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Joseph Horn treatise on urine and astrology
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/175
Scope and Contents
Student treatise on urine, citing classical authorities, including Galen and Hippocrates. Several spelling corrections in different hand. Treatise describes conditions of urine, particularly color and sediment, with reference to specific diseases and relationship of planets to illness and recovery. The name "Joseph Horn" and supposed date of treatise inscribed on back board of volume.
Dates:
1701
Joseph Kelsall manuscript on massage
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/249
Scope and Contents
Holograph manuscript, 1926, describing symptoms of each ailment and recommended treatment using massage, exercise, and electrotherapy.
Dates:
1926
Joseph Lee Hollander papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/238
Scope and Contents
This collection of Joseph Lee Hollander's papers, 19511987,
contains, primarily, correspondence concerning his research
in the 1950s and 1960s on the treatment of arthritis through
intra articular steroid therapy and the effect of a controlled
climate chamber on arthritic patients.Series 1 contains two typescript drafts of Hollander's 1951 paper
on the injection of cortisone and hydrocortisone into arthritic
joints as well as letters, 1951-1953, from physicians and arthritic...
Dates:
1951 - 1987
Joseph Leidy notes of a post mortem examination of W. E. Horner
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/170-02
Scope and Contents
Leidy describes condition of W. E. Horner’s internal organs at time of death on 13 Mar. 1853; emphasis placed on heart and kidneys. Horner died of enteroperitonitis.
Transcribed in "The Final Appearance of Dr. William E. Horner" Fugitive Leaves from the Historical Collections, ser. 3, vol. 5, no. 2 (1990), pp. 5-6.
Transcribed in "The Final Appearance of Dr. William E. Horner" Fugitive Leaves from the Historical Collections, ser. 3, vol. 5, no. 2 (1990), pp. 5-6.
Dates:
1853
Joseph Leidy papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/170-01
Scope and Contents
Letters received: Organized into five series: I. Correspondence, 1847-1890. II. University of Pennsylvania, 1853-1891. III. Notes and Drawings, 1874-1882. IV. Newsclippings, 1876-1933. V. Leidy Biography, 1845-1933. arranged alphabetically by correspondent, then chronologically.Letters, notes, and drawings, newsclippings, and unpublished biography written by Joseph Leidy II. Bulk of collection consists of letters received by Joseph Leidy, 1852-1890, concerning anatomy, fossils,...
Dates:
1845 - 1933
Joseph McFarland papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/346
Overview
The Joseph McFarland papers consist of two collections and documents Dr. McFarland’s medical career, particularly his involvement in parotid tumor and tetanus vaccination research from 1900 to 1943. Dr. McFarland was born in Philadelphia on February 9th, 1868, and received his M.D. degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1889. He continued to study and teach on pathology at various institutions in Philadelphia throughout his career. The collection contains two series, “Correspondence” and...
Dates:
1895-1943, undated
Joseph T. Freeman papers (unprocessed)
Collection
Identifier: 1990-022
Scope and Contents note
This is a collection of papers of Joseph T. Freeman. Materials include: manuscript, drafts, research materials, card file, and related correspondence for an unpublished "Bibliography of Aging to 1900"; manuscript and drafts for "Aging in Penn's Own Town: Three Centuries of Old Age in Philadelphia"; photocopies of an illustrated article on aging and philately by Freeman; various framed and unframed awards and certificates from 1944-1988; and reprints by Freeman.
Dates:
1944-1989
Joseph Toner manuscript on William Kent Gilbert
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/043
Scope and Contents
Manuscript in an unknown hand with pencilled emendations by J. M. Toner, [ca. 1881], describes William
Kent Gilbert’s background and education, professional career and work at the Philadelphia Alms House
and in private practice, and his collections of early American medical imprints, autographs, portraits, and
engravings.
Published in "Report on American Medical Necrology," Transactions of the American Medical Association, vol. 32, 1881, p. 503.
Published in "Report on American Medical Necrology," Transactions of the American Medical Association, vol. 32, 1881, p. 503.
Dates:
1881
Joseph Ulman scrapbooks
Collection
Identifier: MSS 364
Overview
This collection consists of two scrapbooks containing informational illustrations and pamphlets about a variety of health topics. Allergy testing and gastrointestinal maladies comprise the bulk of the material. Materials include charts to inform proper caloric intake, color illustrations of various diseases, and charts to help differentiate between diseases with similar symptoms. Not much is known about Joseph Ulman. This collection was discovered during a survey in the summer and fall of 2015.
Dates:
1920 - 1930
Joseph William Gardam typescript speech
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/117
Scope and Contents
Address describes history of smallpox diagnosis, distinguishes between smallpox and chicken pox on basis of
diagnostic aspects, such as lesions, and lists other illnesses which may be confused with smallpox.
Dates:
1927 Nov. /
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