Casebooks
Subject
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Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Caspar Morris casebook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/004
Scope and Contents
Volume compiled by Caspar Morris during residency at Pennsylvania Hospital with descriptions of five
cases, 18241826,
and observations concerning Philadelphia Board of Health’s report on epidemic of
bilious remittant fever in Bristol, Pa., in 1825. Two cases were head injuries; description, circa 1849, of
later medical history of one patient, B. L., included.Additional Form: Case of B. L. summarized in Morris, J. Cheston "United Fracture of Skull of Very Old Standing," Summary
of...
Dates:
1824 - 1826
Charles Asher Knight casebooks
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/324
Scope and Contents
The collection contains two casebooks, 1891-1898 (Bulk 1891-1893), kept by physician Charles Asher Knight, 1864-1924, while at Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Items found interleaved in the casebooks were removed and placed in folders. The first casebook, 1891-1893, contains case histories, a partial name index, and a listing of medicinal recipes. The second casebook, 1891-1898, contains case histories, an inventory of medical and surgical instruments and supplies, and miscellaneous notes....
Dates:
1891 - 1898; Majority of material found within 1891 - 1893
Edward Wigglesworth case notes
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/152
Scope and Contents
Daily account, 1 Feb.-5 April [1865?], describing symptoms and reactions to treatment of unnamed male patient suffering from bladder or stomach disorder.
Dates:
1865
Francis C. Grant papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/184
Scope and Contents
This collection contains professional, personal, and subject
correspondence; financial and property papers; course material;
discussions, book and article reviews, and miscellaneous writings;
and extensive case records with indexes, documenting the life,
interests, and neurosurgical career of Francis Clark Grant. Although
the correspondence is incomplete (primarily 1923 to 1933), the
discussions and reviews extend to 1949, and the case records span
Grant's entire career, 1921-1957....
Dates:
1920 - 1957
H. Edgar Keely notebook and casebook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/303
Scope and Contents
Student notebook used by H. Edgar Keely at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Jefferson Medical College, 1904-1908, including examination and review questions, particularly on anatomy, materia medica, and pathology, and casebook of opthalmological patient records, nos. 5-203, 1912 Aug. 17-1915 Apr. 1, documenting medical practice in Philadelphia, Pa. Records list patient name, address, occupation, medical history, diagnosis, vision examination, and treatment. Includes two folders of items...
Dates:
1904 - 1915
H. Lenox Hodge notebooks
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/341
Scope and Contents
Contents: Daily journal dated 1861; notes on certain cases occurring in the Pennsylvania Hospital, dated July
8th, 1858; ledger and field notes dated 1864
Dates:
1858, 1861, 1864
Harry Flickwir Baxter account book and casebook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/322
Scope and Contents
The collection contains an account book, 1866-1872, and a casebook, 1864-1871, documenting the medical practice of Philadelphia, Pa. physician Harry Flickwir Baxter, 1844-1901. Items found interleaved in the casebook were removed and placed in folders. Series 1 contains the account book, 1866-1872. All accounts are listed under an individual, and the volume has a name index. The account book lists the patient, his or her address, services rendered and their cost, and payments made. The service...
Dates:
1864 - 1872
John Elsom notes on clinics from Jefferson Medical College and Pennsylvania Hospital
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: MSS 2/061
Scope and Contents
Volume of medical and surgical cases presented to students by faculty members at the clinic and hospital of
Jefferson Medical College and staff at Pennsylvania Hospital, 30 Sept. 1848 to 14 Feb. 1849. Entries contain
name and age of patient with description of the ailment and notes on treatment or prescription. There are
occasional follow-up studies of certain patients. Index to subjects included. Physicians presenting cases are:
Robley Dunglison, George Fox, W. W. Gerhard, Charles D. Meigs,...
Dates:
1848 - 1849
Joseph Hartshorne casebook
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: MSS 2/038-01
Scope and Contents
Records of Hartshorne’s practice in Philadelphia from Jan. to Mar., 1828. Each entry describes the patient’s symptoms or ailment with some background information, then lists Hartshorne’s prescription or treatment.
Index to patient names is included.
Index to patient names is included.
Dates:
1828
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
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