Box 2
Container
Contains 17 Collections and/or Records:
Jameson, THomas, Dec 18, 1802, on Mollugo virticillata virginiana [carpet weed] and Harrison, John, Dec 3, 1803, on the Autumnal Epidemic of Bilious Remitting and Intermitting Fever in Maryland near Frederick Town, 18802 December 18
File — Box: 2, Folder: 11
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Records of the Philadelphia Medical Society include the original manuscript of the 1827 Society constitution; minutes; reports, including those from the librarian and treasurer; correspondence; records of a committee concerned with quack medicines, patent trusses, and specifics and patents, with reports on Swaim's panacea and H. Chase's truss against hernia; membership records; advertisements; and essays on a variety of medical topics by candidates for membership.
Dates:
18802 December 18; 1803 December 3
Gregg, Amos, on Poldophyllum folus peltatis lolatis, common mayapple and Toles, [John?], on the "Advantage of Vaccination" in the case of the variolous disease, [smallpox] , 1802 September 13
File — Box: 2, Folder: 12
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Records of the Philadelphia Medical Society include the original manuscript of the 1827 Society constitution; minutes; reports, including those from the librarian and treasurer; correspondence; records of a committee concerned with quack medicines, patent trusses, and specifics and patents, with reports on Swaim's panacea and H. Chase's truss against hernia; membership records; advertisements; and essays on a variety of medical topics by candidates for membership.
Dates:
1802 September 13
Martin, [John S], Dec 10 1803, on Cholera Infantum and Parker, John, [Dec 24] 1803, "Paronychia or Whitlow," [painful swelling of the fingertips beneath the nails], 1803 December 10
File — Box: 2, Folder: 13
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Records of the Philadelphia Medical Society include the original manuscript of the 1827 Society constitution; minutes; reports, including those from the librarian and treasurer; correspondence; records of a committee concerned with quack medicines, patent trusses, and specifics and patents, with reports on Swaim's panacea and H. Chase's truss against hernia; membership records; advertisements; and essays on a variety of medical topics by candidates for membership.
Dates:
1803 December 10; 1803 December 24
Coke, Samuel, 1803 Dec 29, "An Essay on the Deleterious effects of Tobacco" and Douglas[s], Patrick Nov 10, 1804, on an epidemic of Bilious Inflammatory Fever in Loudoun [Va] and adjacent counties in 1804, 1803 December 29
File — Box: 2, Folder: 14
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Records of the Philadelphia Medical Society include the original manuscript of the 1827 Society constitution; minutes; reports, including those from the librarian and treasurer; correspondence; records of a committee concerned with quack medicines, patent trusses, and specifics and patents, with reports on Swaim's panacea and H. Chase's truss against hernia; membership records; advertisements; and essays on a variety of medical topics by candidates for membership.
Dates:
1803 December 29; 1804 November 10
Brownley, Jos[eph], on dysentery and on hernia
File — Box: 2, Folder: 15
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Records of the Philadelphia Medical Society include the original manuscript of the 1827 Society constitution; minutes; reports, including those from the librarian and treasurer; correspondence; records of a committee concerned with quack medicines, patent trusses, and specifics and patents, with reports on Swaim's panacea and H. Chase's truss against hernia; membership records; advertisements; and essays on a variety of medical topics by candidates for membership.
Dates:
1794-1868
Stewart, essay on Cholera Infantum and on respiration
File — Box: 2, Folder: 16
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Records of the Philadelphia Medical Society include the original manuscript of the 1827 Society constitution; minutes; reports, including those from the librarian and treasurer; correspondence; records of a committee concerned with quack medicines, patent trusses, and specifics and patents, with reports on Swaim's panacea and H. Chase's truss against hernia; membership records; advertisements; and essays on a variety of medical topics by candidates for membership.
Dates:
1794-1868
"On the Fermentation of Vegetable Substance" and "Of Inoculation for the Small Pox"
File — Box: 2, Folder: 17
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Records of the Philadelphia Medical Society include the original manuscript of the 1827 Society constitution; minutes; reports, including those from the librarian and treasurer; correspondence; records of a committee concerned with quack medicines, patent trusses, and specifics and patents, with reports on Swaim's panacea and H. Chase's truss against hernia; membership records; advertisements; and essays on a variety of medical topics by candidates for membership.
Dates:
1794-1868
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