Jacob Weber lecture and matriculation cards
Scope and Contents
This collection of lecture admission and matriculation cards and
related material documents Jacob Weber's medical education at
the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 1845, and the Medical Department
of the University of Pennsylvania, 1855 to 1857. The collection
indicates that, in addition to the prescribed series of courses
at the university, Weber also attended supplementary lectures
on anatomy and surgery.
Physicians and faculty members whose lectures Weber attended include:
C. S. Bishop, A. B. Campbell, Joseph Carson, Hugh L. Hodge,
Samuel Jackson, Joseph Leidy, Robert E. Rogers, Henry H. Smith,
and George Bacon Wood.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1855-1857
Creator
- Weber, Jacob (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Jacob Weber, Philadelphia physician, was born circa 1825. He receieved an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1858; his thesis was on scarlatina. Weber practiced medicine in Philadelphia and was also a druggist. He had at least one son, Charles Henry (b. 1873). Weber died in Cape May, New Jersey, on 29 or 30 August 1911.
Full Extent
1 folders (33 items)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The Jacob Weber collection of lecture admission cards and related
material was donated to the Library of the College of Physicians
of Philadelphia by Edith Weber on 22 June 1951.
The collection was processed and catalogued in 1991.
Subject
- Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (Organization)
- University of Pennsylvania (Organization)
- Title
- Jacob Weber lecture and matriculation cards
- 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
