Sarah Edith Ives Cogan surgical casebook
Collection
Identifier: 10b 17
Scope and Contents
One typescript volume ([5], 75 leaves) of surgical cases presented by John B. Roberts at the Woman’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Cases dated 1 Oct. 1897 to 15 April 1898. Preliminary leaves include index of diagnoses and notes on preparatory measures for an operation.
Dates
- 1897 - 1898
Creator
- Cogan, Sarah Edith Ives (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Sarah Edith Ives received her M.D. from the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1898. In 1914 S. Edith Ives Cogan set up private practice as an ophthalmologist in Wakefield, Mass. She was certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology Examinations and was a member of the New England Ophthalmology Society and American Medical Association. Cogan retired by 1950 and died in Cambridge, Mass. on 26 April 1957.
John Bingham Roberts (1852-1924), Philadelphia surgeon, received his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1874. He then trained at Pennsylvania Hospital from 1875 to 1877. He was a leading figure in the foundation of the Philadelphia Polyclinic and School for Graduates in Medicine and was Professor of Anatomy and Surgery there until the Polyclinic merged with the School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania in 1918. He held many local appointments as Surgeon and lectured on surgery at the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia and Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. Roberts was very active in professional societies. He helped organize the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery. He served as Vice-President of the American Surgical Association (1889 and 1895) and was President in 1921. He assembled a collection of photographs and autograph letters of every Fellow of the ASA. Roberts was elected to Fellowship in the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1878.
John Bingham Roberts (1852-1924), Philadelphia surgeon, received his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1874. He then trained at Pennsylvania Hospital from 1875 to 1877. He was a leading figure in the foundation of the Philadelphia Polyclinic and School for Graduates in Medicine and was Professor of Anatomy and Surgery there until the Polyclinic merged with the School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania in 1918. He held many local appointments as Surgeon and lectured on surgery at the Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia and Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. Roberts was very active in professional societies. He helped organize the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery. He served as Vice-President of the American Surgical Association (1889 and 1895) and was President in 1921. He assembled a collection of photographs and autograph letters of every Fellow of the ASA. Roberts was elected to Fellowship in the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1878.
Extent
1 volume
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Given to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on 19 June 1900 by John B. Roberts, M.D.
Creator
- Cogan, Sarah Edith Ives (Person)
- Title
- Sarah Edith Ives Cogan surgical casebook
- 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
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19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States