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James Crichton-Browne correspondence with Burton Chance
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/101
Scope and Contents
Autograph and typed letters signed, 1926-1936,
from Sir James Crichton-Browne,
praising Burton
Chance’s writings on Sir William Lawrence, Sir James Hutchinson, and history of ophthalmology.
Crichton-Browne
includes account of his meeting with Sir William Lawrence in 1863. Includes autograph
letter signed of Audrey Crichton-Browne,
1938 Mar. 29, to Burton Chance concerning Crichton-Browne’s
death.
Dates:
1926 - 1936
James Macgill essays
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/315
Scope and Contents
Volume of essays delivered to unidentified medical society in Edinburgh, 1753, concerning rickets; phlebotomy as a treatment for fever; and history and practice of medicine.
Dates:
1753
James Nelson Miller notes on lectures from the College of Physicians and Surgeons
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/060
Scope and Contents
One volume of undated lectures, circa 1879-1880, delivered by Francis Delafield, on pathology, symptoms, prognosis, and treatment of neurological disorders and diseases of liver and stomach. Subject index included.
One volume of lectures delivered by James Woods McLane at College of Physicians and Surgeons, on pregnancy, labor, delivery, and post-natal care with accounts of complications of labor and pregnancy-related illnesses. Subject index included. Lectures generally undated.
One volume of lectures delivered by James Woods McLane at College of Physicians and Surgeons, on pregnancy, labor, delivery, and post-natal care with accounts of complications of labor and pregnancy-related illnesses. Subject index included. Lectures generally undated.
Dates:
1879 - 1880
James Oliver ledger and notes on lectures from Rutgers Medical College
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/286
Scope and Contents
Notes taken by James Oliver, 1829, on lectures at Rutgers Medical College. Includes notes on David Hosack on institutes and practice of medicine, William MacNeven on materia medica, and Valentine Mott on surgery. Also includes ledger of Ulster Co., N.Y., farm accounts, 1853-1861.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1829 - 1861; Majority of material found within 1861
James Q. Gant, Jr. correspondence received
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/192
Scope and Contents
Typed letters signed from John H. Stokes, 1940 Aug. 9, and Herman Beerman, 1940 Aug. 12, dermatologists at the University of Pennsylvania, to James Q. Gant, Jr., responding to inquiry about projected third volume of Louis A. Duhring’s Cutaneous medicine.
Dates:
1940
James Snow medical notebook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/245
Scope and Contents
Contains James R. Snow’s prescriptions and recipes for common ailments and notes on lectures of Austin Flint on practice of medicine and Frank Hastings Hamilton on surgery from the Medical Dept. of University of Buffalo, circa 1848.
Dates:
circa 1848
James Tyson papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 442
Overview
James Tyson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1841. He earned his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1863, and served as acting assistant surgeon in the United States Army and resident physician at the Pennsylvania Hospital. Later he served as professor of pathology at Penn. Tyson succeeded William Pepper as chair in the practice of medicine, a position he held until 1914. He was elected a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1866, and served as its...
Dates:
circa 1873-1914; undated
James van Arsdale phrenological character of W. K. Scholz
Item
Identifier: MSS 397
Content Description
This small collection consists of a document describing the personality and character traits of W. K. Scholz based on a phrenological examination by James van Arsdale in 1860. The character reading is printed, with handwritten notes in the margins and other markings.
Dates:
1860
Jason Howard Ames daybooks and account books
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/316
Scope and Contents
The collection contains four daybooks, 1824-1873 (Bulk 1837-1852), and two account books, 1826-1850, documenting the medical practice of Jason Howard Ames in Bradford, N.H. and the surrounding area. Items found interleaved in the volumes were removed and placed in folders. The daybooks list the patient and the services rendered and their cost. A brief description of the service provided is included. One daybook, (dates), has a name index. Notable services rendered include reduction of a...
Dates:
1824 - 1873; Majority of material found within 1826 - 1852
Jeremiah B. Stubbs correspondence received
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/224
Scope and Contents
The collection contains fourteen letters received, 18361848,
by Jeremiah B. Stubbs, primarily from his brother, S. B. Stubbs,
with matriculation and lecture admission tickets, 1826, from
Jefferson Medical College. Several of the letters from S. B. Stubbs and one letter from Samuel
Webster describe the conditions, faculty, medical education,
and student life at Jefferson during the 1830s and early 1840s;
some comparisons are drawn between courses and faculty at Jefferson
and...
Dates:
1826 - 1848
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- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Medical History 6
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- Morse, Elliott H. (Elliott How) 6
- Carson, Joseph 5
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Building Committee 5
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Treasurer 5
- Girvin, John H. (John Harper) 5
- Gross, Samuel D. (Samuel David) 5
- Jackson, Samuel 5
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- United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (Board of Naval Surgeons) 5
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- Bache, Franklin 4
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- Blockley Almshouse 4
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- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Women's Committee 4
- Deaver, John B. (John Blair) 4
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- Stillé, Alfred 4
- Sturgis, Samuel Booth 4
- Tyson, James 4
- United States. Navy 4
- Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania 4
- Alms-House (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Board of Trustees 3
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- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of Advancement 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Executive Director 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on General Medicine 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Ophthalmology 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Otolaryngology 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Trustees of the Building Fund 3
- Curie, Marie 3
- Da Costa, J. M. (Jacob Mendes) 3
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