Joseph W. Paul notes on the lectures of Joseph Parrish

Item

Identifier: 10a 452

Scope and Contents

One volume (68 leaves) of notes on lectures by Joseph Parrish delivered privately circa 1830. Lacks title page. Lecturer identified by comparison with W.W. Gerhard’s notes on Parrish’s lectures. Paul’s text begins with leaf 53 of Gerhard’s text. Topics covered include fevers and gastrointestinal diseases.

Dates

circa 1830

Creator

Paul, Joseph W. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Joseph W. Paul of Philadelphia received his medical degree from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1831 and set up private practice in Philadelphia. He died in 1842. No other information about Dr. Paul could be located.

Joseph Parrish was born in Philadelphia on 2 September 1779 to Isaac and Sarah (Mitchell) Parrish. He married Susanna Cox on 20 October 1808; they had eleven children. Parrish died on 18 March 1840 in Philadelphia. He received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1805 and became a Resident Physician to a temporary yellow fever hospital in Philadelphia, where he set up private practice. Parrish was a Physician to the Philadelphia Dispensary (1806-1812), the Philadelphia Almshouse (1806-1822), and Pennsylvania Hospital (1816-1829). From 1807 to 1810, he delivered a series of popular lectures on chemistry. Parrish also helped found Wills Hospital and served as President of its Board of Managers (1833-1840). Among his prominent writings are Practical Observations on Strangulated Hernia and Some of the Diseases of the Urinary Organs (1805 and 1836) and an appendix for the first American edition of Lawrence’s Treatise on Ruptures (1811). Parrish was an active member of the Philadelphia Medical Society, serving as its Vice-President in 1806. He was elected a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on 6 November 1810 and served as its Vice-President (1835-1840).