Mütter, Thomas D. (Thomas Dent)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1811 - 1859
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Articles of agreement between Thomas Dent Mütter and the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/016-02
Scope and Contents
Original agreement, dated 1858 Dec. 11, by Thomas D. Mütter, conveying his pathological specimen collection to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia to form the Mütter Museum and stipulating the obligations of the College, including construction of a fireproof building, appointment of a committee to oversee the museum and a curator, and establishment of a lectureship in surgical pathology.Published in: Charter, ordinances and by-laws of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia....
Dates:
1858-12-11
George Bacon Wood papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/039-04
Overview
The George Bacon Wood Papers collection documents George Bacon Wood’s professional and personal life from 1813 to 1870. Dr. George Bacon Wood was an accomplished physician and author, and also lectured at several medical institutions in the Philadelphia region. Materials located in the collection include correspondence, manuscript drafts, lecture notes, financial material, and some graphic material. The collection contains six series arranged by their relative size: “Correspondence,”...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1813-1870; 1793-1921
Jacob Price notes on the lectures of Thomas D. Mütter
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/081
Scope and Contents
Price’s notes are interleaved with Thomas D. Mütter’s Syllabus of the course of lectures on principles and
practice of surgery (Philadelphia, 1847) and expand on printed text. Notes occur in chronological order
from 23 October 1848 through 22 February 1849 and consider inflammation, wounds, diseases of bones and
joints, abdominal wounds, syphilis, and amputation. There are also a few pages of Price’s review notes,
dated February [1849?].
Dates:
1847 - 1894
John Elsom notes on clinics from Jefferson Medical College and Pennsylvania Hospital
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/061
Scope and Contents
Volume of medical and surgical cases presented to students by faculty members at the clinic and hospital of
Jefferson Medical College and staff at Pennsylvania Hospital, 30 Sept. 1848 to 14 Feb. 1849. Entries contain
name and age of patient with description of the ailment and notes on treatment or prescription. There are
occasional follow-up studies of certain patients. Index to subjects included. Physicians presenting cases are:
Robley Dunglison, George Fox, W. W. Gerhard, Charles D. Meigs,...
Dates:
1848 - 1849
Records of the Mütter Museum
Collection
Identifier: CPP 7/004-01
Overview
The Mütter Museum was founded in 1856 when Dr. Thomas Dent Mütter bequeathed his personal medical museum to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. From Thomas Mütter’s collection, the museum grew as a noted repository for unique collections of medical specimens across the world. The Mütter Museum records document the history of this noted institution from 1887 until 2006. Included in the collection are catalogs of item acquisitions, visitor records, event records, and the papers of several...
Dates:
1887 - 2006
Thomas Dent Mütter letter to Beverley R. Wellford
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/311
Dates:
1841-06-21
Thomas Justus Dunott notes on the lectures of Thomas D. Mütter
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/239
Scope and Contents
Student notes by Thomas J. Dunott on surgical lectures of Thomas D. Mütter at Jefferson Medical College, 1852. Notes interleaved with Mütter’s Syllabus of the course of lectures on the principles and practice of surgery. Dunott’s notes concern: amputation; diseases and fractures of bones; inflammation; and wounds and injuries, specifically of head and abdomen. Includes occasional notes on John Kearsley Mitchell’s lectures on practice of medicine.
Dates:
1852
William L. Challiss lecture and matriculation tickets
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/159
Scope and Contents
This small collection documents the medical education of William
L. Challiss at Jefferson Medical College, 1847-1848. The collection
contains one matriculation card for the 18481849 academic session
and admission cards to the lectures of Franklin Bache, Robley
Dunglison, Robert M. Huston, Charles D. Meigs, John K. Mitchell,
Thomas D. Mutter, and Joseph Pancoast. There is also one card
admitting Challiss to lectures at the Philadelphia School of
Anatomy in 1847.
Dates:
1847 - 1849
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