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John Diller notebook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/058
Scope and Contents
Notebook documenting John R. Diller’s education at Jefferson Medical College, 18671868,
and
finances of practice in Emmaus, Pa., 18681885.
Material from Jefferson (pp. 137)
includes notes on J.
M. DaCosta on clinical medicine; Samuel D. Gross on surgery; John B. Biddle on materia medica; and
Ellerslie Wallace on obstetrics. Also includes treatments and prescriptions. Notebook also contains
Diller’s financial records including ledger, 1868-1870,
and summary monthly cash accounts,...
Dates:
1867 - 1885
John G. Metcalf ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/051
Scope and Contents
Financial ledger of John G. Metcalf for practice in Mendon, Mass., and surrounding Worcester County,
18441883.
Includes payments in goods or services and occasional notes on inability to pay due to
poverty or death. Several patients served and died in Civil War, including Samuel Everton (p. 143)
"starved to death by the Rebels at Andersonville, Ga." in 1864. Includes occasional accounts with Town of
Mendon for Metcalf’s services as treasurer and for visiting schools.Index to names...
Dates:
1844 - 1883
Jones Family Papers
Series
Identifier: MSS 438
Overview
The Jones Family Papers, spanning from 1881 to 1968, documents parts of the family practice and life as a family where the patriarch is a country doctor. The collection contains 45 rpm records, photographs, correspondence, financial records in the form of patient cards and ledgers, notebooks, patient records and personal records.The Jones Family Papers focus on several of country doctors from West Virginia. William Notly Jones is the first doctor of the family, but is not well...
Dates:
1881-1968
Joseph G. Richardson papers
Series
Identifier: MSS 432
Overview
Joseph Gibbons Richardson was born in Philadelphia in 1836. He earned his M.D. in 1862 from the University of Pennsylvania, and later was a lecturer on pathological anatomy and professor of hygiene. Richardson is best known for his contributions to the field of medical microscopy. He died in Philadelphia in 1886.The Joseph G. Richardson papers date from 1862 to 1887, and document Richardson’s professional career as a physician in 19th-century Philadelphia, including letters to...
Dates:
1862-1887; undated
Joseph Hartshorne casebook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/038-01
Scope and Contents
Records of Hartshorne’s practice in Philadelphia from Jan. to Mar., 1828. Each entry describes the patient’s symptoms or ailment with some background information, then lists Hartshorne’s prescription or treatment.
Index to patient names is included.
Index to patient names is included.
Dates:
1828
Joseph McFarland papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/346
Overview
The Joseph McFarland papers consist of two collections and documents Dr. McFarland’s medical career, particularly his involvement in parotid tumor and tetanus vaccination research from 1900 to 1943. Dr. McFarland was born in Philadelphia on February 9th, 1868, and received his M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1889. He continued to study and teach on pathology at various institutions in Philadelphia throughout his career. The collection contains two series, “Correspondence” and...
Dates:
1895-1943, undated
Joseph Toner manuscript on William Kent Gilbert
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/043
Scope and Contents
Manuscript in an unknown hand with pencilled emendations by J. M. Toner, [ca. 1881], describes William
Kent Gilbert’s background and education, professional career and work at the Philadelphia Alms House
and in private practice, and his collections of early American medical imprints, autographs, portraits, and
engravings.
Published in "Report on American Medical Necrology," Transactions of the American Medical Association, vol. 32, 1881, p. 503.
Published in "Report on American Medical Necrology," Transactions of the American Medical Association, vol. 32, 1881, p. 503.
Dates:
1881
J.W. Porter papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/156
Scope and Contents
This small collection contains 31 bills, receipts, and account
statements sent by five homeopathic physicians in the Champaign
and Urbana area to J. W. Porter, 1877-1897. The physicians
are: T. J. Merryman, J. E. Morrison, George R. Spooner, F. O'Dee
Springer, and C. D. Tufford. Many of the bills and accounts
concern treatments with electricity.
Dates:
1877 - 1897
Katharine R. Sturgis papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/355
Overview
Katharine Rosenbaum Guest Boucot Sturgis was born in Philadelphia, PA in 1903. She received her undergraduate degree from Pennsylvania State University and entered the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1935. She was forced to leave school when she contracted tuberculosis, but later resumed her studies and earned her medical degree in 1940. Sturgis became a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1951 and was elected its first female president in 1972. The Katharine R....
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1948 - 1979; 1852 - 1985
Lancaster County recipe book
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/258
Scope and Contents
Recipe book of unnamed Lancaster County, Pa., physician, circa 1854. Includes notes on dosages and recipes with notes on use and effectiveness. Numerous citations to published works on materia medica and medical periodicals. Several recipes derive from botanic or eclectic medical sources. Index to contents in volume.
Dates:
circa 1854
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