Hugh M. Kinghorn papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/254
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Hugh M. Kinghorn's papers on tuberculosis
includes holograph and typescript writings and speeches, translations
of articles, and some examination procedural items from the
Trudeau Sanitorium.
Series 1 includes Kinghorn's personal recollections of Edward R. Baldwin, Edward Livingston Trudeau, and the Montreal General Hospital and a biographical article on Peter Dettweiler, published in Kinghorn's The Cure of Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Rest and Exercise (1924).
Series 2, the bulk of the collection, includes typed translations, made either by or for Hugh M. Kinghorn, of German articles, many of them originally published in the third edition of Ludolph Brauer's Handbuch der Tuberkulose (1923). Several of these articles were written by Hans Much, Georg Schroder, and N. Ph. Tendeloo.
One folder of sample examination forms, procedures, and other printed material from the Trudeau Sanitorium is in Series 3.
Series 1 includes Kinghorn's personal recollections of Edward R. Baldwin, Edward Livingston Trudeau, and the Montreal General Hospital and a biographical article on Peter Dettweiler, published in Kinghorn's The Cure of Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Rest and Exercise (1924).
Series 2, the bulk of the collection, includes typed translations, made either by or for Hugh M. Kinghorn, of German articles, many of them originally published in the third edition of Ludolph Brauer's Handbuch der Tuberkulose (1923). Several of these articles were written by Hans Much, Georg Schroder, and N. Ph. Tendeloo.
One folder of sample examination forms, procedures, and other printed material from the Trudeau Sanitorium is in Series 3.
Dates
- 1903 - 1957
Creator
- Kinghorn, Hugh M. (Hugh McLennan) (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Hugh McLennan Kinghorn, Saranac Lake, N.Y. physician and tuberculosis
researcher, was born in Kingston, Ontario, on 9 November 1868.
He married E. Pearl Smith in 1928; they had two children, Mrs.
Wilfred T. Grenfell and John Hugh Kinghorn. Kinghorn died on
7 November 1957.
Kinghorn received an M.D. from the Faculty of Medicine of McGill University in 1894. He was then Resident Physician at Montreal General Hospital and Acting Superintendent of the hospital in 1896. In 1913, Kinghorn became Attending Physician at the Prescott Hospital in Saranac Lake, N.Y.; he was also on the staff of the Saranac Lake General Hospital and Director of the Saranac Lake Tuberculosis Society. He was a member of the American Clinical and Climatological Society, American College of Chest Physicians, and president of the Franklin County Medical Society.
Kinghorn received an M.D. from the Faculty of Medicine of McGill University in 1894. He was then Resident Physician at Montreal General Hospital and Acting Superintendent of the hospital in 1896. In 1913, Kinghorn became Attending Physician at the Prescott Hospital in Saranac Lake, N.Y.; he was also on the staff of the Saranac Lake General Hospital and Director of the Saranac Lake Tuberculosis Society. He was a member of the American Clinical and Climatological Society, American College of Chest Physicians, and president of the Franklin County Medical Society.
Extent
1.2 Linear feet (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The Hugh M. Kinghorn Papers were donated to the Historical Collections
of the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
from an unknown source, circa 1985.
The collection was processed and catalogued in 1992.
The collection was processed and catalogued in 1992.
Creator
- Kinghorn, Hugh M. (Hugh McLennan) (Person)
- Title
- Hugh M. Kinghorn papers
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
Contact:
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
215-399-2001
library@collegeofphysicians.org
