Research notes
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Lee Hollander papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/238
Scope and Contents
This collection of Joseph Lee Hollander's papers, 19511987,
contains, primarily, correspondence concerning his research
in the 1950s and 1960s on the treatment of arthritis through
intra articular steroid therapy and the effect of a controlled
climate chamber on arthritic patients.Series 1 contains two typescript drafts of Hollander's 1951 paper
on the injection of cortisone and hydrocortisone into arthritic
joints as well as letters, 1951-1953, from physicians and arthritic...
Dates:
1951 - 1987
Max B. Lurie papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/115
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, personal papers, addresses,
and writings, 1926-1967, of Max B. Lurie, documenting his life,
professional career, and research into genetic resistance to
tuberculosis.Lurie's professional correspondence, 1928-1966, is preserved
in Series 1. Principal correspondents are Lurie's colleagues
or collaborators in tuberculosis research, many of them associated
with the Henry Phipps Institute of the University of Pennsylvania,
including Samuel...
Dates:
1926 - 1957
Mona Spiegel-Adolf papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/252
Scope and Contents
Personal papers and research files of biochemist Mona Spiegel-Adolf, including correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, and laboratory notes. Series 1 contains biographical material and personal journal. Series 2 contains research files, including data, notes, memoranda, tables, and drafts of reports concerning electrophoresis, melanin, steroids, biochemical aspects of Tay-Sachs disease, and vitamins. Includes typescript of Kolloidforschung in der immunbiologie, circa 1930.Organized...
Dates:
1930 - 1966
Peirce family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/308
Scope and Contents
The collection contains medical education and personal papers,
1824-1895, of three physicians of the Peirce family of Maine.
Series 1 includes volumes of notes, 1824-1825, taken by James
H. Peirce on Nathan Smith's lectures on surgery and the theory
and practice of physic at the Medical School of Maine. One
volume of notes on the anatomy and physiology lectures of John
D. Wells is included. The series also includes Peirce's rough
notes for an essay, probably his medical...
Dates:
1824 - 1895
Samuel X. Radbill papers II
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/037-05
Overview
Samuel X Radbill (1901-1987) began his medical career as a general practitioner in 1926 and became a pediatrician in 1938, when he was certified by the American Board of Pediatrics. Radbill was perhaps better known as a medical historian, and collector of bookplates and old and rare medical texts than as a pediatrician. He believed that the study of medicine’s past was useful to its practice, and he encouraged many of his professional colleagues to examine the history of their specialties. The...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1800 - 1987; 1635 - 1987
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
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
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