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Pharmaceutical prescription cards
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 393
Content Description
This small collection consists of 16 manuscript pharmaceutical prescriptions with occasional typescript comments. The cards and the comments were attributed to Battin and Lunger Pharmacists, Philadelphia, by the donor. The physicians who signed the prescriptions include J. Harold Austin, Radcliffe Cheston, J. Clinton Foltz, Alvin R. McCarthy[?], John F. McCloskey, Frank M. Ramsey, Edward G. Rhoads, Fred A. Sutcliff, and Josephus T. Ullom.
Dates:
1917
Philadelphia area death and interment certificates
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/203
Scope and Contents
This collection, formerly in the possession of Samuel W. Gross, contains circa 900 death or interment certificates written by Philadelphia area physicians from 1806 to 1835. The certificates, arranged in a rough chronological order, indicate the common causes and ages of mortality in the city during the early 19th century.Each certificate attests to the cause and date of death, giving the name and age of the deceased. Many of the certificates concern individuals who died in the...
Dates:
1806-1835
Philadelphia County Medical Society lease
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3/002-01
Scope and Contents
Counterpart of agreement between Philadelphia Medical Society and Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania for ten years’ rent of two rooms in Masonic Hall on Chestnut Street, between 7th and 8th Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. Term of lease begins 4 Dec. 1819. Signed by William P. Dewees, president of Philadelphia Medical Society. Bears seal of society.
Dates:
1819
Philadelphia General Hospital photo album
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 366
Overview
The Philadelphia General Hospital photo album contains photos of patients of Philadelphia General Hospital from 1922 to 1924. This collection was discovered during a survey in the summer and fall of 2015.
Dates:
1923 - 1924
Philadelphia General Hospital photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P-PGH
Scope and Contents
The City of Philadelphia, which holds archival materials from Philadelphia General Hospital, donated this collection of nearly 1,200 photographs to the College in 1978. The collection includes photographs of the buildings, physicians, residents, and patients.
Please see the inventory linked below for further details.
Please see the inventory linked below for further details.
Dates:
1888-1940, undated
Philadelphia General Hospital Training School for Nurses duty registers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 6/005-04
Overview
In September 1883, the Board of Guardians of Philadelphia General Hospital decided to establish a training school for nurses. At first, the program could be completed in one year; eventually, the program was expanded to include three years of course work. By 1931, the school had certified almost 2,000 nurses. This collection of duty registers of the Training School for Nurses of the Philadelphia General Hospital consists of fifteen bound volumes dating from 1885 to 1911. The volumes contain...
Dates:
1885-1911
Philadelphia Medical Society abstract of minutes
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 3/002-02
Scope and Contents
This small collection holds meeting minutes of the Phildelphia Medical Society from December 19, 1818, to November 6, 1824. Topics discussed include committee appointments, papers read, election of chairmen, and financial matters.
Dates:
1818-1824
Philip Gordon Kitchen papers
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/342
Scope and Contents
Contents: Recipe book/scrapbook -- Medical license registration certificate, May 18, 1893 -- American Medical
Association membership certificate, no. 17452 (undated) -- Invoice forms -- Envelopes containing tags from
books formerly on display now a) Retained in the Library b) Removed from the Library
Dates:
1893, undated
Philip L. Graitcer collection on the 1976 Legionnaires' disease outbreak
Collection
Identifier: MSS 448
Overview
This small collection contains materials related to the investigation of the 1976 Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Philadelphia. It includes letters from the public; an investigation journal that acts as a timeline of the outbreak investigation; survey data and reports; and articles and reprints on Legionnaires’ disease. Researchers should note that access to folder 3 is restricted to protect patient privacy.
Dates:
1976-1977
Philip Leidy papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/171
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Philip Leidy material, 1880-1887, contains several letters, a formal presentation on nervous cases, some informal remarks, and report on the second recorded autopsy of Chinese man performed in United States.
The letter to G. L. Fisher describes delivery of diploteratologic fetus, and the letter to Philip C. Garrett presents Leidy’s views on treatment of insane patients.
The letter to G. L. Fisher describes delivery of diploteratologic fetus, and the letter to Philip C. Garrett presents Leidy’s views on treatment of insane patients.
Dates:
1880 - 1887
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