Skip to main content Skip to search results

Showing Collections: 431 - 440 of 886

Louis Battenfeld matriculation ticket

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/165
Scope and Contents

Ticket entitling Louis Smith Battenfeld to attend special course in analytical chemistry during 1911-1912 academic session at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.

Dates: 1911
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Louis Philip Carbonell record of anomalies found in the dissecting rooms of the University of Pennsylvania

 Collection
Identifier: Z10 14
Scope and Contents

One volume of colored illustrations and one volume of accompanying notes detailing anatomical anomalies discovered in the dissecting rooms of the University of Pennsylvania during the 1877-1878 and 1878-1879 sessions. Illustrations depict normal and anomalous states side by side. Descriptions are dated and include subjects not illustrated.

Dates: 1877 - 1879
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Louis Tuft autobiography

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/097
Dates: undated
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Lucius Wood papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/318
Scope and Contents The collection contains seventy-nine letters and postal cards received, 1883-1893, nine diaries, 1890-1899, two account books, 1886-1891, one recipe book, [n.d.], and miscellaneous items, [n.d.], documenting the personal life and patent medicine business of Lucius F. Wood in West Townsend, Mass. and the surrounding area. The series of letter and postal cards received, 1883-1893, is divided into two subseries: personal and business. Both subseries are arranged chronologically. An alphabetical...
Dates: 1883 - 1891
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Ludwig Loeb diploma and certificates

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/198
Scope and Contents

This small collection documenting Ludwig Loeb's medical education in 1890 contains his M.D. diploma from Jefferson Medical College, a certificate of attendance in an anatomy course at the Philadelphia School of Anatomy and Surgery, and a certificate of attendance in a course of practical obstetrics at the Philadelphia Lying in Charity.

Dates: 1890
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

M. Randolph Latimer essay on scarlet fever

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/162
Scope and Contents

M. Randolph Latimer defines scarlet fever [scarlatina] and describes its types, symptoms, sequelae, cause, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and local remedies, 1855.

Dates: 1855-05-05
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Magnetic Medical Institute correspondence

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 384
Abstract Magnetic medicine was a popular (and likely ineffective) medical treatment during the 19th century. It was particularly prominent in the Midwestern United States after the American Civil War. This phenomenon has been attributed to an unsettled frontier atmosphere, a lack of trained physicians, and a tradition of self-treatment. Alternative treatments (or what might be considered quackery) flourished in this region of the United States. The Magnetic Medical Institute was...
Dates: 1900
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Manuscript archives of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 1/001-01
Abstract The Office of the Secretary of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia created during organization in 1787. Secretary is the appointed officer of record whose original duties included maintenance of College minutes and transactions and preservation of its documents and correspondence.This collection holds correspondence, financial papers, reports, medical cases, and fellowship applications and resignations, 1787-1847, kept by the Secretaries of the College of Physicians of...
Dates: 1787 - 1847
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Marcus A. Franklin lecture and matriculation tickets

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/129
Scope and Contents This small collection documents Marcus A. Franklin's medical education at Jefferson Medical College, 1868-1870. The collection contains Franklin's matriculation card, admission cards to lectures at Jefferson and the medical library of Pennsylvania Hospital, and an examination schedule. Faculty members whose lectures Franklin attended are: John Barclay Biddle, J. Solis Cohen, S. Henry Dickson, Samuel D. Gross, R. J. Levis, J. Aitken Meigs, Joseph Pancoast, William H. Pancoast, B....
Dates: 1868 - 1870
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Margaret Castex Sturgis papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/020
Scope and Contents This small collection of papers of Margaret Castex Sturgis touches on many aspects of her medical career and interests during her time in the Philadelphia area. The collection is particularly strong in the areas of gynecology and cervical cancer research.The collection is divided into six small series. Series 1 concerns Sturgis' teaching career while at Woman's Medical College. The bulk of this series is the text of a complete course of twelve lectures on gynecology from...
Dates: 1927 - 1946
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Filter Results

Additional filters:

