Correspondence
Subject
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Found in 353 Collections and/or Records:
Medical Society of New Haven County letter to John Redman Coxe
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 3/014
Scope and Contents
Letter, 1790 July 18, opening communications with College of Physicians of Philadelphia in response to letter of
April 1789 and expressing support for an American pharmacopoeia and need for pharmaceutical standards.
Signed by Committee of Correspondence, Ebenezer Beardsley, Elnathan Beach, Leverett Hubbard, Eneas
Munson, and Samuel Nesbitt.
Dates:
1790-07-18
Michael Heidelberger letter to Robert Austrian
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/266
Scope and Contents
Michael Heidelberger discusses state of his health and death of his wife, Charlotte.
Dates:
1988-07-07
Michael O'Hara, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/009
Scope and Contents
This collection of Michael O'Hara's correspondence documents his
professional career as a surgeon. The collection is divided
into three series. Series 1 contains manuscript and typescript correspondence, 1898-1899, principally addressed to George M.
Sternberg, Surgeon General of the United States, from Philadelphia
physicians and other influential figures, such as Senator Boies
Penrose. These letters are testimonials to O'Hara's background,
conduct, and fitness for military...
Dates:
1889 - 1903
Minutes of the Training School for Nurses at Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: MSS 4/001-02
Overview
The Training School for Nurses at Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital opened on 22 Oct. 1890. It was under the direction of a principal and an Executive Committee. This Executive Committee may have developed, in 1915, into the Training School Committee, which had oversight of the education, work, discipline, and living conditions of Hahnemann’s student nurses.Minute book of the Training School Committee, 1915 May 20-1921 Sept. 21. Related correspondence included. Minutes...
Dates:
1915-1921
Mona Spiegel-Adolf papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/252
Scope and Contents
Personal papers and research files of biochemist Mona Spiegel-Adolf, including correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, and laboratory notes. Series 1 contains biographical material and personal journal. Series 2 contains research files, including data, notes, memoranda, tables, and drafts of reports concerning electrophoresis, melanin, steroids, biochemical aspects of Tay-Sachs disease, and vitamins. Includes typescript of Kolloidforschung in der immunbiologie, circa 1930.Organized...
Dates:
1930 - 1966
Nathaniel Chapman letter to Dr. Welford
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 403
Scope and Contents
This is a letter written by Nathaniel Chapman, in Philadelphia, Pa., to a Dr. Welford, and is dated 19 July 1839. The letter discusses the case of Mr. Alexander, who suffered from a tumor in his bowel, and offers suggestions for treatment. The collection includes a typed transcription of the letter.
Dates:
1839
Nicholas Chervin papers
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: MSS 2/141
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of fifty-seven responses from fifty-six Philadelphia physicians to Chervin's 1821 survey concerning each physician's experiences with and beliefs regarding the contagious nature of yellow fever.
Dates:
1821 - 1832
Otto Rosenthal papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/022
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Otto Rosenthal's papers contains professional
and personal correspondence with colleagues and co workers during
his years at the Harrison Department of Surgical Research and
his work with alkaline phosphatase and cytochrome P 450. Many
of the major correspondents, including Jonathan E. Rhoads, William
S. Blakemore, Shakunthala Narasimhulu, David Y. Cooper, and
Ronald W. Estabrook, were members of the Harrison Department.
Although mention of Rosenthal's research...
Dates:
1951 - 1972
Papers concerning The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America from the Office of the Secretary of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 1/004
Overview
The office of the Secretary of the College of Physicians of
Philadelphia was created during the organization of the
College in 1787. The Secretary is the appointed officer of
record. His original duties were to record the minutes and
transactions of the College and preserve its documents and
correspondence.The collection contains letters, circulars, and reports,
1818-1821, probably assembled by Joseph Parrish, Secretary
of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, documenting
the...
Dates:
1818 - 1843
Papers concerning the publications of the transactions of the College from the Office of the Secretary of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 1/005-01
Overview
The office of the Secretary of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was created during the organization of the College in 1787. The Secretary is the appointed officer of record. His original duties were to record the minutes and transactions of the College and preserve its documents and correspondence.These reports, letters, and proposals concerning the
publication of the College's transactions, spanning 1841 to
1879, are part of the records of the Office of the Secretary
of...
Dates:
1841 - 1879; Majority of material found within 1851 - 1858
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