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Medical Society of New Haven County letter to John Redman Coxe
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3/014
Scope and Contents
Letter, 1790 July 18, opening communications with College of Physicians of Philadelphia in response to letter of April 1789 and expressing support for an American pharmacopoeia and need for pharmaceutical standards. Signed by Committee of Correspondence, Ebenezer Beardsley, Elnathan Beach, Leverett Hubbard, Eneas Munson, and Samuel Nesbitt.
Dates:
1790-07-18
Medical Staff of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children minute book
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 6/007
Scope and Contents
This positive photocopy of a minute book of the Medical Staff
of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, spanning 22 January
1900 to 28 November 1916, contains minutes of special and regular
meetings of the Medical Staff. The minutes provide information
about the staff, residents, and visiting physicians at St. Christopher's
Hospital during the early part of the twentieth century.The minutes of the Medical Staff document the selection of candidates
to fill vacancies in...
Dates:
1900 - 1916
Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia records (unprocessed)
Collection
Identifier: CoPSp.ACC2293
Scope and Contents note
This is a collection of records related to Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia. Materials in the collection include: card files of alumni of the College, including graduates of the Medical College, 1882-1917, dental and pharmacy alumni, and Frankford Hospital Interns, 1914-1937; and reel-to-reel tapes related to the history of the College. Tapes relate to the period from 1848 to 1858. The collection also includes a mounted photograph of the 1903 graduating class of the College with a...
Dates:
1882-1940
Members of the Section on General Medicine
Item
Identifier: CPP 12/011-02
Abstract
The Section on General Medicine was established in 1897. Its first Chair was James C. Wilson. The Section was disbanded in 1965.
Dates:
1965
Mercy Hospital and School for Nurses of Philadelphia charter
Item
Identifier: MSS 6/002
Scope and Contents
Charter listing purpose and objects of Mercy Hospital and School for Nurses of Philadelphia and names and function of corporators and directors. Seals detached.
Manuscript copy available at City of Philadelphia Department of Records.
Dates:
1906
Metropolitan Information Service notice regarding smallpox vaccination
Collection
Identifier: MSS 481
Scope and Contents
This informational notice from the Metropolitan Information Service argues the benefits of vaccination. It notes the decreased deaths from smallpox among American soldiers during the war and also cites numbers from American troops stationed in the Philippines during the smallpox epidemic in 1918-1919. The notice also compares cases in states with different laws regarding compulsory vaccination and addresses fears about the dangers of vaccination by explaining that careful administration...
Dates:
circa 1925
Michael Heidelberger letter to Robert Austrian
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/266
Scope and Contents
Michael Heidelberger discusses state of his health and death of his wife, Charlotte.
Dates:
1988-07-07
Michael O'Hara, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/009
Scope and Contents
This collection of Michael O'Hara's correspondence documents his
professional career as a surgeon. The collection is divided
into three series. Series 1 contains manuscript and typescript correspondence, 1898-1899, principally addressed to George M.
Sternberg, Surgeon General of the United States, from Philadelphia
physicians and other influential figures, such as Senator Boies
Penrose. These letters are testimonials to O'Hara's background,
conduct, and fitness for...
Dates:
1889 - 1903
Minutes of the Committee on Medical Research of the Office of Scientific Research and Development of the United States
Collection
Identifier: MSS 1/003-01
Scope and Contents
The volume (disbound) contains copies of the minutes with related
correspondence of the Committee on Medical Research of the Office
of Scientific Research and Development, 1944 Sept. 21-1946 Sept.
27-28, documenting the committee's work through the end of World
War II and its demobilization. Included is a list of the committee's
resolutions, 19411945. The minutes bear occasional holograph
notes written by its chairman, Alfred N. Richards.Responsibilities and concerns of...
Dates:
1944 - 1946
Minutes of the Committee on the Mütter Museum
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/007-04
Scope and Contents
The minutes of the Committee on the Mutter Museum of the
College of Physicians of Philadelphia, spanning 1865 to
1990, provide detailed information about the objectives,
development, and administration of this renowned medical
museum. Interfiled with the minutes of the Committee on the
Mutter Museum are minutes, 1973-1990, of the Committee on
College Collections. Also present in the collection are
annual reports from both committees, curator's reports, and
reports to Council....
Dates:
1865 - 1990
