CPP 12. Records of the Sections of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia (CLOSED)
Record Group
Identifier: CPP 12
Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:
Records of the Section on Otolaryngology II
Collection
Identifier: CPP 12/007-02
Abstract
The Section on Otology and Laryngology (later Otolaryngology) was established December 12, 1893, under Section 1 of the Rules Governing Sections. The original Executive Committee of the Section included J. Solis Cohen, Charles Burnett, and B. Alexander Randall. Its first meeting was held December 20, 1893, where Harrison Allen was elected as Chairman and Charles Burnett as Clerk. The Section continued to meet on the first Tuesday of every month. In late 2005 or 2006, nearly all College...
Dates:
1934-1953
Records of the Section on General Medicine
Collection
Identifier: CPP 12/011-03
Abstract
The Section on General Medicine was established in 1897. Its first Chair was James C. Wilson. The Section was disbanded in 1965.
Dates:
1897-1966
Reports of the Section on Public Health, Preventive, and Industrial Medicine
Collection
Identifier: CPP 12/002-05
Abstract
The Section on Industrial Medicine and Public Health was established by the Council and President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on 4 April 1917, at the request of thirty Fellows, including John B. Deaver, G, E. De Schweinitz, William W. Keen, John B. Roberts, and Alfred Stengel. The work of the Section was purely scientific and intended to present programs on matters of public and industrial health concerns, In 1923, the name of the Section was changed to the Section on Public...
Dates:
1946-1955
Records of the Section on Medical History V
Collection
Identifier: CPP 12/003-05
Abstract
On 2 November 1904, the Secretary of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia announced that President Arthur V. Meigs had authorized the formation of a new section of the College, the Section on Medical History. Starting in 1905, the section began holding meetings at which lectures on medical history were presented. The section invited papers from physicians and scholars from a variety of backgrounds; most of these papers were published in Transactions and Studies. By the 1970s, the...
Dates:
1934-1957
