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Found in 357 Collections and/or Records:

David Ramsay letter to Jedidiah Morse

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/086
Scope and Contents

Letter, 14 Dec. 1813, concerns printing and distribution of Ramsay’s Memoirs of the life of Martha Laurens Ramsay (1811) and projected first volume of his Universal history Americanized (1819). Typescript transcript of letter by Samuel X Radbill, [ca. 1987], is included.

Published in Brunhouse, Robert L., "David Ramsay, 1749-1815: Selections from His Writings," Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, N.S. vol. 55, pt. 4 (1965), pp. 177-178.

Dates: 1813-12-14
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Deeds of Gift of the Office of the Treasurer

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 5/001-01
Scope and Contents

The collection contains notarized deeds of gift which were filed and preserved by the treasurer, 1924-1953, for items presented to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia for the Mutter Museum or College Collections, Deeds for items falling under the provisions of the Mutter Trust specify this condition. Occasional inforaation on provenance and some related letters are included.

Dates: 1924 - 1953
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Dinshah P. Ghadiali papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS 2/262
Scope and Contents This collection of spectro chrome metry materials, spanning 1936 to 1941, consists of photographs, a scrapbook of correspondence between the Spectro Chrome Institute and an individual who had purchased a spectro chrome, and miscellaneous items. Some of these items were used as evidence in the November 1946 trial which resulted in Ghadiali's indictment on charges of "false and misleading" claims in his literature.Series 1 contains three photographs of the spectro chrome, a...
Dates: 1936 - 1941
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Dixon family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 382
Abstract Edward H. Dixon (1808-1880) was a New York City surgeon. Dixon earned his M.D. from Rutgers Medical College in 1829 or 1830, and then studied material medica, theory and practice, and therapeutics under Dr. John Francis; and surgery under Dr. Alexander Mott. Afterwards, Dixon accepted positions at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum and House of Refuge. Later, he opened his own practice as a consulting surgeon, as well as a private surgical hospital.He married his wife, Sarah S. Hart, in...
Dates: 1842 - 1893
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Donald M. Pillsbury correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/018
Scope and Contents The Pillsbury Collection consists of correspondence received, filed alphabetically by author from national and international figures working in dermatology. A comprehensive list with name of correspondent, date of letter, and origin of letter is included. The correspondence is, in general, brief and concerns the abstracts and papers delivered by the correspondents. Presumably Donald M. Pillsbury retained these letters for their autograph value. Although the dates of the collection...
Dates: 1958 - 1963; Majority of material found within 1961 - 1962
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

E. B. Krumbhaar papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/344
Abstract Edward Bell Krumbhaar (1882-1966) was a distinguished pathologist and cardiac physician, as well as one of Philadelphia’s leading historians of medicine. A founder of both the Section on Medical History of the College of Physicians and the American Association of the History of Medicine (AAHM), Krumbhaar also served as president of the College and of the AAHM. The E.B. Krumbhaar papers covers Krumbhaar’s accomplishments and contributions to pathology and cardiac physiology from the early to...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1899 - 1992; 1825 - 1992
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Edmund B. Piper papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/017
Scope and Contents This small collection of Edmund B. Piper Papers consists of two items of correspondence received, 1918 and 1924; and typescripts of five speeches, 1915-1931. The collection documents Piper's experiences in World War I and his work with the treatment of septicemia.In Series 1, the letter, dated 28 June 1918, by Robert G. LeConte to Piper describes an offensive attack on a French mobile hospital and conditions at Hospital No.1 at Neuilly. The letter from Irene F. Lamb of Women's...
Dates: 1915 - 1931
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Edward A. Schumann papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/244
Scope and Contents This small collection of letters, pathological specimen registers, speeches and writings, and miscellaneous material, 1903-1963, documents the career and obstetric and gynecological practice of Edward A. Schumann. Series 1 contains three folders of letters, 1916-1958, from, primarily, obstetricians and gynecologists. The letters concern Schumann's speaking engagements; his presidency of the American Gynecological Society; his appointment as professor of gynecology at the...
Dates: 1903 - 1963
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Edward Jenner holograph letters to Charles Murray, Secretary to the National Vaccine Establishment

 Collection
Identifier: 10a 142
Scope and Contents

This collection contains 17 letters from Edward Jenner to Charles Murray, the Secretary of the National Vaccine Establishment in England. The letters discuss ongoing efforts to gain support for vaccination against smallpox, affairs of the National Vaccine Establishment, and vaccination news, including notable remarks and publications on inoculation and vaccination. The letters also mention the Royal Jennerian Society, the London Vaccination Institute, and the French Vaccine Committee.

Dates: 1806-1817
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Edward Oram Shakespeare papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/338
Scope and Contents The papers of Edward Oram Shakespeare reflect the versatility of his interests. The bulk of the medically-related papers concern his work on the Cholera Commission, as an attendee at the International Sanitary Conference and during his service in the Spanish American War. Other medical material includes publications and correspondence. Most of non-medical material consists of family papers, which contain a great deal of genealogical material.Original order was almost...
Dates: 1727 - 1916; Majority of material found within 1876 - 1900
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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