conditions. He then discusses the yellow fever outbreak in New Orleans in 1853 and describes symptoms and possible methods of treatment.
Dates: undated

Thomas Hewson essay on the treatment of varicose veins

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Identifier: MSS 2/229-02
Scope and Contents Essay read to College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 29 Oct. 1833, describing cause of varicose veins and treatment by surgery and application of pressure. Includes case description from Pennsylvania Hospital.
Dates: 1833

Thomas J. Grahame essay on influenza

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Identifier: MSS 2/161
Scope and Contents Thomas J. Grahame defines influenza and describes current theories of its causation, symptoms, and treatment, 1857.
Dates: 1857

W. Sampson Handley manuscript on the origin of bone deposits in breast cancer

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Identifier: MSS 427
Overview William Sampson Handley MD, MS, FRCS (12 April 1872 – 1962) was an English surgeon who influenced the development of cancer surgery.

Paper originally published in the Surgical Clinics of North America, vol. VII, no. 1 (February 1927): 47.

Previously catalogued as 10a 288.
Dates: circa 1927

William Bishop essay on cholera

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Identifier: MSS 2/160
Scope and Contents William Bishop relates history, symptoms, cause, nature, and treatment of Asiatic cholera, 1859.
Dates: 1859-02-23

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