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Notes on the lectures of Philip Syng Physick
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/206
Scope and Contents
Volume contains notes taken by an unnamed student on lectures of Philip Syng Physick on surgery, probably in the Department of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, circa 1805. The lectures are numbered 1-14 in part 1 and 15-26 in part 2. Major subjects are: inflammation; ulcers; the treatment of fractures, wounds, and head injuries; diseases of the eye and cataract surgery; and amputation. Index to subjects included in part 2.
Dates:
circa 1805
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
Rose Hirschler surgical casebook
Collection
Identifier: 10b 16
Scope and Contents
One typescript volume (xxiv, 160 leaves) of 119 surgical cases presented by John B.
Roberts at the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia. Preliminary pages include table of
contents, summaries of walking cases and operations, procedural notes, clinic rules, and
an introduction to the report. Cases dated 30 Sept. 1898 to 14 April 1899.
Dates:
1898 - 1899
Samuel D. Gross correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/135
Scope and Contents
The Samuel D. Gross papers consist of two collections, including records of the American Surgical Association correspondence, photographs, and newsclippings. For a more detailed description of the materials included, please the "Scope and Content" note for each item.
Dates:
1851 - 1899
Samuel Hutchins Notes on lectures from Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital and physician's daybook
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/130
Scope and Contents
Notes taken by Samuel Hutchins on lectures at Harvard Medical School and clinics at Massachusetts General Hospital, 1839 Jan. 10-1839 Feb. 5 (pp. 1-123), and Hutchins’ daybook from medical practice in Norton, Mass., 1841 Apr. 25-1841 Aug. 14 (pp. 124-129). Lecturers are: Jacob Bigelow on clinical medicine and materia medica; Walter Channing on midwifery; George Hayward on surgery; and John Ware on theory and practice of physic.
Dates:
1839 - 1841
Sarah Edith Ives Cogan surgical casebook
Collection
Identifier: 10b 17
Scope and Contents
One typescript volume ([5], 75 leaves) of surgical cases presented by John B. Roberts at the Woman’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Cases dated 1 Oct. 1897 to 15 April 1898. Preliminary leaves include index of diagnoses and notes on preparatory measures for an operation.
Dates:
1897 - 1898
Surgical Case Records of Presbyterian Hospital
Collection
Identifier: MSS 429
Overview
Presbyterian Hospital was founded in 1871 by the Alliance of Philadelphia Presbyteries as a 45-bed facility on 2.5 acres. The incorporators declared the purpose was “to provide medical and surgical aid and nursing for the sick and disabled...” Care and nursing was granted to the indigent of Philadelphia, funded by donations from individuals and Presbyterian churches, to fulfill its Christian mission. This commitment was renewed in 1952, when the trustees of the Hospital voted against moving...
Dates:
1892-1894
Thomas Justus Dunott notes on the lectures of Thomas D. Mütter
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/239
Scope and Contents
Student notes by Thomas J. Dunott on surgical lectures of Thomas D. Mütter at Jefferson Medical College, 1852. Notes interleaved with Mütter’s Syllabus of the course of lectures on the principles and practice of surgery. Dunott’s notes concern: amputation; diseases and fractures of bones; inflammation; and wounds and injuries, specifically of head and abdomen. Includes occasional notes on John Kearsley Mitchell’s lectures on practice of medicine.
Dates:
1852
Thomas R. Neilson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/021
Scope and Contents
This collection of Thomas R. Neilson's papers touches on many
areas of the professional career and personal life of this Philadelphia
physician, surgeon, and teacher. The bulk of the collection,
comprised of professional correspondence and surgical case records,
comes from a narrow period of time, 1888 to 1892, years when
Neilson was approaching middle age and was well advanced in
medical career. His early education, family affairs, and financial
situation are also documented....
Dates:
1865 - 1937
W. Sampson Handley manuscript on the origin of bone deposits in breast cancer
Item — Folder: 1
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.
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
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