Physicians -- Philadelphia, Pa. -- Nineteenth century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:
Samuel D. Gross correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/135
Scope and Contents
The Samuel D. Gross papers consist of two collections, including records of the American Surgical Association correspondence, photographs, and newsclippings. For a more detailed description of the materials included, please the "Scope and Content" note for each item.
Dates:
1851 - 1899
Samuel W. Gross papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/203
Scope and Contents
Autographs of Philadelphia physicians, 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...
Dates:
1806-1835
Silas Weir Mitchell correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 436
Overview
Silas Weir Mitchell was born in Philadelphia in 1829. He earned his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1850. During the American Civil War (1861-1865), Mitchell worked as a contract surgeon in Turner's Lane Hospital in Philadelphia, an army hospital for nervous diseases. was actively involved in numerous local and national medical societies. He was founder and first president of the American Neurological Society and first president of the Philadelphia Neurological Society. In later...
Dates:
1865-1938; Majority of material found in 1883-1887; 1910-1911
St. John W. Mintzer papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/019
Scope and Contents
This extensive collection of the papers of St.John Watkins
Mintzer documents the life and career of a 19th century physician,
soldier, and businessman. Although the bulk of the papers concern
his administration of Civil War hospitals, the collection also
contains information about the operation of Philadelphia's eclectic
medical schools, the work of the Freedmen's Bureau in Texas
and Mississippi, and some unusual business ventures of the day.Materials preserved in Series 1...
Dates:
1847 - 1912
William J. Taylor correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/264
Scope and Contents
This collection of William J. Taylor's letters spans 1892
to 1933. The letters are divided into four sections: Taylor's
outgoing letters, some of which were written during World War
I; incoming letters from other physicians offering or requesting
advice about surgical procedures; incoming letters from Mary
Scott Newbold lecturers; and miscellaneous incoming letters.
Section 1 contains Taylor's outgoing letters to John B. Roberts
and Charles Perry Fisher. Two of the letters to Fisher...
Dates:
1892 - 1933
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