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Hospital journal
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/332
Scope and Contents
The collections consists of a journal, [18]88 Mar.-Apr., containing entries recorded by the staff of a hospital or clinic operated by Dr. William Alexander Hammond, 1828-1900. The volume documents the condition and care of patients, often including which if any medications were administered. The phrase "Night Orders Dr. Hammond" appears on the front cover of the volume. Dr. Hammond’s signature appears frequently throughout the journal.
Dates:
1888
Medical Staff of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children minute book
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6/007
Scope and Contents
This positive photocopy of a minute book of the Medical Staff
of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, spanning 22 January
1900 to 28 November 1916, contains minutes of special and regular
meetings of the Medical Staff. The minutes provide information
about the staff, residents, and visiting physicians at St. Christopher's
Hospital during the early part of the twentieth century.The minutes of the Medical Staff document the selection of candidates
to fill vacancies in St....
Dates:
1900 - 1916
Philadelphia General Hospital photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P-PGH
Scope and Contents
The City of Philadelphia, which holds archival materials from Philadelphia General Hospital, donated this collection of nearly 1,200 photographs to the College in 1978. The collection includes photographs of the buildings, physicians, residents, and patients.
Please see the inventory linked below for further details.
Please see the inventory linked below for further details.
Dates:
1888-1940, undated
Philadelphia General Hospital Training School for Nurses duty registers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6/005-04
Overview
In September 1883, the Board of Guardians of Philadelphia General Hospital decided to establish a training school for nurses. At first, the program could be completed in one year; eventually, the program was expanded to include three years of course work. By 1931, the school had certified almost 2,000 nurses. This collection of duty registers of the Training School for Nurses of the Philadelphia General Hospital consists of fifteen bound volumes dating from 1885 to 1911. The volumes contain...
Dates:
1885-1911
Record book of the Roentgen Laboratory of Philadelphia General Hospital
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6/005-03
Scope and Contents
Volume documenting diagnosis and treatment of patients in Roentgen Laboratory of Philadelphia General
Hospital, 1900 Nov. 7-1902 Oct. 27. Includes case histories, symptoms, and x-ray analysis of each patient;
occasional treatment of cancers, skin disorders, and tuberculosis included. Records primarily kept by George E.
Pfahler. Includes folder of supplementary material.
Dates:
1900 - 1902
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 Child Psychiatry Clinic at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Collection
Identifier: MSS 401
Scope and Contents note
This is a collection of records of the St. Christopher's Hospital for Children Child Psychiatry Clinic, 1956 to 1988. Materials include: statement of purposes for the clinic; memoranda on policies; information on staff members; reports of activities to the Orthopedic Foundation; brochures for the clinic; invitations and programs; reprints and copies of articles; and photographs of staff. The collection also includes a small amount of historical information on St. Christopher's and...
Dates:
1956-1989
Records of the Hospital and Dispensary for the Relief of Diseases of the Rectum and Genito-Urinary Organs
Collection
Identifier: MSS 440
Overview
The Hospital and Dispensary for the Relief of Diseases of the Rectum and Genito-Urinary Organs was incorporated December 6, 1875, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its purpose was to “furnish gratuitous medical and surgical advice and treatment to all poor people (without regard to creed, sex, or race) who suffer from any form of disease of the rectum or genito-urinary organs.” E. C. Hine, L. S. Clark were the surgeons, and H. Lenox Hodge was the consulting surgeon, for the Hospital. Opened as...
Dates:
1875-1888
Records of The Philadelphia General Hospital
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6/005-07
Overview
Until its closing, Philadelphia General Hospital (PGH) was the oldest institution in the United States in continuous service providing hospitalized care. Established in 1729, the Hospital had a long history dedicated to the care of the medically indigent of the city. In 1834, the institution moved from Center City to Blockley Township in West Philadelphia to the area that is now between 34th Street and University Avenue. At that time, it was renamed the Philadelphia Almshouse and Hospital and...
Dates:
1884 - 1941
Records of the Philadelphia General Hospital Committee on the Celebration at the Philadelphia General Hospital of the 200th Anniversary of the building of the Philadelphia Almshouse
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6/005-01
Overview
The Committee on the Celebration at the Philadelphia General Hospital of the 200th Anniversary of the Building of the Philadelphia Almshouse was established in September 1929. The committee, consisting of five members of the Medical Board of the Philadelphia General Hospital, was appointed by the President of the Medical Board. The committee was responsible for fund raising, promotion, planning the program, selecting speakers, and making out the guest list. The bicentennial celebration was...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1931 - 1932; 1929 - 1939
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