Collection: George W. Freeman lecture and matriculation tickets

Scope and Contents

This small collection documents George W. Freeman's education in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, 1850-1851. The collection includes Freeman's matriculation card, admission cards to lectures, and a certificate entitling him to use of the medical library of Pennsylvania Hospital. Faculty members whose lectures Freeman attended are: Joseph Carson, William Gibson, Hugh L. Hodge, W. E. Horner, Samuel Jackson, and James B. Rogers.

Dates

1850 - 1851

Creator

Freeman, George, W. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

George W. Freeman, of Pennsylvania, received his M.D. from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1852. His thesis was on dysentery. He also received an A.M. from Lafayette College in 1866.

Freeman practiced medicine in Freemansburg, Pennsylvania, where he died of paralysis on 16 May 1898.

Extent

1 folder (11 items)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Physical Location

Small collections

Custodial History

The George W. Freeman Collection was donated to the Historical Collections of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia by Mrs. Benjamin Pflum of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, through the offices of Russell S. Boles, on 8 March 1957.

The collection was processed and catalogued in September 1990.