Constitutions

Overview Vol. 1 includes autographs of Fellows as signatories to the constitution, 1787-1922 (pages 5, 7, 34-40k). By action of Council, in 1923 this volume was retired to the College archives. A photocopy of the earlier signatures was made, and new fellows sign that copy. The Council of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was established in 1863. The Council originally consisted of the President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, the Censors, and six elected Councillors who served three year...

Scope and Contents The records of the Sydenham Medical Coterie span the duration of its existence, from 1870 to 1980, and give a reasonably complete account of its proceedings and activities.The organizational records of the Coterie (Series 1) contain the original manuscript constitution, adopted in 1870 with emendations to 1873. Bound with the constitution is the socalled "black list" (ca.1873-1896), a record of patients who were delinquent in payment of bills. The members of the Coterie...

Scope and Contents The collection, 1954-1988, contains the official archival records of the Teratology Society, preserved by its secretaries, along with the personal papers of the society's first president, Josef Warkany, and files of Narsingh D. Agnish, Secretary of the society's Education Committee. The papers of pediatrician and teratology researcher, Josef Warkany, in Series 1, 1954-1981, document the formation of the Teratology Society and proceedings of its early meetings, as well as the...