College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Organization
Found in 38 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel X. Radbill papers II
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/037-05
Overview
Samuel X Radbill (1901-1987) began his medical career as a general practitioner in 1926 and became a pediatrician in 1938, when he was certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. Radbill was perhaps better known as a medical historian, and collector of bookplates and old and rare medical texts than as a pediatrician. He believed that the study of medicine’s past was useful to its practice, and he encouraged many of his professional colleagues to examine the history of their specialties. The...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1800 - 1987; 1635 - 1987
Silas Weir Mitchell correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 436
Overview
Silas Weir Mitchell was born in Philadelphia in 1829. He earned his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1850. During the American Civil War (1861-1865), Mitchell worked as a contract surgeon in Turner's Lane Hospital in Philadelphia, an army hospital for nervous diseases. was actively involved in numerous local and national medical societies. He was founder and first president of the American Neurological Society and first president of the Philadelphia Neurological Society. In later...
Dates:
1865-1938; Majority of material found in 1883-1887; 1910-1911
Silas Weir Mitchell letter to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/241-02
Scope and Contents
Letter, 1911 Mar. 26, naming John Shaw Billings as custodian of Benjamin Rush watch (later part of Abbe Cabinet of College of Physicians of Philadelphia), following Mitchell’s death. Note from College Secretary John H. Girvin indicating, since Billings’ death preceded Mitchell’s, Simon Flexner appointed next custodian.
Dates:
1911-03-26
Sir William Osler papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/145-02
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of letters, 1885 to 1919, written by
Sir William Osler. The time span covered by the collection
includes Osler's years in Philadelphia (18841889), at Johns
Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland (1889-1904), and as
Regius Professor of Medicine at Oxford, England (1905-1919).
Recipients of Osler's letters include Thomas B. Futcher (1871-1938),
Guy Hinsdale (1858-1948), W. H. Jefferys (1871-1945), William
W. Keen (1837-1932), E. B. Krumbhaar (1882-1966), S....
Dates:
1885 - 1919
Sturgis Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: P-STURGIS
Overview
The Sturgis Photograph Collection was donated to the College in the early 1980s by Doctors Katharine R. and Samuel B. Sturgis. It contains a large number of the College's pictures and oversize documents (diplomas, certificates, etc.). The subjects of the materials range from portraits of physicians, early hospital buildings, group photographs of medical societies, and class photographs of medical school students, to lecture matriculation cards and medical illustrations. Researchers should...
Dates:
undated
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia COVID-19 collection
Collection
Identifier: CPP 22/001
Overview
A collection of websites, crawled by the Internet Archive, focusing on resources created by The College of Physicians of Philadelphia related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the College's "Documenting #COVIDPHL at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia" digital exhibit.About the project:The Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) has partnered with Archive-It to develop a public, archived collection of web content relating to...
Dates:
2020-06-08
Thomas Hewson essay on the treatment of varicose veins
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/229-02
Scope and Contents
Essay read to College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 29 Oct. 1833, describing cause of varicose veins and treatment by surgery and application of pressure. Includes case description from Pennsylvania Hospital.
Dates:
1833
William J. Taylor correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/264
Scope and Contents
This collection of William J. Taylor's letters spans 1892
to 1933. The letters are divided into four sections: Taylor's
outgoing letters, some of which were written during World War
I; incoming letters from other physicians offering or requesting
advice about surgical procedures; incoming letters from Mary
Scott Newbold lecturers; and miscellaneous incoming letters.
Section 1 contains Taylor's outgoing letters to John B. Roberts
and Charles Perry Fisher. Two of the letters to Fisher...
Dates:
1892 - 1933
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