Jesse Elmer Shuman papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/250
Scope and Contents
This small collection, 1885-1935, documents Jesse Elmer Shuman's
medical education at the University of Pennsylvania and the
Medical Institute of Philadelphia and includes matriculation
and lecture admission tickets, lecture schedules, examination
questions, and a recipe book. Also included are some newsclippings,
a volume of notes used from 1912-1931, for lectures on materia
medica, and an undated typescript address on angina... pectoris.
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Dates
- 1885 - 1935
Creator
- Shuman, Jesse Elmer (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Jesse Elmer Shuman, Bloomsburg, Pa., physician and surgeon, was
born on 30 July 1869. He received an M.D. from the University
of Pennsylvania in 1891. For most of his career, Shuman was
associated with Bloomsburg Hospital. He was a president of
the Columbia County Medical Society and a member of the Medical
Society of the State of Pennsylvania and American Medical Association.
Jesse Elmer Shuman died in 1950 or 1951, at the... age of 81,
of complication developed after a fall.
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Extent
1 Box (2 volumes)
Language of Materials
English
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Custodial History
The bulk of this collection of Jesse Elmer Shuman material was
donated to the Historical Collections of the College of Physicians
of Philadelphia by Ellen and Mrs. R. S. Burr in 1979. Additional
material concering Shuman's attendance at the Medical Institute
of Philadelphia was donated by Ellen Burr in 1982.
The collection was processed and catalogued in 1992.
The collection was processed and catalogued in 1992.
Creator
- Shuman, Jesse Elmer (Person)
- Title
- Jesse Elmer Shuman papers
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
Contact:
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
