Correspondence
Subject
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Found in 352 Collections and/or Records:
Walter Hughson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/077
Scope and Contents
This collection of Walter Hughson's papers, 1921-1945, including
his correspondence, records of research and work on special
projects, writings, and lectures, documents his professional
work in otology, particularly the aural rehabilitation of soldiers
deafened in war and hearing aid development.The collection is divided into four series. Series 1 contains
Hughson's correspondence with colleagues on various otological
or surgical matters, including the treatment of headaches...
Dates:
1921 - 1945
Washington L. Atlee correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 386
Overview
Washington Lemuel Atlee was born in Lancaster, PA, on February 22, 1808. He began studying medicine under his eldest brother, Dr. John Light Atlee, at the age of 15. By 1826, when Atlee started his formal medical education at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, PA, he had already attended over 40 obstetrics cases. He graduated from Jefferson in the spring of 1829 after completing two full courses of lectures.In 1844, Atlee accepted the position of Chair of Medical...
Dates:
1851 - 1855
William Clift letter to Philip Syng Physick
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/219
Scope and Contents
Letter of William Clift to Philip Syng Physick, 1835 May 8, describes care of pathological collections of John Hunter since Hunter’s death in 1793; extracts concerning pathological specimens made from Hunter’s papers and manuscripts before their destruction; production of catalogue; and current inaccessibility of museum collections due to construction in the library of the Royal College of Surgeons.
Type of reproduction--Photocopy (positive).
Type of reproduction--Photocopy (positive).
Dates:
1835-05-08
William D. Frazier papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/288
Scope and Contents
The William D. Frazier Papers, spanning 1874 to 1984, contain
professional papers relating to Frazier's career as a surgeon
and specialist in occupational medicine; personal papers; papers
of his father, neurosurgeon Charles H. Frazier; and numerous
photographs. Included among William D. Frazier's professional papers is correspondence,
reports of operative experience, and other items concerning
his work at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
and the Hospital of...
Dates:
1874 - 1984; Majority of material found within 1913 - 1963
William Hallock Park letter to Joseph McFarland
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/191
Scope and Contents
Describes Park’s work with globulin, 25 Sept. [1900?].
Dates:
circa 1900
William J. Taylor correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/264
Scope and Contents
This collection of William J. Taylor's letters spans 1892
to 1933. The letters are divided into four sections: Taylor's
outgoing letters, some of which were written during World War
I; incoming letters from other physicians offering or requesting
advice about surgical procedures; incoming letters from Mary
Scott Newbold lecturers; and miscellaneous incoming letters.
Section 1 contains Taylor's outgoing letters to John B. Roberts
and Charles Perry Fisher. Two of the letters to Fisher...
Dates:
1892 - 1933
William L. Lincoln letter to Isaac Hays
Collection
Identifier: MSS 454
Overview
One letter in which Lincoln requessts Hays' opinion on "the enclosed printed matter" (not present) and the ethics of publishing it, possibly in a Minnesota State Medical Society publication.
Dates:
1869 December 30
William M. Coffin papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/297
Scope and Contents
The collection contains letters, claim forms, affidavits, memoranda,
and other documents, 1880-1911, concerning William M. Coffin's
military pension and medical disabilities from his service in
the Civil War. The papers describe Coffin's state of health
and war related disabilities as well as his experiences with
medical care and treatments during and after the war. Coffin
suffered from typhoid fever, gunshot wounds, hemorrhoids, chronic diarrhea,
and rheumatism.
Dates:
1880 - 1911
William Osler Abbott papers
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS 2/015
Scope and Contents
The William Osler Abbott papers consists of two collections. The first collection contains correspondence, reprints, and health and biographical notes, and was assembled by Catherine Leek, Abbott's secretary at the Gastro Intestinal
Clinic at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.The second collection documents his work with T. Grier
Miller on intestinal intubation at the Gastro Intestinal Clinic and includes a technique book and correspondence, as well as records...
Dates:
1931 - 1949
William Pepper letters to Hampton L. Carson
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/306
Scope and Contents
Two typed letters signed, 1910 Feb. 5 and circa 1910, concerning William Pepper’s efforts to obtain complete collection of oil portraits of University of Pennsylvania medical faculty.
Dates:
1910
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