George W. Freeman lecture and matriculation tickets
Scope and Contents
This small collection documents George W. Freeman's education in the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania, 1850-1851. The collection includes Freeman's matriculation card, admission cards to lectures, and a certificate entitling him to use of the medical library of Pennsylvania Hospital. Faculty members whose lectures Freeman attended are: Joseph Carson, William Gibson, Hugh L. Hodge, W. E. Horner, Samuel Jackson, and James B. Rogers.
Dates
- Creation: 1850 - 1851
Creator
- Freeman, George, W. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
George W. Freeman, of Pennsylvania, received his M.D. from the
Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1852.
His thesis was on dysentery. He also received an A.M. from
Lafayette College in 1866.
Freeman practiced medicine in Freemansburg, Pennsylvania, where
he died of paralysis on 16 May 1898.
Full Extent
1 folder (11 items)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Small collections
Custodial History
The George W. Freeman Collection was donated to the Historical
Collections of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia by
Mrs. Benjamin Pflum of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, through the
offices of Russell S. Boles, on 8 March 1957.
The collection was processed and catalogued in September 1990.
Subject
- University of Pennsylvania (Organization)
- Title
- George W. Freeman lecture and matriculation tickets
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
19 S. 22nd Street
Philadelphia PA 19103 United States
