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Miscellaneous lantern and film slides (unprocessed)

 Collection
Identifier: CoPSp.ACC2302

Scope and Contents note

This is a collection of medical lantern and film slides. Subjects include: gynecology, obstetrics, and sterility; smallpox; eye movements; electrocardiography; World War I amputees; X-rays; patients with various medical conditions; and images related to a histamine study. The collection also includes several glass plate negatives and film negatives on the history of medicine, consisting largely of portraits of physicians and photographs of medical apparatus; stereoscopic cards on dermatology, in color, with stereoscope viewer; Warren Reese slides and lecture on “Anatomy of the Orbit”; Brodsky's Atlas of Oral and Facial Lesions; and slides of illustrations by Robert Allen Thom of "Great Moments in Medicine”. Additionally the collection includes miscellaneous slides and negatives taken by James A. Lehman, consisting of slides of text and illustrations for lectures, photographs of medical and surgical procedures, pictures of patients, and a small number of family photographs.

Dates

  • 1910-1976

Conditions Governing Access note

The collection is open for research.

Biographical/Historical note

This is a collection of medical lantern and film slides.

Extent

15.8 linear feet

Language of Materials

English

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title
Miscellaneous lantern and film slides 1910-1976 CoPSp.ACC2302
Date
2012
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
Finding aid written in English
Sponsor
This collection-level EAD record is a product of the Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) Consortial Survey Initiative, which was funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Repository Details

Repository Details

Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository

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Contact:
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215-399-2001

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