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Syphilis

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Albert S. Ashmead papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/029
Overview The Albert S. Ashmead papers (1875-1910) is a fine collection documenting the professional experiences of a well-known American leprologist. The focus of the collection is Ashmead's correspondence with other leprologist and international figures concerning the 1897 Berlin lepra conference. The collection also contains manuscripts of Ashmead's articles, the text for an unpublished anthology on Japanese medicine, and research notes and translations of articles concerning leprosy and...
Dates: 1869 - 1910

John Ashhurst, Jr. correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/075-01
Scope and Contents This extensive collection of the correspondence of John Ashhurst, Jr., documents his professional interests, editorial work, and contact with colleagues in the surgical field through the courseof his career, 1868-1900. Most items concern responses to Ashhurst's request for articles for the International encyclopaedia of surgery, replies to invitations, and case descriptions or referrals. The collection also contains a few items, 1863-1864, from Ashhurst's service during the Civil War,...
Dates: 1863 - 1900

Paul E. Bechet papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 381
Overview Paul Esnard Bechet was born July 28, 1881 and died January 3, 1962. In 1903, he received his medical degree from Tulane University. Early in his career, Bechet assisted during the yellow fever epidemic of 1905 in New Orleans. From 1909 to 1934, Bechet worked at the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital as a clinical assistant, assistant physician, and physician. In his later life, he owned a private medical practice in Elizabeth, New Jersey.The Paul E. Bechet papers consist of the...
Dates: 1899 - 1947

Theodore F. Breck lecture notes

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/272
Scope and Contents Theodore F. Breck's lecture notes on skin diseases were taken at the K. K. Allgemeine Krankenhaus in Vienna, Austria, during 1868 and 1869. The lecturer was dermatologist Ferdinand Hebra (1816-1880), the author of numerous works on skin diseases. Hebra's lectures dealt with the identification, classification, and treatment of skin diseases. Breck's notes also contain approximately thirty different prescriptions for medicines and salves to treat diseases of the skin.Also...
Dates: 1868 - 1869