Correspondence
Subject
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Found in 357 Collections and/or Records:
James Crichton-Browne correspondence with Burton Chance
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/101
Scope and Contents
Autograph and typed letters signed, 1926-1936, from Sir James Crichton-Browne, praising Burton Chance’s writings on Sir William Lawrence, Sir James Hutchinson, and history of ophthalmology. Crichton-Browne includes account of his meeting with Sir William Lawrence in 1863. Includes autograph letter signed of Audrey Crichton-Browne, 1938 Mar. 29, to Burton Chance concerning Crichton-Browne’s death.
Dates:
1926 - 1936
James Q. Gant, Jr. correspondence received
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/192
Scope and Contents
Typed letters signed from John H. Stokes, 1940 Aug. 9, and Herman Beerman, 1940 Aug. 12, dermatologists at the University of Pennsylvania, to James Q. Gant, Jr., responding to inquiry about projected third volume of Louis A. Duhring’s Cutaneous medicine.
Dates:
1940
James Tyson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 442
Abstract
James Tyson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1841. He earned his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1863, and served as acting assistant surgeon in the United States Army and resident physician at the Pennsylvania Hospital. Later he served as professor of pathology at Penn. Tyson succeeded William Pepper as chair in the practice of medicine, a position he held until 1914. He was elected a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1866, and served as its...
Dates:
circa 1873-1914; undated
Jeremiah B. Stubbs correspondence received
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/224
Scope and Contents
The collection contains fourteen letters received, 18361848,
by Jeremiah B. Stubbs, primarily from his brother, S. B. Stubbs,
with matriculation and lecture admission tickets, 1826, from
Jefferson Medical College. Several of the letters from S. B. Stubbs and one letter from Samuel
Webster describe the conditions, faculty, medical education,
and student life at Jefferson during the 1830s and early 1840s;
some comparisons are drawn between courses and faculty at Jefferson...
Dates:
1826 - 1848
J.F. McClendon papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/120
Scope and Contents
This small collection of J. F. McClendon's papers, 19121953,
contains research correspondence, records of his work with the
American Public Health Association's Study Committee on Endemic
Goitre, and typescripts of his published articles and lectures.
The bulk of the material concerns McClendon's work on goiter
and iodine.Series 1 contains a chronological file of correspondence, 1925-1944,
concerning biochemistry; product samples and information; the
effect of iodine on...
Dates:
1912 - 1953
John Andrews letter to Dr. James Hollingshead
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/334
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of an autographed letter signed, 28 Mar. 1793, from Dr. John Andrews in Philadelphia, Pa. to Dr. James Hollingshead in Northhampton. Dr. Andrews was responding to Dr. Hollingshead’s request for smallpox vaccine. Dr. Andrews wrote the letter while training at the Philadelphia Almshouse (later Philadelphia General Hospital), and in the letter, he comments on the general character of the patients he treats. Dr. Andrews also lists those individuals graduating with him...
Dates:
1793 March 28
John Ashhurst, Jr. correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/075-01
Scope and Contents
This extensive collection of the correspondence of John Ashhurst, Jr.,
documents his professional interests, editorial work, and contact
with colleagues in the surgical field through the courseof
his career, 1868-1900. Most items concern responses to Ashhurst's
request for articles for the International encyclopaedia
of surgery, replies to invitations, and case descriptions
or referrals. The collection also contains a few items, 1863-1864,
from Ashhurst's service during the Civil...
Dates:
1863 - 1900
John Ashhurst, Jr. papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/075-02
Abstract
The John Ashhurst Papers collection documents the life and professional career of Dr. John Ashhurst from 1846 to 1901. John Ashhurst was a prominent Philadelphia surgeon who worked at the Hospital of the Protestant Episcopal Church, as well as the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. He also wrote extensively on the subject of surgery, writing the book The Principles and Practice of Surgery, which was published in several editions. Located in the collection...
Dates:
1846-1901, undated
John B. Deaver correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/036-02
Scope and Contents
This small collection of John B. Deaver's letters received from
other surgeons and physicians, 1885-1926, was probably retained
for its autograph value. Prominent correspondents are John
Ashhurst, Jr., Calvin Coolidge, Harvey Cushing, S. Weir Mitchell,
John B. Murphy, Sir William Osler, Maurice H. Richardson, A.
W. Mayo Robson, N. Senn. and G. Grey Turner. The letters concern
reactions to Deaver's published writings and notes on surgical
cases and matters. The letter from Calvin...
Dates:
1885 - 1926
John B. Roberts papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/024
Scope and Contents
The first extensive autograph collection of Fellows of the American Surgical Association was donated to the Mutter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia by John B. Roberts in 1903. Roberts had been working on this project for some years. The collection, viewed as an adjunct to a similar photograph collection, was sorted alphabetically and housed in a post binder. An envelope containing a few additions made on 17 January 1917 was filed with this binder. On 16 April 1925, Astley...
Dates:
1868 - 1930
