Coxe, John Redman
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1773 - 1864
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Alexander Jackson notes on lectures from the University of Pennsylvania
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/196
Scope and Contents
Alexander Jackson’s notes, 26 January through 27 February 1824, from lectures in Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania. Includes occasional diagrams and subject index. Lecturers include: Nathaniel Chapman on the practice of medicine, John Redman Coxe on materia medica, William Gibson on surgery, and William P. Dewees and Thomas C. James on midwifery. Includes occasional notes on Robert Hare on chemistry and Philip Syng Physick on anatomy.
Dates:
1824
Charles G. Fowler lecture notes from the University of Pennsylvania
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/027
Scope and Contents
The three volumes of Charles G. Fowler's collection of lecture
notes documents the study of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
circa 1826. Volumes 1 and 2 consist of detailed notes from
Nathaniel Chapman's course on Practice, Institutes, and Clinical
Medicine. The notes describe the causes, symptoms, and treatment
of fevers, blood diseases, consumption, asthma, and stomach
disorders. There is a brief contemporary table of contents to
Volume 1; a complete listing of contents for...
Dates:
circa 1826-1828
Coxe family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 443
Overview
John Redman Coxe was born in 1773 in Trenton, N.J. and died in Philadelphia in 1864. He earned his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1794. Coxe held the positions of Professor of Chemistry (1809-1818) and Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy (1818-1835) at the University of Pennsylvania. He was a strong advocate of vaccination and one of the first to practice this new preventive method in Philadelphia.The Coxe family papers is a small collection dating from 1857 to...
Dates:
1857-1872
John Atlee notes on lectures from the University of Pennsylvania
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/065
Scope and Contents
Two volumes of John L. Atlee’s notes on lectures from the University of Pennsylvania, 1818-1820,
documenting his medical education. Volume 1 contains Atlee’s notes, 18 February 1818 to 26 February 1818, on the lectures of Nathaniel Chapman on Practice, Institutes, and Clinical Medicine, numbers 79 [continued] through 85. Volume 2 contains Atlee’s notes, 15 November 1819 to 18 January 1820, on the lectures of John Redman Coxe on materia medica; William Gibson on surgery; Robert Hare...
Dates:
1818 - 1820
John Fergusson Lamb lecture admission ticket
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/236
Scope and Contents
Ticket admitting John F. Lamb to lectures of John Redman Coxe on materia medica and pharmacy at University of Pennsylvania Dept. of Medicine, 1819 Nov. 3.
Dates:
1819-11-03
Medical Society of New Haven County letter to John Redman Coxe
Collection
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
Notes on the lectures of John Redman Coxe
Item
Identifier: MSS 389
Overview
John Redman Coxe was born on 16 September 1773 in Trenton, N.J. and died in Philadelphia on 22 March 1864. He earned his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1794. Coxe held the positions of Professor of Chemistry (1809-1818) and Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy (1818-1835) at the University of Pennsylvania.One volume of notes (254 pages) taken by an unknown student from a course of lectures on materia medica delivered at the University of Pennsylvania by John...
Dates:
27 November 1824 - 25 February 1825
William S. Wallace notes on the lectures of John Redman Coxe
Item
Identifier: 10a 37
Scope and Contents
One volume (143 pages) of notes on materia medica lectures delivered by John Redman Coxe. Lectures are dated from Nov. 24, 1821 to Jan. 11, 1822 and cover the topics venesection, emetics, cathartics, anthelmintics, and diuretics.
Dates:
1821 - 1822
William Wood Gerhard papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/183
Scope and Contents
This small collection of W. W. Gerhard's papers, 1834-1845, documenting his education and early career, contains letters received and sent, some correspondence of his brother, lawyer Benjamin Gerhard, and a few receipted bills and miscellaneous items. The bulk of the collection is composed of letters sent to Gerhard, 1834-1837, from colleagues, many of whom studied with him in Paris, The letters, several in French, describe medical student life and conditions there. Included are letters from A....
Dates:
1834 - 1845
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