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Correspondence

 Subject

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Found in 357 Collections and/or Records:

Samuel Coates letter to Joseph Paschall

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/002
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed from Samuel Coates in Philadelphia to Joseph Paschall, 25 Sept. 1793, describing family matters, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of 1793, and conditions in city during yellow fever epidemic. Coates lists acquaintances who are recovering, ill, or dead and mentions treating the disease with specific of Benjamin Rush.

Dates: 1793
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Samuel D. Gross correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/135
Scope and Contents

The Samuel D. Gross papers consist of two collections, including records of the American Surgical Association correspondence, photographs, and newsclippings. For a more detailed description of the materials included, please the "Scope and Content" note for each item.

Dates: 1851 - 1899
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Samuel Jackson papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/167
Scope and Contents This small collection of Samuel Jackson material contains letters written and received by him, a case history, two bills, and a recipe, 1835-1864. Most of the letters received and the case history concern descriptions and treatments of epileptics by physicians, generally alumni of the University of Pennsylvania who were practicing in the southern United States. The physicians are: Richard D. Arnold, William B. Cochran, Francis H. Deane, S. C. Gleaves, Virginius W....
Dates: 1835 - 1864
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Samuel Preston Moore papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS 2/293
Dates: 1758 - 1767
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Samuel Stehman Haldeman papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/176
Scope and Contents

This small collection consists of letters received by Samuel Stehman Haldeman from various correspondents, including C. B. Adams, Joseph Leidy, Josiah Clark Nott, and Noah Webster. The letters concern matters of linguistics and natural history.

One item of particular interest in the collection is Joseph Leidy's description of a new genus of crustacean.

Dates: 1838 - 1873
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Samuel X. Radbill correspondence concerning bookplates I

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/037-02
Scope and Contents This collection of Samuel X Radbill's correspondence concerning bookplates spans 1898 to 1987. The correspondence reveals how Radbill developed his extensive medical bookplate collection. The major correspondent in the collection is Sara Eugenia ("Sally") Blake (1886-1973), Librarian of the Tufts College Medical and Dental Schools, who was herself an avid bookplate collector. In addition to correspondence, the collection includes photographs of Sally Blake and samples of her...
Dates: 1898 - 1987
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Samuel X. Radbill correspondence concerning bookplates II

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/037-03
Scope and Contents This collection of Samuel X Radbill's correspondence concerning bookplates spans 1936 to 1963. Included among the correspondents are bookplate collectors, as well as bookplate designers and engravers. The major correspondent in the collection is Dutch bookplate engraver E. ReitsmaValenca. In addition to correspondence, the collection contains one of Radbill's bookplates as designed by ReitsmaValenca and photographs of bookplate engraver Ernest Huber.Radbill corresponded...
Dates: 1936 - 1963
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Samuel X. Radbill letters to Eleanora C. Gordon

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/037-04
Scope and Contents

Five letters, 1985-1986, from Samuel X Radbill to Eleanora C. Gordon concerning her research and manuscript on medieval child care and pediatrics.

Dates: 1985 - 1986
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Samuel X. Radbill papers I

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/037-01
Scope and Contents Extensive collection of correspondence, subject files, and photographs of Samuel X Radbill documenting professional associations with Philadelphia County Medical Society and College of Physicians of Philadelphia and his interest in medical history and medical bookplates. Collection contains notes made by Radbill on topics of interest and rough drafts of articles, papers for presentation, and informal speeches. Series 1 is divided into two subseries: A. Personal Correspondence and B. Subject...
Dates: 1907 - 1987
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Samuel X. Radbill papers II

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/037-05
Abstract Samuel X Radbill (1901-1987) began his medical career as a general practitioner in 1926 and became a pediatrician in 1938, when he was certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. Radbill was perhaps better known as a medical historian, and collector of bookplates and old and rare medical texts than as a pediatrician. He believed that the study of medicine’s past was useful to its practice, and he encouraged many of his professional colleagues to examine the history of their specialties....
Dates: Majority of material found within 1800 - 1987; 1635 - 1987
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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