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Caspar Morris casebook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/004
Scope and Contents
Volume compiled by Caspar Morris during residency at Pennsylvania Hospital with descriptions of five
cases, 18241826,
and observations concerning Philadelphia Board of Health’s report on epidemic of
bilious remittant fever in Bristol, Pa., in 1825. Two cases were head injuries; description, circa 1849, of
later medical history of one patient, B. L., included.Additional Form: Case of B. L. summarized in Morris, J. Cheston "United Fracture of Skull of Very Old Standing," Summary
of...
Dates:
1824 - 1826
E. B. Krumbhaar papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/344
Overview
Edward Bell Krumbhaar (1882-1966) was a distinguished pathologist and cardiac physician, as well as one of Philadelphia’s leading historians of medicine. A founder of both the Section on Medical History of the College of Physicians and the American Association of the History of Medicine (AAHM), Krumbhaar also served as president of the College and of the AAHM. The E.B. Krumbhaar papers covers Krumbhaar’s accomplishments and contributions to pathology and cardiac physiology from the early to...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1899 - 1992; 1825 - 1992
H. Lenox Hodge notebooks
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/341
Scope and Contents
Contents: Daily journal dated 1861; notes on certain cases occurring in the Pennsylvania Hospital, dated July
8th, 1858; ledger and field notes dated 1864
Dates:
1858, 1861, 1864
John Elsom notes on clinics from Jefferson Medical College and Pennsylvania Hospital
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/061
Scope and Contents
Volume of medical and surgical cases presented to students by faculty members at the clinic and hospital of
Jefferson Medical College and staff at Pennsylvania Hospital, 30 Sept. 1848 to 14 Feb. 1849. Entries contain
name and age of patient with description of the ailment and notes on treatment or prescription. There are
occasional follow-up studies of certain patients. Index to subjects included. Physicians presenting cases are:
Robley Dunglison, George Fox, W. W. Gerhard, Charles D. Meigs,...
Dates:
1848 - 1849
Samuel B. Hunter clinical lecture notes from Pennsylvania Hospital and Jefferson Medical College
Item
Identifier: MSS 410
Scope and Contents note
Bound volume of notes in pencil and ink taken by Samuel B. Hunter in 1854 and 1855. The notes record Hunter's observation of clinical visits, describing patient's complaints and their treatments. The volume also includes some recipes for prescriptions.
Dates:
1854-1855
Samuel W. Gross papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/203
Scope and Contents
Autographs of Philadelphia physicians, formerly in the possession of Samuel W. Gross, contains circa 900 death or interment certificates written by Philadelphia area physicians from 1806 to 1835. The certificates, arranged in a rough chronological order, indicate the common causes and ages of mortality in the city during the early 19th century.Each certificate attests to the cause and date of death, giving the name and age of the deceased. Many of the certificates concern...
Dates:
1806-1835
Thomas Hewson essay on the treatment of varicose veins
Collection
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
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