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Benjamin Rush correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/096
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a reply by Benjamin Rush and twelve other Philadelphia physicians, Charles Caldwell, William Dewees,
John Redman Coxe, Philip Syng Physick, James Reynolds, Francis Bowes Sayre, John C. Otto, William
Boys, Samuel Cooper, James Stuart, Felix Pascalis Ouviere, and Joseph Strong, to inquiry of Thomas
Mifflin on 1797 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. Rush maintains yellow fever is identical with bilious
remitting fever of warm climates, discusses source of 1797 outbreak...
Dates:
1800, undated
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
Charles G. Strohecker notes on the lectures of William Darrach
Item
Identifier: MSS 411
Scope and Contents note
Notes taken from lectures by William Darrach at the University of Pennsylvania by C. G. Strohecker, 1845-1846. Notes are on diseases, including influenza, yellow fever, dropsy, typhus fever, small pox, and various inflammations. The volume includes some color illustrations and a syllabus of Dr. Darrach's lectures. There are also a number of poems at the back of the volume.
Dates:
1845-1846
College of Physicians Early Records
Collection
Identifier: CPP 1/001-02
Overview
The College of Physicians Early Records document some of the College of Physicians' earliest activities, including attempts by Fellows to diagnose and treat the 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia. The collection, which was discovered by chance in 2001 by College foreman Leroy Green, contains letters, manuscripts, and committee reports. Founded in 1787, the College assembled prominent Philadelphia physicians "to advance the science of medicine and to thereby lessen human misery." The...
Dates:
1788-1847; 1889; 2001
Commonplace book
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/122
Scope and Contents
Volume of unnamed Charleston physician with alphabetical listing of ailments and prescriptions with reference
to physician’s cases or published sources, 1839. Include case report of woman dead in childbirth and accounts
of physician’s experiences with yellow fever cases during an outbreak in Charleston during the summer of 1839.
Physician describes climatic conditions, symptoms of patients, and general observations. Includes copy of letter,
[1839] Sept. 13, summarizing events of outbreak....
Dates:
1839
D. Stratton Woodruff Papers
Series
Identifier: MSS 423
Overview
D. Stratton Woodruff M.D. (1924-2006) specialized in family medicine in the Bryn Mawr area of Pennsylvania. In 1975, he co-founded the Bryn Mawr Family Practice Residency program with Dr. Ian Ballard. As of now (2019), the program continues to train doctors in family medicine practice. The D. Stratton Woodruff Papers span from the 1930s to 1986. The small collection includes four quarantine signs circa 1930s and a copy of the script of a speech Dr. Woodruff delivered at his Lower...
Dates:
1930 - 1986
Daniel J. Swinney papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/085
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Daniel J. Swinney's student lecture
notes and related papers, recipe book, daybook, and vaccination
records, 1808-1827, documents the education and early medical
career of an obscure country physician during the early 19th
century.The collection is divided into two series. Series 1 concerns
Swinney's medical education at the University of Pennsylvania,
1808-1809, and includes a receipt for his 1808-1809 session
fee; an 1809 copy of Benjamin Rush's...
Dates:
1808 - 1827
Edward L. Bauer papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/319
Scope and Contents
Organized into four series: I. Manuscripts, 1940 & 1955. II. Typescripts, 1921-1941. III. Galley proof[n.d.] IV. Reprints, 1920-1945.The collection contains manuscripts, 1940 & 1955, typescripts, 1921-1941, a galley proof, [n.d.], and reprints, 1920-1945, documenting Dr. Edward L. Bauer’s career with the Department of Health of the City of Philadelphia. The collection also contains a few items post-dating Dr. Bauer’s employment at the Department of Health. Series 1 consists...
Dates:
1920 - 1955
George F. Lehman notes on the lectures of Benjamin Rush
Item
Identifier: 10a 239
Scope and Contents
Three volumes of notes on lectures given by Benjamin Rush at the University of Pennsylvania on the topics of pathology, therapeutics, and the practice of medicine.
Dates:
1810 - 1811
Isaac Hiester letter to Samuel Jackson
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/143
Scope and Contents
Hiester recalls experience as student sent by Caspar Wistar to Germantown to report on outbreak of yellow fever among several families there, circa 1805. Letter describes physical situation of Germantown and location of houses of infected families.
Dates:
1821-08-24
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