Hartshorne, Joseph
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1779 - 1850
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Joseph Hartshorne casebook
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/038-01
Scope and Contents
Records of Hartshorne’s practice in Philadelphia from Jan. to Mar., 1828. Each entry describes the patient’s symptoms or ailment with some background information, then lists Hartshorne’s prescription or treatment.
Index to patient names is included.
Index to patient names is included.
Dates:
1828
Joseph Hartshorne letter to Nicholas Chervin
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/038-02
Scope and Contents
Chervin, 10 May 1821, requests Hartshorne to relate his experiences and opinion concerning the contagiousness of yellow fever. Hartshorne replies, 22 May 1821, that he can find no evidence for contagiousness and theorizes that yellow fever is tied to excessive summer heat in Philadelphia and mentions his trip to Batavia (1806-1807) where the disease is less violent due to sea breezes. Hartshorne then describes the outbreak of yellow fever in Philadelphia in 1820 and the evacuation of the Water...
Dates:
1821
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