Obstetrics
Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
Isaac S. Thompson notes on the lectures of Colin McKenzie
Collection
Identifier: MSS 408
Scope and Contents note
This is a volume of manuscript lecture notes entitled "Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery by Colin McKenzie, M.D." The notes appear to have been taken by Isaac S. Thompson. There are 22 lectures; topics include "Of the Structure of the Pelvis," "Of Conception and Touching," "On Abortion," "Premature Births," and "Preternatural Labor." The volume also includes several recipes for prescriptions.An inscription on the inside of the front cover dates the volume to 1784;...
Dates:
1784; undated
J. Roberts Willson papers
Collection
Identifier: Acc. 1994-019
Scope and Contents
This collection has not been processed. However, the contents of the six boxes seem to be somewhat arranged in a comprehensive manner. The collection includes operation files; correspondence; reprints; speeches and other writings; photgraphs; and awards, certificates, and licenses.
Dates:
1914 - 1994
James Nelson Miller notes on lectures from the College of Physicians and Surgeons
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/060
Scope and Contents
One volume of undated lectures, circa 1879-1880, delivered by Francis Delafield, on pathology, symptoms, prognosis, and treatment of neurological disorders and diseases of liver and stomach. Subject index included.
One volume of lectures delivered by James Woods McLane at College of Physicians and Surgeons, on pregnancy, labor, delivery, and post-natal care with accounts of complications of labor and pregnancy-related illnesses. Subject index included. Lectures generally undated.
One volume of lectures delivered by James Woods McLane at College of Physicians and Surgeons, on pregnancy, labor, delivery, and post-natal care with accounts of complications of labor and pregnancy-related illnesses. Subject index included. Lectures generally undated.
Dates:
1879 - 1880
John Atlee notes on lectures from the University of Pennsylvania
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS 2/065
Scope and Contents
Two volumes of John L. Atlee’s notes on lectures from the University of Pennsylvania, 1818-1820,
documenting his medical education. Volume 1 contains Atlee’s notes, 18 February 1818 to 26 February 1818, on the lectures of Nathaniel Chapman on Practice, Institutes, and Clinical Medicine, numbers 79 [continued] through 85. Volume 2 contains Atlee’s notes, 15 November 1819 to 18 January 1820, on the lectures of John Redman Coxe on materia medica; William Gibson on surgery; Robert Hare...
Dates:
1818 - 1820
John Diller notebook
Collection — Volume 1
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 Freeman notes on lectures from the University of Michigan
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/107
Scope and Contents
J. F. Summerville’s student lecture notes from the University of Michigan, Department of Medicine and Surgery, 1879-1881.
Lecturers are: G. E. Frothingham on ophthalmology (pp. 160); Donald Maclean on surgery (pp. 199 and 316-320d); Alonzo B. Palmer on pathology (pp. 217-240; 100-120; 401-484); Edward S. Dunster on obstetrics (pp. 121-180; 286-300; 321-360; 485-490); Corydon L. Ford on anatomy and physiology (pp. 181-209); William James Herdman on pathological anatomy (pp. 209-215); John W....
Dates:
1879 - 1881
John Wiley papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/059
Scope and Contents
This small collection of five notebooks documents John Wiley's
medical education at Jefferson Medical College, 1835-1837, and
gives some sketchy information about his later professional
life.The heart of the collection consists of one volume of Wiley's
notes (1835-1837) on the lectures of Jefferson faculty, including:
Samuel Colhoun on materia medica; Robley Dunglison on physiology;
Jacob Green on chemistry; George McClellan on surgery; Granville
Sharp Pattison on anatomy;...
Dates:
1834 - 1855
Jonathan Faust notebook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/071
Scope and Contents
Volume documents Jonathan N. Faust’s education at Jefferson Medical College, 1866-1867,
and
contains recipes, Faust family genealogical material, and miscellaneous material, 1867-1881.
Pages 167
contain notes on medical clinic of J. M. Da Costa and surgical clinic of Samuel D. Gross and notes
from lectures of John B. Biddle on materia medica; Samuel H. Dickson on practice of medicine; Robley
Dunglison on institutes of medicine; William H. Pancoast on anatomy; B. Howard Rand on chemistry;...
Dates:
1866 - 1881
Notes on lectures from the University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia Hospital
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/208
Scope and Contents
Volume of notes taken by an unidentified student on the lectures of Joseph Carson on materia medica, William Pepper on the theory and practice of medicine, and Henry H. Smith on surgery in the Department of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, 1862 December 2-1863 January 29, and R. A. F. Penrose on obstetrics at Philadelphia Hospital, 1862 December 10-1863 February 6. Three case descriptions presented by J. M. Da Costa at the hospital are also included.
Dates:
1862 - 1863
Samuel Knox notes on lectures from the University of Pennsylvania
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2/050
Scope and Contents
Samuel Knox’s 1783 abstract of Colin McKenzie’s lectures on midwifery in 1773 and his notes on Adam
Kuhn’s lectures on materia medica and Benjamin Rush’s on chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania
in 1784-1785.Volume 1 contains Knox’s abstract of Colin McKenzie’s series of 19 lectures describing the
history of midwifery, symptoms of pregnancy and labor, typical and atypical births, and postnatal
care.While a student at the University of Pennsylvania, Knox may have...
Dates:
1783 - 1785
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