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Germantown Dispensary and Hospital correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 431
Overview
This small collection of correspondence relates to and documents some of the activies of the Germantown Dispensary and Hospital during the years 1903 tp 1908. Much of the correspondence is between doctors T. H. Shoemaker and Burton Chance regarding Chance's appointment as Ophthalmologist of the Hospital. Other letters involve the assigments and resignations of other staff members.The Germantown Dispensary (later Germantown Dispensary and Hospital) opened modestly in one room in...
Dates:
1903-1908
H. Chester Parry lecture and matriculation tickets
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/126
Scope and Contents
This small collection documents H. Chester Parry's medical education
at the University of Pennsylvania, 1859-1861. The collection
contains Parry's matriculation card, lecture and clinic admission
cards, an examination schedule, and a letter certifying his
passage of his examinations. Faculty members whose lectures
Parry attended are: Joseph Carson, Hugh L. Hodge, Samuel Jackson,
Joseph Leidy, R. E. Rogers, Henry H. Smith, and George B. Wood.
Dates:
1859 - 1861
H. Earnest Goodman lecture tickets
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/158
Scope and Contents
The H. Earnest Goodman Collection consists of two 1857 cards admitting
Goodman to the lectures of D. Hayes Agnew on practical anatomy
at the Philadelphia School of Anatomy, and of R. A. F. Penrose
on obstetrics. There is also an 1858 matriculation card for
courses at Edward Parrish's School of Practical Pharmacy.
Although Goodman was a student in the Medical Department of
the University of Pennsylvania at this time, the collection
documents his attendence at courses outside the...
Dates:
1857 - 1858
Harry Flickwir Baxter account book and casebook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/322
Scope and Contents
The collection contains an account book, 1866-1872, and a casebook, 1864-1871, documenting the medical practice of Philadelphia, Pa. physician Harry Flickwir Baxter, 1844-1901. Items found interleaved in the casebook were removed and placed in folders. Series 1 contains the account book, 1866-1872. All accounts are listed under an individual, and the volume has a name index. The account book lists the patient, his or her address, services rendered and their cost, and payments made. The service...
Dates:
1864 - 1872
Henry Baird papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/003
Scope and Contents
Recounts Henry W. Baird’s life and career in neurological research in series of letters addressed to his
son, Douglas Gordon Baird, 19841985,
to describe "how I happened to write the papers which include
my name as author." Also includes biographical information, curriculum vitae, and bibliography. Baird
describes his career through his published writings and recounts work with Ernest A. Spiegel in
electroencephalography, pediatric neurology, and drug therapy for brain and neurological...
Dates:
1984 - 1985
Henry Pleasants daybooks
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/270
Scope and Contents
Ledgers of accounts from medical practice of Henry Pleasants in Hamiltonville [West Philadelphia], Pa., 1835-1858. Lists reason for visit and fee charged.
Dates:
1835 - 1858
Howard Mellor patient records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/052
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Howard Mellor's ophthalmological patient
records, 1894-1906, gives a detailed understanding not only
of his private practice in Philadelphia but also of ophthalmological practices, procedures, and prescriptions current
at this time. The two volumes of patient records are arranged
by number (assigned chronologically as admitted) and include
each patient's name, age, address, ailment or complaint, and
Mellor's detailed notes on the progress of the case....
Dates:
1894 - 1921
Jacob Weber lecture and matriculation cards
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/193
Scope and Contents
This collection of lecture admission and matriculation cards and
related material documents Jacob Weber's medical education at
the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 1845, and the Medical Department
of the University of Pennsylvania, 1855 to 1857. The collection
indicates that, in addition to the prescribed series of courses
at the university, Weber also attended supplementary lectures
on anatomy and surgery.Physicians and faculty members whose lectures Weber attended include:...
Dates:
circa 1855-1857
James Tyson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 442
Overview
James Tyson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1841. He earned his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1863, and served as acting assistant surgeon in the United States Army and resident physician at the Pennsylvania Hospital. Later he served as professor of pathology at Penn. Tyson succeeded William Pepper as chair in the practice of medicine, a position he held until 1914. He was elected a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1866, and served as its...
Dates:
circa 1873-1914; undated
Jeremiah B. Stubbs correspondence received
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/224
Scope and Contents
The collection contains fourteen letters received, 18361848,
by Jeremiah B. Stubbs, primarily from his brother, S. B. Stubbs,
with matriculation and lecture admission tickets, 1826, from
Jefferson Medical College. Several of the letters from S. B. Stubbs and one letter from Samuel
Webster describe the conditions, faculty, medical education,
and student life at Jefferson during the 1830s and early 1840s;
some comparisons are drawn between courses and faculty at Jefferson
and...
Dates:
1826 - 1848
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