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Walter Freeman autobiography
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/014-02
Scope and Contents
Unbound typescript autobiography of Walter Freeman, written 1961-1970, discussing Freeman’s life, Keen
and Freeman families, his father, Walter J. Freeman, and Freeman’s work in neurology, neuropathology,
psychosurgery, and schizophrenia. Notable subjects are: Freeman’s work and disagreement with James W.
Watts on prefrontal and transorbital lobotomy; the second International Neurological Congress (1935);
Freeman’s follow-up studies of lobotomy patients; establishment of the El Camino Hospital...
Dates:
1961 - 1970
Walter Freeman correspondence
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/014-01
Scope and Contents
This small collection of letters from Walter Freeman to two Japanese
neurosurgeons, Mizuho Nakata and Sadao Hirose, gives some indication
of Freeman's own views on psychosurgery and lobotomy and is
also filled with personal information on Freeman's career and
family. There are no original items in the collection, only
photocopies of original material in the possession of either
Franklin Freeman or Sadao Hirose.The 1948 letter to Mizuho Nakata from Walter Freeman discusses
a...
Dates:
1848; 1955-1972
Walter Hughson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/077
Scope and Contents
This collection of Walter Hughson's papers, 1921-1945, including
his correspondence, records of research and work on special
projects, writings, and lectures, documents his professional
work in otology, particularly the aural rehabilitation of soldiers
deafened in war and hearing aid development.The collection is divided into four series. Series 1 contains
Hughson's correspondence with colleagues on various otological
or surgical matters, including the treatment of headaches...
Dates:
1921 - 1945
Washington L. Atlee correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 386
Overview
Washington Lemuel Atlee was born in Lancaster, PA, on February 22, 1808. He began studying medicine under his eldest brother, Dr. John Light Atlee, at the age of 15. By 1826, when Atlee started his formal medical education at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA, he had already attended over 40 obstetrics cases. He graduated from Jefferson in the spring of 1829 after completing two full courses of lectures.In 1844, Atlee accepted the position of Chair of Medical...
Dates:
1851 - 1855
W.B. McDaniel slide collection (unprocessed)
Collection
Identifier: CoPSp.ACC2306
Scope and Contents note
This is collection of 33 black and white glass lantern slides. The collection contains anatomical illustrations, including skeletons, viscera, nervous and circulatory systems. There are also illustrations of dissections scenes, apothecary shops, and other topics related to the early practice of medicine, including illustrations by da Vinci and Vesalius.
Dates:
undated
William Bishop essay on cholera
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/160
Scope and Contents
William Bishop relates history, symptoms, cause, nature, and treatment of Asiatic cholera, 1859.
Dates:
1859-02-23
William Booth ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/180
Scope and Contents
Accounts for W. E. Booth’s private medical practice in Danbury, Conn., and surrounding Fairfield Co., 1850-1855. Index to patient names included.
Dates:
1850 - 1855
William Bronson essay on the heartbeat
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/153
Scope and Contents
Student essay concerning heartbeat written by William H. Bronson for Sidney I. Smith, professor of comparative anatomy in Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University, 23 Mar. 1891. Includes certificate, 30 June 1888, from Sheffield Scientific School concerning Bronson’s examination and admission.
Dates:
1891-03-23
William Brower account book
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/326
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of an account book, 1872-1883, kept by physician William Brower, 1842-1919. Accounts are recorded under the names of individuals, and the volume has a name index. Entries under each account list the services rendered and their cost, who received the service, and any payments made. The bulk of entries list only visit as the service, but more description, such as vaccination, is occasionally provided.
Dates:
1872 - 1883
William D. Frazier papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/288
Scope and Contents
The William D. Frazier Papers, spanning 1874 to 1984, contain
professional papers relating to Frazier's career as a surgeon
and specialist in occupational medicine; personal papers; papers
of his father, neurosurgeon Charles H. Frazier; and numerous
photographs. Included among William D. Frazier's professional papers is correspondence,
reports of operative experience, and other items concerning
his work at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
and the Hospital of...
Dates:
1874 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1913 - 1963
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- Medical students -- Philadelphia, Pa. -- Nineteenth century 16
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- Jefferson Medical College 15
- Philadelphia General Hospital 15
- Rush, Benjamin 15
- Fisher, Charles Perry 13
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Mütter Museum 10
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- Mütter Museum 10
- Wood, George B. (George Bacon) 10
- Chapman, Nathaniel 9
- Coxe, John Redman 8
- Mütter, Thomas D. (Thomas Dent) 8
- Osler, William, Sir 8
- Dunglison, Robley 7
- Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine 7
- Leidy, Joseph 7
- Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa) 7
- Philadelphia College of Medicine 7
- Philadelphia County Medical Society 7
- Physick, Philip Syng 7
- Sturgis, Katharine R. (Katharine Rosenbaum) 7
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Medical History 6
- Mitchell, Silas Weir 6
- Morse, Elliott H. (Elliott How) 6
- Radbill, Samuel X. 6
- Carson, Joseph 5
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Building Committee 5
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Treasurer 5
- Girvin, John H. (John Harper) 5
- Gross, Samuel D. (Samuel David) 5
- Jackson, Samuel 5
- United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (Board of Naval Surgeons) 5
- University of Pennsylvania. Hospital 5
- Ashhurst, Astley Paston Cooper 4
- Bache, Franklin 4
- Bache, Thomas Hewson 4
- Blockley Almshouse 4
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Library Committee 4
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Public Health, Preventive, and Industrial Medicine 4
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Women's Committee 4
- Deaver, John B. (John Blair) 4
- Fowlers and Wells’ Phrenological Cabinet 4
- Gibbon, John Heysham, Jr. 4
- Gibson, William 4
- Keen, William W. (William Williams) 4
- McDaniel, W. B., II (Walton Brooks) 4
- Medical Library Association 4
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- Parrish, Joseph 4
- Pathological Society of Philadelphia 4
- Pepper, William 4
- Philadelphia College of Pharmacy 4
- Santee, E. A. (Ephraim A.) 4
- Stillé, Alfred 4
- Sturgis, Samuel Booth 4
- Tyson, James 4
- United States. Navy 4
- Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania 4
- Alms-House (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- Chapple, Charles C. 3
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Board of Trustees 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Revision of the Pharmacopoeia 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of Advancement 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Executive Director 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on General Medicine 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Ophthalmology 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Otolaryngology 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Trustees of the Building Fund 3
- Curie, Marie 3
- Da Costa, J. M. (Jacob Mendes) 3
- Dorsey, John Syng 3
- Hare, Robert 3
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- Hunter, Robert J. (Robert John) 3
- James, Thomas C. (Thomas Chalkley) 3
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- Micozzi, Marc S. 3
- Mitchell, John K. (John Kearsley) 3
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- Neilson, Thomas R. (Thomas Rundle) 3
- Pancoast, Joseph 3
- Philadelphia General Hospital. School of Nursing 3
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- United States Naval Home (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- Wallace, Ellerslie 3
- Wistar, Caspar 3
- Wood, Francis C. (Francis Clark) 3
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