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Found in 348 Collections and/or Records:
Abraham Jacobi letters relating to Mount Sinai Hospital, New York
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/040
Scope and Contents
Mount Sinai Hospital, concerning appointment or resignation of staff members; an 1879 report concerning closing
dispensary on certain days of the week; letters from Rudolf Tanszky, Secretary of Medical Staff, concerning
irregular attendance of the staff; applications for positions; expressions of regret from Board of Directors and
Medical Board at Jacobi’s resignation in 1883; and printed version of Out-Door Department’s staff rules and
regulations.
Dates:
1879 - 1901
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
Albert S. Ashmead papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/029
Overview
The Albert S. Ashmead papers (1875-1910) is a fine collection
documenting the professional experiences of a well-known American
leprologist. The focus of the collection is Ashmead's correspondence
with other leprologist and international figures concerning
the 1897 Berlin lepra conference. The collection also contains
manuscripts of Ashmead's articles, the text for an unpublished
anthology on Japanese medicine, and research notes and translations
of articles concerning leprosy and...
Dates:
1869 - 1910
Alfred R. Shands, Jr. papers on William E. Horner
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/090
Scope and Contents
This small collection of correspondence and related materials,
1821-1975, assembled by Alfred Rives Shands, Jr., documents
his research on William E. Horner. The collection is divided into four series. Series 1 contains
Shands' correspondence, 1948-1975, concerning the loan and ultimate
disposition of a collection of Horner papers and relics at the
University of Pennsylvania and Shands' attempt to publish Horner's
1821 European diary. Series 2 contains two printed items...
Dates:
1821 - 1975
Alfred Stille correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 370
Overview
Dr. Alfred Stille’s personal correspondence is housed in this collection. The main theme of the letters follows the temperance movement, including a newspaper clipping explaining medicine preparation without the use of alcohol. Items found interleaved in a book (The temperance movement or, The conflict between man and alcohol, by Henry William Blair, 1888, call number Ncc 167) in the Library’s collection. Contains correspondence and clipping from 1887 to 1887. This collection was discovered...
Dates:
1887 - 1888
Allen R. Myers Presidential Papers
Series
Identifier: CPP 2/013-01
Overview
Allen R. Myers was born in Baltimore on January 14, 1935. He graduated from University of Pennsylvania and received his M.D. from University of Maryland in 1960; his medical specialties were Internal Medicine and Rheumatology. He spent the majority of his career in academia and was elected College President in 2000 and served two terms. Myers died in January 2020.
This collection dates from 1999-2003, and documents Allen Myers’ time as College President. It contains correspondence, committee...
Dates:
1972-2006; Majority of material found in 1999-2001
Arthur Asbury Presidential Papers
Series
Identifier: CPP 2/014-01
Overview
Arthur K. Asbury, Van Meter Professor of Neurology Emeritus, is one of the country's most noted neurologists, recognized for his clinical and experimental studies of peripheral neuropathies, particularly those related to chronic kidney failure, diabetes mellitus, and Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Asbury was born in 1928 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He received his bachelor's degree in agriculture from the University of Kentucky in 1951, and went on to study at the University of Cincinnati College of...
Dates:
2000-2008, undated
Arthur K. Asbury papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/351
Overview
Arthur K. Asbury (b. 1928), Van Meter Professor of Neurology Emeritus, is an internationally recognized neurologist, best known for his clinical and experimental studies of peripheral neuropathies. Most of his career was spent at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where he was a clinician, educator, researcher, and administrator. The bulk of this collection documents Dr. Asbury's work as Vice Dean of Research and Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1985 - 2000; 1958 - 2007
Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/349
Overview
The Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst Papers document the military and professional accomplishments of this noted physician. Ashhurst (1876-1932) established himself as a prominent surgeon and teacher in Philadelphia, and also served as in various medical capacities during World War I. The collection encompasses two series: “Military Service,” and “Subject Files,” and dates from 1895, 1904-1933, 1963, and undated. Researchers interested in the career of Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst, or in the...
Dates:
1895, 1904-1933, 1963, undated
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