Correspondence
Subject
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Found in 348 Collections and/or Records:
John K. Mitchell correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/263
Scope and Contents
This collection, spanning 1892 to 1914, consists of letters received
by John K. Mitchell and some miscellaneous material. Most of
the letters concern the publication of Mitchell's book, Remote
Consequences of Injuries of the Nerves, and Their Treatment
(1895). The collection also contains three letters written
by Mitchell, two reviews of his book, a case study, and a signature
cutting.Series 1 contains letters received by Mitchell pertaining to the
publication of Remote...
Dates:
1892 - 1914
John Mumford Swan's sanitation survey of the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Virgin Islands
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/347
Overview
The John Mumford Swan Sanitation Survey of the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and Virgin Islands collection documents Swan’s survey of health conditions in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, and sections of Virgin Islands from 1919 to 1920. After the First World War, Swan was sent by the Red Cross to these nations, making his recommendations for improving the health of their citizens. Swan submitted a final report on his findings to the Red Cross in May 1920, located in this collection. The collection...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1919-1921; 1901-1924
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
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 B. VanderVeer letter to Douglas T. Neale
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/314
Scope and Contents
Letters, 1942 Feb. 15-1944 Aug. 13, describing experiences and daily life as physician in U.S. Army 52nd Evacuation Hospital and 364th Station Hospital, stationed in the Pacific during World War II.
Dates:
1942 - 1944
Joseph Carson correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/292
Scope and Contents
The collection contains four letters to Joseph Carson from the publishing firm of Lindsay Blakiston concerning the production and sale of Carson's A history of the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania. The collection also includes a letter containing resolutions made by the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania on the resignation of Joseph Carson in 1876. 1. Lindsay Blakiston. Letter : Philadelphia, Pa., to Joseph Carson, [Philadelphia, Pa.], 1868 Sept....
Dates:
1868 - 1876
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 letter to Nicholas Chervin
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/038-02
Scope and Contents
Chervin, 10 May 1821, requests Hartshorne to relate his experiences and opinion concerning the contagiousness of yellow fever. Hartshorne replies, 22 May 1821, that he can find no evidence for contagiousness and theorizes that yellow fever is tied to excessive summer heat in Philadelphia and mentions his trip to Batavia (1806-1807) where the disease is less violent due to sea breezes. Hartshorne then describes the outbreak of yellow fever in Philadelphia in 1820 and the evacuation of the Water...
Dates:
1821
Joseph Hines correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 400
Overview
Joseph Hines was born 25 December 1835 in Hardwick, Vermont, to Nathan Hines and Martha (Griffin) Hines. By the time he was 18, in 1854, he was working for a Mr. Page, selling patent medicine (pills) throughout Wayne, Bradford, and other northern counties in Pennsylvania. Later, Hines was a druggist and stationer in Athens, Pennsylvania; by 1884, he had bought the business from a Dr. H. L. Gibbs. He was elected burgess of Athens in 1894. Hines died 15 June 1917 from pneumonia....
Dates:
1854 - 1866
Joseph Lee Hollander papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/238
Scope and Contents
This collection of Joseph Lee Hollander's papers, 19511987,
contains, primarily, correspondence concerning his research
in the 1950s and 1960s on the treatment of arthritis through
intra articular steroid therapy and the effect of a controlled
climate chamber on arthritic patients.Series 1 contains two typescript drafts of Hollander's 1951 paper
on the injection of cortisone and hydrocortisone into arthritic
joints as well as letters, 1951-1953, from physicians and arthritic...
Dates:
1951 - 1987
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