Physician and patient -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Hugh Lenox Hodge papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/350
Overview
The Hugh Lenox Hodge Papers collection documents portions of Dr. Hugh Lenox Hodge’s medical career. Dr. Hugh Lenox Hodge was a prominent Philadelphia physician who specialized in obstetrics, becoming one of the most renowned figures in that field in the nineteenth century. Hodge also contributed to fighting the cholera epidemic in Philadelphia during 1832. The collection contains two series: “Correspondence,” and “Subject Files,” dating from 1817 to 1833, 1870, 1932, and undated. Materials in...
Dates:
1817-1833, 1870, 1932, undated
John Hill Brinton papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/269
Scope and Contents
The papers of John H. Brinton, spanning 1853 to 1896, consist
of a ledger, patient visiting lists, general business papers,
and a letterbook. These papers span more than forty years of
Brinton's medical career; especially well documented in the
collection are Brinton's years as a Civil War surgeon and Superintendent
and Director of General Hospitals in Nashville, Tennessee. Series 1 contains a ledger from Brinton's early practice. The
ledger, spanning 1853 to 1859, contains...
Dates:
1853 - 1896
Robert M. Girvin papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/047
Scope and Contents
This small collection of papers of Robert M. Girvin includes personal letters from Reinhold L. Herman, 1876-1877 and 1898; letters from Charles P. B. Jefferys, 1875 and 1878, reporting on the health of Charley [Jefferys' son?], suffering from liver and kidney disorder; two letters, 1878, from Amos Row, containing
inquiries about the use of "mannikins" for anatomical instruction; and letters, 18711872, from a former patient, Caroline McGehee Stewart, describing her experiences with...
Dates:
1871 - 1908
William R. Cooper postcards
Collection
Identifier: MSS 405
Overview
Dr. William Ridge Cooper was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in 1862. He graduated from Jefferson Medical College, worked in his father’s medical practice, and later established his own. Cooper died in 1925.
The William R. Cooper postcards date from February through December of 1893. There are ten postcards in the collection, all from patients reporting new cases or requesting visits from Cooper.
The William R. Cooper postcards date from February through December of 1893. There are ten postcards in the collection, all from patients reporting new cases or requesting visits from Cooper.
Dates:
1893
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