Subject
Correspondence 355
Minutes 110
Lecture notes 106
Reports 91
Financial records 78
Photographs 69
Clippings 50
Speeches (documents) 38
Medical societies -- Philadelphia, Pa. 37
Medicine -- Practices 36
Committees 35
Ledgers (account books) 34
Typescripts 34
Annual reports 33
Essays 33
Lectures 33
Materia Medica 30
Patient records 29
Medical libraries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 28
Daybooks 27
Manuscripts (documents) 26
Obstetrics 24
Anatomy 23
Patients 23
Recipes 23
Surgery 23
Diaries 21
Medicine -- Practice -- Accounting 20
Publications (documents) 19
Certificates 18
Pathology 17
Physiology 17
Research notes 17
Admission tickets 16
Medical students -- Philadelphia, Pa. -- Nineteenth century 16
Genealogies (histories) 15
Membership records 15
Physicians -- Philadelphia, Pa. -- Nineteenth century 15
Scrapbooks 15
Bylaws (administrative records) 14
Chemistry 14
Library catalogs 14
Prescriptions 14
Fellows 13
Medical illustration 13
Medical museums 13
Casebooks 12
Medical societies 12
Programs (documents) 12
Smallpox -- Vaccination 12
Special events 12
Women in medicine 12
Yellow Fever 12
Awards 11
Biography files 11
Dissection 11
Memorandums 11
Philadelphia (Pa.) 11
Physicians 11
Administrative records 10
Anatomical abnormalities 10
Collections management (Libraries) 10
Ephemera 10
Fever 10
Gifts 10
Medical records 10
Pathological museums 10
Phrenology 10
Receipts (financial records) 10
Reprints 10
Vaccination 10
Case studies 9
Catalogs 9
General Surgery 9
Grants 9
Newsletters 9
Articles 8
Hospitals -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 8
Medicine -- History 8
Midwifery 8
Poetry 8
Public Health 8
Therapeutics 8
Account books 7
Book collecting 7
Clinical notes 7
Deeds 7
Diplomas 7
Finance 7
Gynecology 7
Medical libraries 7
Medical offices -- Nineteenth century 7
Medical schools -- Philadelphia, Pa. -- History 7
Ophthalmologists -- Philadelphia, Pa. 7
Physicians -- Nineteenth century 7
Anti-vaccination movement 6
Autographs 6
Character readings 6
Digestive System Diseases 6
Examinations -- Questions 6
Names
University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine 41
College of Physicians of Philadelphia 40
University of Pennsylvania 40
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Library 35
Rush, Benjamin 24
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the President 20
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Secretary 17
Chapman, Nathaniel 16
Jefferson Medical College 16
Philadelphia General Hospital 16
Fisher, Charles Perry 13
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Mütter Museum 10
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Curator 10
Mütter Museum 10
Wood, George B. (George Bacon) 10
Coxe, John Redman 9
Physick, Philip Syng 9
Mütter, Thomas D. (Thomas Dent) 8
Osler, William, Sir 8
Dunglison, Robley 7
Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine 7
Hodge, H. Lenox (Hugh Lenox) 7
Leidy, Joseph 7
Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa) 7
Philadelphia College of Medicine 7
Philadelphia County Medical Society 7
Roberts, John Bingham 7
Sturgis, Katharine R. (Katharine Rosenbaum) 7
Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia 7
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Medical History 6
Mitchell, Silas Weir 6
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
Dorsey, John Syng 5
Girvin, John H. (John Harper) 5
Gross, Samuel D. (Samuel David) 5
Jackson, Samuel 5
Parrish, Joseph 5
Radbill, Samuel X. 5
United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (Board of Naval Surgeons) 5
University of Edinburgh 5
University of Pennsylvania. Hospital 5
Ashhurst, Astley Paston Cooper 4
Bache, Franklin 4
Bache, Thomas Hewson 4
Blockley Almshouse 4
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Library Committee 4
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of Advancement 4
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Public Health, Preventive, and Industrial Medicine 4
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Women's Committee 4
Curie, Marie 4
Deaver, John B. (John Blair) 4
Fowlers and Wells’ Phrenological Cabinet 4
Gibbon, John Heysham, Jr. 4
Gibson, William 4
Hinsdale, Guy 4
Keen, William W. (William Williams) 4
McDaniel, W. B., II (Walton Brooks) 4
Medical Library Association 4
Mid-Eastern Regional Medical Library Service 4
Pathological Society of Philadelphia 4
Pepper, William 4
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy 4
Santee, E. A. (Ephraim A.) 4
Stillé, Alfred 4
Sturgis, Samuel Booth 4
Tyson, James 4
United States. Navy 4
Wistar, Caspar 4
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania 4
Abbe, Robert 3
Alms-House (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
Anti-Vaccination Society of America 3
Billings, John S. (John Shaw) 3
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Board of Trustees 3
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Revision of the Pharmacopoeia 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
Da Costa, J. M. (Jacob Mendes) 3
Hare, Robert 3
Harvard Medical School 3
Hewson, Thomas T. 3
Horner, William E. (William Edmonds) 3
Hunter, Robert J. (Robert John) 3
James, Thomas C. (Thomas Chalkley) 3
Jenner, Edward 3
Leverson, Montague R. (Montague Richard), 1830-1925 3
Medical Documentation Service (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
Meigs, Charles D. (Charles Delucena) 3
Micozzi, Marc S. 3
Mitchell, John K. (John Kearsley) 3
Muller, George P. (George Paul) 3
Neilson, Thomas R. (Thomas Rundle) 3
Pancoast, Joseph 3
Parke, Thomas 3

Our records may include historic language that is inaccurate, offensive, or inappropriate. We are committed to acknowledging and updating hurtful legacies in the collections in our care. We welcome your feedback in identifying harmful language or images as we continue to update our records. If you have comments about a record or believe it includes information that should be changed or improved, please submit your thoughts using the Language Report Form.

Powered by ArchivesSpace v.4.2 | Copyright © 2026 The College of Physicians of Philadelphia