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Pathological Society of Philadelphia articles of incorporation
Collection
Identifier: MSS 3/009
Scope and Contents
Articles of incorporation of Pathological Society of Philadelphia, circa 1842, describing offices and function, with list of members, many of whom have signed their own names.
Dates:
circa 1842
Patient list of the Fall River Hospital
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6/004
Scope and Contents
Number of cases / variables--7 case variables:; name of variable--patient name, date of admission, person responsible, weekly charge, date of discharge, amount due, remarks on the case.Monthly records kept by matron for patients admitted to Fall River Hospital, 1898 Nov. 15-[1900] Oct. 30. Many patients were charity cases. Records of outpatient service included. Includes undated report concerning advisability of retaining a lawyer to collect accounts and procedures for handling...
Dates:
1898 - 1900
Paul E. Bechet papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 381
Overview
Paul Esnard Bechet was born July 28, 1881 and died January 3, 1962. In 1903, he received his medical degree from Tulane University. Early in his career, Bechet assisted during the yellow fever epidemic of 1905 in New Orleans. From 1909 to 1934, Bechet worked at the New York Skin and Cancer Hospital as a clinical assistant, assistant physician, and physician. In his later life, he owned a private medical practice in Elizabeth, New Jersey.The Paul E. Bechet papers consist of the...
Dates:
1899 - 1947
Paul E. Steiner papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/094
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Paul E. Steiner's writings contains his
research on disease during the Civil War. In addition to a
folder of correspondence, 1965, concerning an article, "A note
on determining the correct medical diagnosis on historical personages",
the collection includes the holograph manuscript and an incomplete
typescript copy of "Common valor", Steiner's 1971 examination
of four Civil War officers' reactions to wounds and disease. The bulk of the collection is...
Dates:
1965 - 1977
Peirce family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/308
Scope and Contents
The collection contains medical education and personal papers,
1824-1895, of three physicians of the Peirce family of Maine.
Series 1 includes volumes of notes, 1824-1825, taken by James
H. Peirce on Nathan Smith's lectures on surgery and the theory
and practice of physic at the Medical School of Maine. One
volume of notes on the anatomy and physiology lectures of John
D. Wells is included. The series also includes Peirce's rough
notes for an essay, probably his medical...
Dates:
1824 - 1895
Pennsylvania Land Office land patent to Benjamin Rush
Item
Identifier: MSS 1/004
Scope and Contents
Document from Pennsylvania Land Office, 1809 June 30, conveying Guildhall property in Luzerne Co., Pa., to Benjamin Rush; includes 1793 survey of property. Signed by John Cochran, secretary of Land Office.
1 item (1 leaf): parchment ; 28 x 44.5 cm.
1 item (1 leaf): parchment ; 28 x 44.5 cm.
Dates:
1809-06-30
Perley Barker casebook
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/063
Scope and Contents
Volume documents Perley Newel Barker’s medical practice in Troy, Pa., and Bradford County area,
18971903.
Entries list patient’s name, age, notes on examination, and prescription; many cases have
followup
notes. Letters, 1897, from physicians Edward Jackson and Willis T. Davison inserted in volume
on page 70.
Dates:
1897 - 1903
Peter Forrester notes on the lectures of Franco̧is Magendie
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/078
Scope and Contents
Volume of Forrester’s notes and observations on undated course of seventeen lectures on physiology
delivered by Magendie in Paris, possibly at Collége de France. Course consists of lectures with
experiments on dogs, rabbits, birds, and guinea pigs. Experiments explore nervous system and
connection to optical and olfactory senses by severing nerves and removing sections of animal brains.
Includes examples of stimulation of contraction with galvanic batteries.
Dates:
circa 1820
Peter Koblenzer reminiscences of the new building of St. Christopher's Hospital for Children
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/139
Scope and Contents
Reminiscences contain Peter J. Koblenzer’s reflections during opening ceremony of the new building of St. Christopher’s Hospital in Philadelphia, [1990]. Koblenzer considers need for the new location and facilities and his dermatological practice at former location.
Dates:
circa 1990
Peter Turner ledger
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/068
Scope and Contents
Volume documenting medical practice of Peter Turner in East Greenwich, Kent County, R.I., and
surrounding area, 17901794.
Some accounts settled as late as 1812. Ledger lists charges, prescriptions,
and payments often made with goods or services. Many later entries made by Peter Turner’s son, Henry
E. Turner. Entries often include brief information on individual patients’ occupation, race, progress. and
consultations with other physicians. Ledger lacks several pages, including 1-2, 110-120;...
Dates:
1790 - 1794
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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
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- Girvin, John H. (John Harper) 5
- Gross, Samuel D. (Samuel David) 5
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- Radbill, Samuel X. 5
- United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (Board of Naval Surgeons) 5
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- Sturgis, Samuel Booth 4
- Tyson, James 4
- United States. Navy 4
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- Alms-House (Philadelphia, Pa.) 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 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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