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Found in 357 Collections and/or Records:

George Murray Paterson letter to the Phrenological Society of Philadelphia

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/232
Scope and Contents

Describes Paterson’s experiences promulgating phrenology in India in 1825, including course of lectures; his role in formation of the Calcutta Phrenological Society with phrenological examinations of its officers and members; and establishment of a phrenological school near Barrackpur and its curriculum.

Dates: circa 1825
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

George O. Caldwell papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS 2/299
Scope and Contents The collection contains one volume of George O. Caldwell's student notes, 1884-1885, on the surgical lectures of J. Williston Wright in the Medical Department of the University of the City of New York (pp. 1-106), with notes on materia medica (pp. 108-134), and an 1887 hospital formulary of 307 recipes (pp. 135-232), probably used at the Female Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island. Also included are nine letters, 1891-1894, from Caldwell to his fiancee, Annie C. Roche, written while...
Dates: 1884 - 1894
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

George P. Rosemond correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 2/007-02
Abstract This collection contains a small amount of George Rosemond’s correspondence, 1978-1980, from his tenure as President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.George P. Rosemond was born in 1910 in Hillsboro, North Carolina. He earned his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine in 1934 and completed his internship and residency at Temple University Hospital. He then joined the Department of Surgery at Temple, where he remained until he retired in 1981....
Dates: 1978-1980
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

George S. Crampton papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/189
Scope and Contents This small collection of biographical information, correspondence, photographs, maps, and awards, 1894-1988, highlights notable events in the career of George Sumner Crampton.Series 1 contains biographical information, primarily printed, 1894-1988, concerning George S. Crampton, his work, and his wife's family, the Smedes family. A miscellaneous collection of Crampton's correspondence, 1903-1959, is in Series 2. Most of these letters are personal, though many...
Dates: 1894 - 1959
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

George Thomas letter to Uncle

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/296
Scope and Contents

Letter, 20 Mar. 1865, addressed to unidentified uncle of George Thomas and member of board of managers of Preston Retreat concerning plans for the institution and inadvisability of appointing a woman to position of resident physician.

Dates: 1865-03-20
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

George W. Binkley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/257
Scope and Contents The papers of George W. Binkley, spanning 1930 to 1974, document his career as a dermatologist, professor, and frequent contributor to dermatological publications; the collection also provides evidence of Binkley's special interest in skin diseases associated with diabetes. Included in the collection are personal papers, correspondence, records of Binkley's involvement in various professional organizations, his research materials on diabetes, and samples of his essays and speeches. ...
Dates: 1930 - 1974
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

George W. Outerbridge papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/138
Scope and Contents The George W. Outerbridge Papers, 1916-1919, contain letters and postcards, a fragment of a diary, and photographs, documenting Outerbridge's experiences as a member of the Pennsylvania Hospital Unit in France during World War I.Series 1 contains letters, 1917-1918, addressed by Outerbridge to family members, particularly his father, A. E. Outerbridge, and aunt, Laura C. Outerbridge. The letters describe Outerbridge's transatlantic voyage, conditions in France, and the...
Dates: 1916 - 1919
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Germantown Dispensary and Hospital correspondence

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 431
Abstract This small collection of correspondence relates to and documents some of the activies of the Germantown Dispensary and Hospital during the years 1903 tp 1908. Much of the correspondence is between doctors T. H. Shoemaker and Burton Chance regarding Chance's appointment as Ophthalmologist of the Hospital. Other letters involve the assigments and resignations of other staff members.The Germantown Dispensary (later Germantown Dispensary and Hospital) opened modestly in one room in...
Dates: 1903-1908
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Gibbon family papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/287
Scope and Contents

This bulk of this small collection of personal material from members of the Gibbon family of Philadelphia, 1901-1929, is comprised of letters of Marjorie Young Gibbon and surgeon John H. Gibbon concerning their engagement, daughter Marjorie, and Gibbon's 1905 transatlantic voyages. The collection also includes letters of the young John Heysham Gibbon, physician and inventor of the heart lung machine.

Dates: 1901 - 1929
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Gove Saulsbury letter to George Bacon Wood

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/187
Scope and Contents

Saulsbury refers patient, Caleb H. Sipple, with indigestion to Wood’s care and describes case history and treatment, 11 Mar. 1851.

Dates: 1851-03-11
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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