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Anna M. McAllister notes on lectures from Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/056

Scope and Contents

Volume contains notes on lectures taken by Anna M. McAllister during third year of study at Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Nov. 1872-Mar. 1873. Lecturers not identified but are: Rachel L. Bodley on chemistry; Emeline H. Cleveland on obstetrics and diseases of women; Isaac Comly on practice of medicine; Henry Hartshorne on diseases of children and hygiene; Charles Hermon Thomas on materia medica; and Benjamin B. Wilson on surgery. Lectures identified by subject and date. Notes on hygiene included at end of volume.

Dates

  • 1872 - 1873

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Anna M. McAllister was born in 1849 or 1850. She received her M.D. from the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1873 and began to practice in Philadelphia. She specialized in otology, laryngology, and rhinology and may have travelled to Liberia, Africa, as a missionary. Anna M. McAllister died late in 1922.

Extent

0.2 linear feet (1 volume in half document box)

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

Purchased by the College 19 September, 1984, from William H. Allen, Bookseller, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Title
Anna M. McAllister notes on lectures from Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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

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