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Physicians -- Biographies

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Albert Morris Eaton papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/005
Scope and Contents The Eaton Papers consist of correspondence, handwritten notes, reports, and newspaper and periodical articles concerning Eaton's life, career, and professional concerns. The bulk of the collection is comprised of records from Eaton's tenure as Chairman of the Philadelphia County Medical Society(PCMS) Committee on Archives. These records include reports of the committee; correspondence files with physicians and their descendants concerning biographical information; Eaton's biographical...
Dates: 1885 - 1919

Francis R. Packard papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/034
Scope and Contents This collection of correspondence, addresses, writings, and research materials documents Francis R. Packard's work with the history of medicine and his editorship of "The annals of medical history".Series 1 contains two collections of Packard's incoming correspondence (1893-1950) with occasional copies of his outgoing letters. Series 1.1 is filed alphabetically by name of correspondent; subjects include submissions to "The annals of medical history", inquiries concerning the...
Dates: 1893 - 1950

Robert Abbe papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/146
Content Description This collection was assembled by Robert Abbe and contains scrapbooks and other memoranda relating to Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie, Joseph Lister, Edward Jenner, and Benjamin Rush. Included in the scrapbooks are correspondence, portraits, and newslippings. For a more detailed description of the materials included, please the "Scope and Content" note for each item.
Dates: 1781 - 1927

William John Potts papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/230
Scope and Contents The collection contains eight biographical and genealogical compilations of information on American physicians and surgeons and their families, primarily during the 18th century. Each compilation includes a index to names; an additional abstract of birth, death, and burial information is available. The information, compiled by William John Potts, 1872-1880, derives from newspaper articles and other contemporary printed material; wills; obituaries; church records; gravestone...
Dates: 1872 - 1880