Hygiene
Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Dyar T. Brainard papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/087
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of three holograph addresses of Dyar
T. Brainard. Although all three are undated, approximate dates,
1813, 1821, and 1823, can be derived from the contents of each
address. The third address, circa 1823, may have been the annual
dissertation delivered to the Connecticut State Medical Society;
the other two addresses may have been given before the New London
County Medical Association.
The first address, circa 1813, describes an unknown disease treated...
Dates:
1813 - 1823
Henry Hartshorne papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/030
Scope and Contents
This extensive collection of Henry Hartshorne's papers documents
his professional life and activities, concentrating on texts
of his lecture courses to students and manuscripts of his published
and unpublished writings.Series 1 consists of sketchy records of Hartshorne's private medical
practice which began in 1848. The series contains a journal
with a chronological account of his patients from the opening
of the office until 20 October 1848. The journal includes financial...
Dates:
1836 - 1897
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
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