Samuel Jackson papers
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Samuel Jackson material contains letters
written and received by him, a case history, two bills, and
a recipe, 1835-1864.
Most of the letters received and the case history concern descriptions
and treatments of epileptics by physicians, generally alumni
of the University of Pennsylvania who were practicing in the
southern United States. The physicians are: Richard D. Arnold,
William B. Cochran, Francis H. Deane, S. C. Gleaves, Virginius
W. Harrison, William B. Pleasants, John Thomas Pritner, John
Seibert, G. W. Mc Semple, and Edmund P. Taliaferro. There are
also letters from patients or their family members, including
six letters from epileptic W. C. Haymond, describing experiences with
the affliction.
The three letters sent by Jackson are to Joseph Carson, William
Alexander Hammond, and statesman Daniel Webster, containing
two prescriptions for Webster's hay fever.
Dates
- Creation: 1835 - 1864
Creator
- Jackson, Samuel (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia physician and educator, was born
on 22 March 1787. He was the son of David Jackson, a physician
and pharmacist. Jackson married circa 1832. He died on 4 or
5 April 1872.
Jackson received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania
in 1808. He studied under James Hutchinson and Caspar Wistar.
From 1809 to 1815, Jackson ran the family pharmaceutical business.
He was president of the Philadelphia Board of Health during
the 1820 yellow fever outbreak. In 1821, he became a founder
and trustee of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and taught
materia medica and pharmacy at the college from 1821 to 1827.
From 1827 to 1835, Jackson assisted Nathaniel Chapman in the teaching
of physiology at the University of Pennsylvania. Jackson himself
held the professorship of the institutes of medicine at the
university from 1835 to 1863. He also taught at Philadelphia
Hospital.
Samuel Jackson became a Fellow of the College of Physicians of
Philadelphia in 1848. He was also a member of the American
Medical Association, the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania,
and the Philadelphia Medical Society.
Full Extent
2 folders (29 items)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Small collections
Custodial History
The source of this collection of Samuel Jackson material is unknown,
though at least one of the items may have been donated by the
heirs of Joseph Carson in 1876.
The collection was removed from the Autograph Collection;
it was processed and catalogued in 1990.
Subject
- University of Pennsylvania. Alumni (Organization)
Genre / Form
Topical
- Title
- Samuel Jackson papers
- 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
