Correspondence
Subject
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Found in 357 Collections and/or Records:
Solomon Solis-Cohen correspondence
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/049
Scope and Contents
Four typescript letters signed, 1911, from James Tyson and T. Mellor Tyson, concerning costs of patient care at Country Branch of Rush Hospital for Consumption and Allied Diseases, Malvern, Pa.
Dates:
1911
St. John W. Mintzer papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/019
Scope and Contents
This extensive collection of the papers of St.John Watkins
Mintzer documents the life and career of a 19th century physician,
soldier, and businessman. Although the bulk of the papers concern
his administration of Civil War hospitals, the collection also
contains information about the operation of Philadelphia's eclectic
medical schools, the work of the Freedmen's Bureau in Texas
and Mississippi, and some unusual business ventures of the day.Materials preserved in Series 1...
Dates:
1847 - 1912
Sylvanus Stall Records of Vir Publishing Company
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 441
Abstract
Sylvanus Stall (18 October 1847 – 6 November 1915) was a United States Lutheran pastor, most famous for his 1897 sex education and anti-masturbation book What A Young Boy Ought To Know and its many sequels. This book, and others, were part of a series called “Self and Sex,” and were published by Stall’s publishing company, Vir Publishing Company, between 1897 and 1904.The Sylvanus Stall Records of Vir Publishing Company span the years 1899 to 1911, and documents the activities of...
Dates:
1899-1911
Thomas Bond correspondence
Item — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 418
Abstract
Thomas Bond was an American physician and surgeon. He was born May 2, 1713, in Calvert County, Maryland. In 1751 he co-founded the Pennsylvania Hospital, the first medical facility in the American colonies, with Benjamin Franklin, and also volunteered his services there as both physician and teacher. During the Revolutionary War, Bond helped to organize the medical department of the Continental Army. He established the first American field hospitals during the conflict. He was also a...
Dates:
1741; 1760; 1773; 1776
Thomas Grier Miller papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/148
Scope and Contents
This collection contains biographical and genealogical information,
correspondence with individuals and institutions, addresses,
writings, photographs, and awards, certificates and diplomas,
1890-1981, documenting T. Grier Miller's life, interests, and
career, particularly his gastroenterological research at the
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.Major correspondents in the collection are: William Bennett Bean,
T. H. Boon, W. Russell Brain, Katharine O'Shea Elsom,...
Dates:
1890 - 1981
Thomas R. Neilson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/021
Scope and Contents
This collection of Thomas R. Neilson's papers touches on many
areas of the professional career and personal life of this Philadelphia
physician, surgeon, and teacher. The bulk of the collection,
comprised of professional correspondence and surgical case records,
comes from a narrow period of time, 1888 to 1892, years when
Neilson was approaching middle age and was well advanced in
medical career. His early education, family affairs, and financial
situation are also documented....
Dates:
1865 - 1937
Thomas Ruston papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/137
Scope and Contents
This small collection of manuscripts, 1764-1802, documents the
education, medical career, and personal life of Thomas Ruston.
Items in the collection relating to Ruston's medical education
at the University of Edinburgh include notes on two lectures
on the pulse delivered by William Cullen with drafts of three
letters by Ruston describing his affairs, 1764-1765; petitions
signed by the students of the university, protesting the lack
of regulations in granting degrees, 1764; and an...
Dates:
1764 - 1802
Traill Green papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/221
Scope and Contents
This collection of the personal papers of Traill Green (1813-1897),
spanning 1845 to 1868, consists of correspondence, case descriptions
of patients, a committee report, the transcript of a speech,
excerpts from published materials, and other miscellaneous items.Series 1, spanning 1845 to 1857, consists of letters written
and received by Traill Green, many of which are drafts. Of
special interest in the correspondence are Green's letters pertaining
to the remains of a...
Dates:
1845 - 1868
Truman G. Schnabel, Jr., Papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 380
Abstract
The Truman G. Schnabel, Jr., Papers date from 1908 to 2007 and represent Schnabel’s career at Philadelphia General Hospital and in the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Medicine, as well as the numerous professional medical organizations in which he was involved. The collection is divided into eight series: Boards, Committees, and Groups; Correspondence; Foundations; Lectures, Speeches, and Talks; Personal Files; Philadelphia General Hospital; Published Articles; and Truman G....
Dates:
1908 - 2007
