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Records of the Philadelphia General Hospital Osler Memorial and Blockley Historical Museum Committee
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6/005-05
Overview
The Osler Memorial and Blockley Historical Museum Committee was established in December 1940. The committee was responsible for the daily administration of the Osler Memorial and Blockley Historical Museum of the Philadelphia General Hospital. The committee attended to the maintenance of the museum building, oversaw the care and cataloging of museum pieces, and acknowledged donations to the museum. This committee reported to the Medical Board of the Philadelphia General Hospital. This...
Dates:
1730 - 1960
Records of the Philadelphia General Hospital Osler Memorial Committee
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6/005-02
Overview
The Osler Memorial Committee was formed in October 1939. The committee was appointed by David Riesman, President of the Medical Board of the Philadelphia General Hospital. The objective of the committee was to create a museum and memorial to Sir William Osler in the old autopsy house of the Philadelphia General Hospital and to organize a ceremony marking the dedication of the building. After the completion of its duties, the Osler Memorial Committee was discharged in December 1940. At this...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1940 - 1941; 1894 - 1941
Records of the Philadelphia General Hospital Osler Memorial Committee and Blockley Historical Museum
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6/005-06
Overview
The Osler Memorial Committee was formed in October 1939. The objective of the committee was to create a museum and memorial to Sir William Osler in the old autopsy house of the Philadelphia General Hospital and to organize a ceremony marking the dedication of the building. After the completion of its duties, the Osler Memorial Committee was discharged in December 1940. At this time, it was decided that a new committee, the Osler Memorial and Blockley Historical Museum Committee, would be...
Dates:
1886 - 1950
Records of the Philadelphia Orthopaedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6/009
Scope and Contents
The collection contains minutes, correspondence, records of financial transactions and personnel, and the admission, discharge, and treatment of patients, documenting the organization and administration and patient care at the Philadelphia Orthopaedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases, 1867-1942. Some volumes are in poor condition and need to be handled with extra care.Series 1 contains minutes, 1867-1920, of the hospital's Board of Managers. The board's business, as...
Dates:
1867 - 1942
Records of the United States Marine Hospital
Collection
Identifier: MSS 1/002-01
Scope and Contents
The bulk of this extensive collection of records of the United
States Marine Hospital in Philadelphia is comprised of the hospital's
records of incoming patients seeking treatment and relief (1875-1909).
Most of these records were kept by Surgeons James M. Gassaway
and George W. Stoner. The collection also includes reports
of the hospital's activities, correspondence, property returns
and supply records, and some miscellaneous material, including issues
of the U.S. Surgeon General's...
Dates:
1875 - 1909
Records of the United States Marine Hospital II
Collection
Identifier: CPP 1/002-02
Overview
On 16 July 1798, the United States Congress established the Marine Hospital Service under the Treasury Department for the benefit of sick and disabled members of the mercantile marine. Each seaman was assessed a tax of 40 cents per month, and these dues were fed into a hospital fund which paid for the Service. The first marine hospital opened at Washington Point, Virginia, in 1800.The Service was reorganized in 1870. Its activities were standardized under the Supervising Surgeon....
Dates:
1870-1934; undated; Majority of material found within 1877 - 1882
Society of Clinical Surgery photograph album
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3/017
Scope and Contents
This photograph album documents the 1925 European tour of the
Society of Clinical Surgery. The Society visited clinics and
surgeons in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium, the
Netherlands, and England. Included are photographs of scenic
views, tourist attractions, and members of the Society. Of
special interest, however, are the numerous photographs of clinics,
hospitals, and famous European surgeons. Many of these photographs
where taken while the surgeons were performing...
Dates:
1925
Solomon Solis-Cohen correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/049
Scope and Contents
Four typescript letters signed, 1911, from James Tyson and T. Mellor Tyson, concerning costs of patient
care at Country Branch of Rush Hospital for Consumption and Allied Diseases, Malvern, Pa.
Dates:
1911
Sturgis Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P-STURGIS
Overview
The Sturgis Photograph Collection was donated to the College in the early 1980s by Doctors Katharine R. and Samuel B. Sturgis. It contains a large number of the College's pictures and oversize documents (diplomas, certificates, etc.). The subjects of the materials range from portraits of physicians, early hospital buildings, group photographs of medical societies, and class photographs of medical school students, to lecture matriculation cards and medical illustrations. Researchers should...
Dates:
undated
Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon ephemera
Collection
Identifier: MSS 415
Overview
In South Philadelphia, at the corner of Washington Avenue and Swanson Street, a neighborhood grocer named Barzilai Brown began distributing food to soldiers traveling to and from the nearby Navy Yard and railroads. This operation, originally referred to as “Brown’s,” became the Union Volunteer Refreshment Saloon on May 27, 1861. The establishment grew and became a place of rest, relaxation, and, of course, refreshment for travel-weary soldiers, whom the saloon provided with food, drink, paper,...
Dates:
1862
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