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Joseph G. Richardson papers
Series
Identifier: MSS 432
Overview
Joseph Gibbons Richardson was born in Philadelphia in 1836. He earned his M.D. in 1862 from the University of Pennsylvania, and later was a lecturer on pathological anatomy and professor of hygiene. Richardson is best known for his contributions to the field of medical microscopy. He died in Philadelphia in 1886.The Joseph G. Richardson papers date from 1862 to 1887, and document Richardson’s professional career as a physician in 19th-century Philadelphia, including letters to...
Dates:
1862-1887; undated
Joseph Galloway Shippen notes on the lectures of Benjamin Rush
Collection
Identifier: 10a 108
Scope and Contents
Three volumes of notes on lectures given by Benjamin Rush at the University of Pennsylvania on the topics of pathology, therapeutics, and the practice of medicine. There are two sets of notes on the practice of medicine; one set of notes is in the form of questions.
Dates:
1809 - 1810
Joseph Hartshorne casebook
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/038-01
Scope and Contents
Records of Hartshorne’s practice in Philadelphia from Jan. to Mar., 1828. Each entry describes the patient’s symptoms or ailment with some background information, then lists Hartshorne’s prescription or treatment.
Index to patient names is included.
Index to patient names is included.
Dates:
1828
Joseph Hartshorne letter to Nicholas Chervin
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/038-02
Scope and Contents
Chervin, 10 May 1821, requests Hartshorne to relate his experiences and opinion concerning the contagiousness of yellow fever. Hartshorne replies, 22 May 1821, that he can find no evidence for contagiousness and theorizes that yellow fever is tied to excessive summer heat in Philadelphia and mentions his trip to Batavia (1806-1807) where the disease is less violent due to sea breezes. Hartshorne then describes the outbreak of yellow fever in Philadelphia in 1820 and the evacuation of the Water...
Dates:
1821
Joseph Hines correspondence
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 400
Overview
Joseph Hines was born 25 December 1835 in Hardwick, Vermont, to Nathan Hines and Martha (Griffin) Hines. By the time he was 18, in 1854, he was working for a Mr. Page, selling patent medicine (pills) throughout Wayne, Bradford, and other northern counties in Pennsylvania. Later, Hines was a druggist and stationer in Athens, Pennsylvania; by 1884, he had bought the business from a Dr. H. L. Gibbs. He was elected burgess of Athens in 1894. Hines died 15 June 1917 from pneumonia....
Dates:
1854 - 1866
Joseph Horn treatise on urine and astrology
Collection — Folder: 1
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 J. Bisbé record of anomalies found in the dissecting rooms of the University of Pennsylvania
Collection
Identifier: 10a 52
Scope and Contents
One volume of illustrations and descriptions of anatomical anomalies found in the dissecting rooms of the University of Pennsylvania during the academic session 1875-1876. Depictions of the anomalous and normal states are drawn side by side. Each description mentions the name of the dissector, if known. Prominent dissectors include Profs. Lenox Hodge and Joseph Leidy.
Dates:
circa 1875 - 1876
Joseph Kelsall manuscript on massage
Collection — Multiple Containers
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
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