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Document of property sale on Water Street, Philadelphia, Pa

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/174
Scope and Contents

Document of sale of parcel of property on east side of Water Street, Philadelphia, Pa., from John Fothergill and other London merchants and professional men to Thomas Riché, Philadelphia merchant. Includes signature of John Fothergill.

Dates: 1761-03-07
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Documents relating to the death of Charles II of England

 Collection — Oversize: 1
Identifier: MSS 450
Scope and Contents

This collection includes two separate texts: 1) The state of his late Majesty's body when opened February 7, 1684, read to the Councell the same evening (2 ff., text on recto of f.1, title on verso of f.2); and 2) A short character of Charles the Second, King of England, setting forth his untimely death (2 ff., verso of f.2 with title "my Lord's Mulgraves characer of King Charles the 2nd.")

Dates: 1684-1685
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Dome collection of portraits

 Collection
Identifier: Dome
Scope and Contents

The provenance of this collection is unknown. This collection consists of over 2,100 portraits of doctors (possibly all dermatologists). The collection is likely part of the materials donated by the American Academy of Dermatology during the 1970s.

Dates: undated
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Donald L. Baxter papers (unprocessed)

 Collection
Identifier: 1992-084
Scope and Contents note This is a collection of papers of Donald L. Baxter. Materials include: correspondence; programs, annual reports and other printed materials; and photographs concerning Donald L. Baxter's membership with professional organizations and his attendance of meetings. Organizations include the American Academy of Dermatology, American Society of Dermatopathology, the Pacific Dermatologic Association, and the Society for Investigative Dermatology. The collection also includes a reel-to-reel audio...
Dates: 1964-1978
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Donald M. Pillsbury correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/018
Scope and Contents The Pillsbury Collection consists of correspondence received, filed alphabetically by author from national and international figures working in dermatology. A comprehensive list with name of correspondent, date of letter, and origin of letter is included. The correspondence is, in general, brief and concerns the abstracts and papers delivered by the correspondents. Presumably Donald M. Pillsbury retained these letters for their autograph value. Although the dates of the collection...
Dates: 1958 - 1963; Majority of material found within 1961 - 1962
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Donations to the Pathological Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 7/002-04
Scope and Contents Volume lists donors and anatomical or pathological specimens or surgical instruments with tag or catalogue numbers, 1866 Feb. 3-1885 June 13, providing an accession record for the Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia; occasional case histories or surgical procedure information, provenance information, references to medical literature, and notes on disposition are included. Information on purchases and deposits is also included. The volume was compiled primarily by...
Dates: 1866 - 1885
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Dorothy Scudder manuscript on Scudder family history

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/023
Scope and Contents

Describes lives and experiences of four generations of Scudder family members who were Protestant medical missionaries in Ceylon and India, 18191960s. Includes information on medical work, social conditions, education, caste system, customs and religions, hospitals, and foundation of the Arcot Mission and the Vellore Christian Medical College. Major figures are John Scudder and Ida Sophia Scudder. Parts 13 were composed in the late 1930s; volume completed in 1970.

Dates: 1970
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Douglas Macfarlan manuscript on revolutionary war hospitals in the Pennsylvania campaign

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/104
Scope and Contents

Describes medical conditions in the Continental Army and hospital facilities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, 1777-1778. Includes map of locations of military hospitals.

Dates: undated
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Douglas P. Murphy Papers

 Series
Identifier: MSS 419
Abstract Douglas P. Murphy (1893-1971) served as a surgeon in the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) with the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) during World War I. During his military service, Murphy worked in several medical hospitals in France from 1917 until the war’s end in 1918. Surviving the war intact, and even managing to get married during his time overseas, Murphy returned home to Philadelphia and opened his own obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) practice. His clinical experience eventually...
Dates: 1917-1972
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Draft of proposed book attacking vaccination

 Collection
Identifier: Z10d 5
Scope and Contents This collection consists of draft pages, both typescript and manuscript of a proposed book attacking vaccination. Pages detail cases in which patients, often children, were vaccinated and later succumbed to illness. Also present are passages opposing germ theory, citing the work of Antoine Béchamp and other anti-germ theory physicians. One folder of correspondence is also included in the collection. The draft pages in the collection are incomplete and may not be in order....
Dates: circa 1907
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the President 20
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Secretary 17
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Jefferson Medical College 16
Philadelphia General Hospital 16
Fisher, Charles Perry 13
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Mütter Museum 10
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Curator 10
Mütter Museum 10
Wood, George B. (George Bacon) 10
Coxe, John Redman 9
Physick, Philip Syng 9
Mütter, Thomas D. (Thomas Dent) 8
Osler, William, Sir 8
Dunglison, Robley 7
Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine 7
Hodge, H. Lenox (Hugh Lenox) 7
Leidy, Joseph 7
Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa) 7
Philadelphia College of Medicine 7
Philadelphia County Medical Society 7
Roberts, John Bingham 7
Sturgis, Katharine R. (Katharine Rosenbaum) 7
Woman's Hospital of Philadelphia 7
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Medical History 6
Mitchell, Silas Weir 6
Morse, Elliott H. (Elliott How) 6
Carson, Joseph 5
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Building Committee 5
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Treasurer 5
Dorsey, John Syng 5
Girvin, John H. (John Harper) 5
Gross, Samuel D. (Samuel David) 5
Jackson, Samuel 5
Parrish, Joseph 5
Radbill, Samuel X. 5
United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (Board of Naval Surgeons) 5
University of Edinburgh 5
University of Pennsylvania. Hospital 5
Ashhurst, Astley Paston Cooper 4
Bache, Franklin 4
Bache, Thomas Hewson 4
Blockley Almshouse 4
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Library Committee 4
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of Advancement 4
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Public Health, Preventive, and Industrial Medicine 4
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Women's Committee 4
Curie, Marie 4
Deaver, John B. (John Blair) 4
Fowlers and Wells’ Phrenological Cabinet 4
Gibbon, John Heysham, Jr. 4
Gibson, William 4
Hinsdale, Guy 4
Keen, William W. (William Williams) 4
McDaniel, W. B., II (Walton Brooks) 4
Medical Library Association 4
Mid-Eastern Regional Medical Library Service 4
Pathological Society of Philadelphia 4
Pepper, William 4
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy 4
Santee, E. A. (Ephraim A.) 4
Stillé, Alfred 4
Sturgis, Samuel Booth 4
Tyson, James 4
United States. Navy 4
Wistar, Caspar 4
Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania 4
Abbe, Robert 3
Alms-House (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
Billings, John S. (John Shaw) 3
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Board of Trustees 3
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Revision of the Pharmacopoeia 3
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Executive Director 3
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on General Medicine 3
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Ophthalmology 3
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Otolaryngology 3
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Trustees of the Building Fund 3
Da Costa, J. M. (Jacob Mendes) 3
Hare, Robert 3
Harvard Medical School 3
Hewson, Thomas T. 3
Horner, William E. (William Edmonds) 3
Hunter, Robert J. (Robert John) 3
James, Thomas C. (Thomas Chalkley) 3
Jenner, Edward 3
Leverson, Montague R. (Montague Richard), 1830-1925 3
Medical Documentation Service (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
Meigs, Charles D. (Charles Delucena) 3
Micozzi, Marc S. 3
Mitchell, John K. (John Kearsley) 3
Muller, George P. (George Paul) 3
Neilson, Thomas R. (Thomas Rundle) 3
Pancoast, Joseph 3
Parke, Thomas 3
Philadelphia General Hospital. School of Nursing 3

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