Jefferson Medical College
Organization
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
E. A. Santee lecture notes from Jefferson Medical College
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/223-03
Scope and Contents
Volume of student notes, 1863-1864, taken by E. A. Santee at Jefferson Medical College on, primarily, lectures of Samuel Henry Dickson on practice of medicine; Robley Dunglison on physiology; Samuel D. Gross on surgery and gunshot wounds; and Ellerslie Wallace on obstetrics. Includes notes on medical and surgical clinics of D. Hayes Agnew and J. L. Ludlow at Philadelphia General Hospital.
Dates:
1863 - 1864
H. Edgar Keely notebook and casebook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/303
Scope and Contents
Student notebook used by H. Edgar Keely at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Jefferson Medical College, 1904-1908, including examination and review questions, particularly on anatomy, materia medica, and pathology, and casebook of opthalmological patient records, nos. 5-203, 1912 Aug. 17-1915 Apr. 1, documenting medical practice in Philadelphia, Pa. Records list patient name, address, occupation, medical history, diagnosis, vision examination, and treatment. Includes two folders of items...
Dates:
1904 - 1915
Isaac Anderson dissertation on fistula lacrymalis
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/016
Scope and Contents
Anderson attacks the current understanding of fistula lacrymalis, describes the anatomy and physiology of the
tear ducts, and advises opening the sac for relief. Two cases (dated May, 1831) are used for illustration.
Dates:
circa 1830s
Jacob Price notes on the lectures of Thomas D. Mütter
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/081
Scope and Contents
Price’s notes are interleaved with Thomas D. Mütter’s Syllabus of the course of lectures on principles and
practice of surgery (Philadelphia, 1847) and expand on printed text. Notes occur in chronological order
from 23 October 1848 through 22 February 1849 and consider inflammation, wounds, diseases of bones and
joints, abdominal wounds, syphilis, and amputation. There are also a few pages of Price’s review notes,
dated February [1849?].
Dates:
1847 - 1894
Jeremiah B. Stubbs correspondence received
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/224
Scope and Contents
The collection contains fourteen letters received, 18361848,
by Jeremiah B. Stubbs, primarily from his brother, S. B. Stubbs,
with matriculation and lecture admission tickets, 1826, from
Jefferson Medical College. Several of the letters from S. B. Stubbs and one letter from Samuel
Webster describe the conditions, faculty, medical education,
and student life at Jefferson during the 1830s and early 1840s;
some comparisons are drawn between courses and faculty at Jefferson
and...
Dates:
1826 - 1848
John Diller notebook
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/058
Scope and Contents
Notebook documenting John R. Diller’s education at Jefferson Medical College, 18671868,
and
finances of practice in Emmaus, Pa., 18681885.
Material from Jefferson (pp. 137)
includes notes on J.
M. DaCosta on clinical medicine; Samuel D. Gross on surgery; John B. Biddle on materia medica; and
Ellerslie Wallace on obstetrics. Also includes treatments and prescriptions. Notebook also contains
Diller’s financial records including ledger, 1868-1870,
and summary monthly cash accounts,...
Dates:
1867 - 1885
John Elsom notes on clinics from Jefferson Medical College and Pennsylvania Hospital
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/061
Scope and Contents
Volume of medical and surgical cases presented to students by faculty members at the clinic and hospital of
Jefferson Medical College and staff at Pennsylvania Hospital, 30 Sept. 1848 to 14 Feb. 1849. Entries contain
name and age of patient with description of the ailment and notes on treatment or prescription. There are
occasional follow-up studies of certain patients. Index to subjects included. Physicians presenting cases are:
Robley Dunglison, George Fox, W. W. Gerhard, Charles D. Meigs,...
Dates:
1848 - 1849
John Wiley papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/059
Scope and Contents
This small collection of five notebooks documents John Wiley's
medical education at Jefferson Medical College, 1835-1837, and
gives some sketchy information about his later professional
life.The heart of the collection consists of one volume of Wiley's
notes (1835-1837) on the lectures of Jefferson faculty, including:
Samuel Colhoun on materia medica; Robley Dunglison on physiology;
Jacob Green on chemistry; George McClellan on surgery; Granville
Sharp Pattison on anatomy;...
Dates:
1834 - 1855
Jonathan Faust notebook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/071
Scope and Contents
Volume documents Jonathan N. Faust’s education at Jefferson Medical College, 1866-1867,
and
contains recipes, Faust family genealogical material, and miscellaneous material, 1867-1881.
Pages 167
contain notes on medical clinic of J. M. Da Costa and surgical clinic of Samuel D. Gross and notes
from lectures of John B. Biddle on materia medica; Samuel H. Dickson on practice of medicine; Robley
Dunglison on institutes of medicine; William H. Pancoast on anatomy; B. Howard Rand on chemistry;...
Dates:
1866 - 1881
Ludwig Loeb diploma and certificates
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/198
Scope and Contents
This small collection documenting Ludwig Loeb's medical education
in 1890 contains his M.D. diploma from Jefferson Medical College,
a certificate of attendance in an anatomy course at the Philadelphia
School of Anatomy and Surgery, and a certificate of attendance
in a course of practical obstetrics at the Philadelphia Lying
in Charity.
Dates:
1890
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