Jacob Jeanes notes on the lectures of Nathaniel Chapman

Item

Identifier: 10a 365

Scope and Contents

Two volumes of notes taken by Jacob Jeanes on the beginning lectures by Nathaniel Chapman on the practice of medicine delivered in the winter session of 1821-1822. Vol. 1 (225 pages) contains lectures on fevers. Vol. 2 (251 pages) contains lectures on hemorrhages and diseases of the digestive system. Vol. 2 also bears note “corrected in the winter of 1822-1823” and has many pencil annotations.

Dates

1821 - 1822

Creator

Jeanes, Jacob (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Jacob Jeanes, noted homeopathic physician, was born in Philadelphia on October 4, 1800. He entered the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania under the preceptorship of Joseph Parrish and graduated in 1823. For twelve years Jeanes practiced allopathic medicine. During this time he served as a physician to the Philadelphia Almshouse and Dispensary. After intensive study of Dr. Hahnemann’s works, Jeanes became a declared homeopath in 1835, publishing a work on homeopathic practice in 1838. He was greatly revered by the homeopathic community for his research on materia medica and his leadership in professional societies. Jeanes was a founding member of the American Institute of Homeopathy, serving as its president in 1845. He also served several terms as president of the Philadelphia County Homeopathic Medical Society and was a member of the Pennsylvania State Medical Society. In 1848 he helped found the Homeopathic Medical College of Philadelphia, where he served as Professor of the Principles and Practice of Medicine until the demanding duties of his private practice caused him to resign in 1849. Dr. Jeanes died of an apoplectic seizure on December 18, 1877.

Nathaniel Chapman was an 1801 graduate of the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania, furthering his medical studies in Edinburgh before settling in Philadelphia in 1804. Chapman is best known as a medical teacher, editor, and professional advocate. He became editor of the Philadelphia Journal of the Medical and Physical Sciences in 1820. From 1810 on he taught at the University of Pennsylvania, serving as professor of materia medica and professor of the theory and practice of medicine and clinical medicine. In 1817 Chapman founded the Medical Institute of Philadelphia, considered the first medical post-graduate school in the United States. The principle publications of Chapman’s career are based on his lectures, such as his A Compendium of Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Medicine (1846). Among his other accomplishments, Chapman was elected the first president of the American Medical Association in 1847. Chapman was also a Fellow of the College of Physicians, elected in 1807.

Extent

2 Volumes

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Custodial History

With autograph of J. Jeanes and pencil sketch of Isaac Hays in v. 1. Given to the College of Physicians in 1956 by Hahnemann Medical College, which had acquired it from Ida Schuman Books. Bears property stamp of Hahnemann Medical College Library.

Inventory

Vol.

1 Nine lectures on a variety of fevers, including intermittent, bilious inflammatory, typhus, yellow, plague, and hectic fever.

2 Six lectures on a variety of hemorrhages, including uterine hemorrhages and hemorrhoids and 15 lectures on diseases of the digestive system, including gastritis, dyspepsia, enteritis, colic, cholera, and dysentery.