Recipes
Subject
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Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:
Jesse Elmer Shuman papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/250
Scope and Contents
This small collection, 1885-1935, documents Jesse Elmer Shuman's
medical education at the University of Pennsylvania and the
Medical Institute of Philadelphia and includes matriculation
and lecture admission tickets, lecture schedules, examination
questions, and a recipe book. Also included are some newsclippings,
a volume of notes used from 1912-1931, for lectures on materia
medica, and an undated typescript address on angina pectoris.
Dates:
1885 - 1935
John Dauntesey recipe book
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/070
Scope and Contents
Volume contains recipes, manuscript copies of printed medical and chemical works, and genealogical
information, 16521683.
Volume contains recipes and prescriptions in English and Latin, in various
hands, on pages 110
and 111212.
There are several references to James Blackburn, who may have
owned or compiled the volume originally, then given it to John Dauntesey in 1652. Several prescriptions
are specifics against plague. Pages 11100
contain manuscript copy of works printed in London in...
Dates:
1652 - 1683
John Diller notebook
Collection
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 Ecky papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/328
Scope and Contents
Organized into three series: I. Diary, 1845-1849. II. Recipe book, 1851-1866. III. Miscellaneous, 1842-1915.The collection contains a diary, 1845-1849, recipe book, 1851-1866, and miscellaneous items, 1842-1915, documenting the professional and personal life of Philadelphia (Pa.) apothecary John H. Ecky (b. 1812). Series 1 consists of a diary, 1845-1849. The diary contains periodic, sometimes daily, entries regarding primarily Mr. Ecky’s personal life. Entries of medical interest...
Dates:
1842 - 1915; Majority of material found within 1842 - 1866
John Meigs, Jr. notebook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/305
Scope and Contents
Notebook, 1832, of physician John Meigs, including recipes, notes on various medical authors, and notes on midwifery lectures of R. D. Mussey at the New Hampshire Medical Institution.
Dates:
1832
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
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
Juliet Coates Walton commonplace book
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/106
Scope and Contents
Commonplace book, 1848-1883,
containing medicinal and household recipes, poetry, and quotations.
Several printed items laid in.
Dates:
1848 - 1883
Lancaster County recipe book
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/258
Scope and Contents
Recipe book of unnamed Lancaster County, Pa., physician, circa 1854. Includes notes on dosages and recipes with notes on use and effectiveness. Numerous citations to published works on materia medica and medical periodicals. Several recipes derive from botanic or eclectic medical sources. Index to contents in volume.
Dates:
circa 1854
Philip Gordon Kitchen papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/342
Scope and Contents
Contents: Recipe book/scrapbook -- Medical license registration certificate, May 18, 1893 -- American Medical
Association membership certificate, no. 17452 (undated) -- Invoice forms -- Envelopes containing tags from
books formerly on display now a) Retained in the Library b) Removed from the Library
Dates:
1893, undated
