Rene La Roche papers
Scope and Contents
The Rene La Roche papers consist of two collections: one of correspondence, and one of manuscripts. For a more detailed description of the materials, please see the "Scope and Contents" note for each series.
Dates
- Creation: 1818 - 1867
Creator
- La Roche, René (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Rene La Roche, son of a French physician of the same name, was
born in Philadelphia on 23 September 1795. He married Mary
Jane Ellis in 1824; they had at least two daughters and one
son. La Roche died of prostration in Philadelphia on 9 December
1872.
La Roche received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania
in 1820. He was an active member of the Kappa Lambda Association
of Philadelphia, edited the North American medical and
surgical journal, and wrote extensively on yellow fever.
His best known work was Yellow fever, considered in
its historical, pathological, etiological, and therapeutical
relations (1855).
He was also a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences, American
Medical Association, American Philosophical Society, Pathological
Society of Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Prison Society, and
the Philadelphia Medical Society. From 1827 to 1861, La Roche
was a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.
Full Extent
3 boxes
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The Rene La Roche papers consist of two collections. For the provenances of each, please see the "Custodial History" note for each series.
Subject
- Barton, E.H. (Edward H.) (Person)
- Brown, Samuel (Person)
- Caldwell, Thomas L. (Thomas Leaming) (Person)
- Cain, D.J. (Person)
- Clark, James, Sir (Person)
- Drake, Daniel (Person)
- Fenner, E.D. (Erasmus Darwin) (Person)
- Gross, Samuel D. (Samuel David) (Person)
- Meigs, Charles D. (Charles Delucena) (Person)
- Moultrie, James, Jr. (Person)
- Valentin, Louis (Person)
- Wragg, William T. (Person)
- Title
- Rene La Roche 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
