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Frederick William Sunderman Christmas greeting cards featuring original photographs and poetry
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 447
Scope and Contents
This small collection consists of Christmas greeting cards created with original photography and poetry by Frederick William Sunderman.
Dates:
1947; 1966-1985; 1995-2002
Surgical Case Records of Presbyterian Hospital
Collection
Identifier: MSS 429
Abstract
Presbyterian Hospital was founded in 1871 by the Alliance of Philadelphia Presbyteries as a 45-bed facility on 2.5 acres. The incorporators declared the purpose was “to provide medical and surgical aid and nursing for the sick and disabled...” Care and nursing was granted to the indigent of Philadelphia, funded by donations from individuals and Presbyterian churches, to fulfill its Christian mission. This commitment was renewed in 1952, when the trustees of the Hospital voted against...
Dates:
1892-1894
Sylvanus Stall Records of Vir Publishing Company
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 441
Abstract
Sylvanus Stall (18 October 1847 – 6 November 1915) was a United States Lutheran pastor, most famous for his 1897 sex education and anti-masturbation book What A Young Boy Ought To Know and its many sequels. This book, and others, were part of a series called “Self and Sex,” and were published by Stall’s publishing company, Vir Publishing Company, between 1897 and 1904.The Sylvanus Stall Records of Vir Publishing Company span the years 1899 to 1911, and documents the activities of...
Dates:
1899-1911
Syphilis not caused by vaccination
Collection
Identifier: MSS 480
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a three-page statement from the Surgeons General of the United States Army, Navy, and U.S. Public Health Serivce which declares that syphilis cannot be contracted from calf lymph smallpox vaccination. The statement goes on to list the number of vaccinated individuals and explains safety measures, including that the quality of vaccines is prescribed by the Pure Food and Drugs Law and that sales are controlled by regulations drawn up by a board composed of the...
Dates:
1927 February 15
T. Schöninger notes on the lectures of J. M. Chelius
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/205
Scope and Contents
Volume contains notes taken by T. Schöninger on the lectures of J. M. Chelius on ophthalmology and diseases of the eye. Major subjects include cataract and diseases of the conjunctiva.
Dates:
1829
Taunton Lunatic Asylum casebook
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 6/011
Booksellers' description
Patient index included.240 entries with patients' names, family histories, financial status, and mental state. The records contain detailed information about patients' occupations, whether taxes had ever been paid, original depature sites, ships sailed on, time in America, and extensive genealogies. A number died while in the hospital; many were dispersed to different locations. Occasionally, ship's passage was arranged for people to go home. Some records note the prognosis but...
Dates:
1854 - 1868
Thaddeus Hildreth daybook
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/247
Scope and Contents
Daybook of physician practicing in Gardiner, Me., and surrounding Kennebec County area, 1 Dec. 1865-20 June 1874. Internal evidence suggests volume documents medical practice of Thaddeus Hildreth. Several accounts charged for vaccinations and examinations of patients for life insurance companies. Includes farm and household accounts and monthly tallies of charges and fees collected. Includes pension examination reports on Civil War veterans with case histories, 1869-1870.
Dates:
1865 - 1874
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia COVID-19 collection
Collection
Identifier: CPP 22/001
Abstract
A collection of websites, crawled by the Internet Archive, focusing on resources created by The College of Physicians of Philadelphia related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the College's "Documenting #COVIDPHL at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia" digital exhibit.About the project:The Philadelphia Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries (PACSCL) has partnered with Archive-It to develop a public, archived collection of web content relating...
Dates:
2020-06-08
The superiority of inoculations with mixed triple vaccine (B. Typhosus, B. Paratyphosus A, and B. Paratyphosus B)
Collection
Identifier: 10d 31
Scope and Contents
This collection contains a typescript of the paper "The superiority of inoculations with mixed triple vaccine (B. Typhosus, B. Paratyphosus A, and B. Paratyphosus B): Over successive inoculations with the single vaccines, as shown by agglutinin curves in men and rabbits." The typescript includes edits in pencil. Also included are accompanying figures and a reprint of the publication. In the paper, Davison presents evidence that a mixed "triple" vaccine provided superior immune response...
Dates:
1917
Theodore F. Breck lecture notes
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/272
Scope and Contents
Theodore F. Breck's lecture notes on skin diseases were taken
at the K. K. Allgemeine Krankenhaus in Vienna, Austria, during
1868 and 1869. The lecturer was dermatologist Ferdinand Hebra
(1816-1880), the author of numerous works on skin diseases.
Hebra's lectures dealt with the identification, classification,
and treatment of skin diseases. Breck's notes also contain
approximately thirty different prescriptions for medicines and
salves to treat diseases of the skin.Also...
Dates:
1868 - 1869
