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Friedrich L. J. Boettcher letter and typescript
Item — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 396
Abstract
Friedrich L. J. Boettcher could possibly be the artist born 1852, known for illustrator-agricultural subjects, and who lived in the Washington, D.C., area and Germany.Dr. J. Parsons Schaeffer (1878-1970) received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1907, a Master of Arts degree in 1909 from Cornell University, and Doctor of Philosophy in 1910, also from Cornell. He served as Professor of Anatomy at Jefferson Medical College from 1914 until 1948. ...
Dates:
9 November 1908
G. H. Wikoff notes on the lectures of Nathaniel Chapman
Item
Identifier: Z10 5
Scope and Contents
The two volumes contain notes on lectures by Chapman, the first of which is dated 1833. The lectures were delivered either at the University of Pennsylvania or at the Medical Institute of Philadelphia. Volume one (211 numbered leaves) contains lectures on pathology, nosology, circulatory system, fevers, practice of medicine, hemorrhages, digestive system. Volume two (222 numbered leaves) contains lectures on diseases of the skin, respiratory system, muscles, dropsy, scrofula, marasmus,...
Dates:
circa 1833
Gamaliel Bradford daybook
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/225
Scope and Contents
Chronological record of Gamaliel Bradford’s medical practice, 1819 Sept. 12-1822 Dec. 31 (gap, 1821 Mar. 11-Aug. 1) in Boston, 1819-1820, and Cambridge, Mass., 1820-1822. Entries list patient attended, reason for visit or procedure, and fee charged with notes on settlement of the account. Includes monthly summary of accounts. Includes occasional notes from Gamaliel Bradford, including one, dated July 1821, where he specifies accounts which, in the event of his death, are not to be pursued by...
Dates:
1819 - 1826
General correspondence file of Katharine R. Sturgis
Collection
Identifier: CPP 2/002-02
Scope and Contents
The general correspondence files of Katharine R. Sturgis, spanning 1972 to 1978, consist primarily of correspondence and photographs. The majority of the correspondence spans 1972 to 1973 and pertains to Sturgis' role as President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and as an active member in numerous Philadelphia area medical organizations. Also present is material relating to the September 1972 Louis Pasteur Wine Tasting Party and photographs documenting the October 1972 banquet...
Dates:
1972 - 1978
George B. Green receipt [recipe] book
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/057
Scope and Contents
One volume of remedies and recipes compiled by George B. Green, 1823-1862, with notes on sources of
information or use of recipes. Includes recipes for medical ailments such as croup, hydrophobia, and
dysentery, and household substances such as varnish, shoe polish, and ink. Several remedies
prescribed by Vermont physician E. E. Phelps for Mrs. George B. Green. Newspaper clippings and other
printed items laid in.One-volume daybook of farm and personal accounts, 1852- June...
Dates:
1823 - 1862
George Bacon Wood financial records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/039-01
Scope and Contents
This small collection of George B. Wood's personal financial papers
documents his interests and activities in Philadelphia in the
mid 19th century. There is a small folder of financial correspondence (18451847)
including a letter (dated 15 May 1847) from Joseph Warrington
concerning lecture tickets for private pupils and an extract
from the minutes of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy (dated
September 1846) concerning relinquishing loans to the College.The...
Dates:
1845 - 1872
George Bacon Wood letters to Caroline Wood
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/039-03
Scope and Contents
This collection, spanning 1856 to 1858, consists of signed autograph
letters sent by George Bacon Wood to his wife, Caroline, while
she was visiting family in Greenwich, New Jersey. In these
letters, Wood describes the events at home in Philadelphia,
including his lectures at the University of Pennsylvania; the
visits of friends, family members, and students; the progress
of his latest book; and meetings of the College of Physicians
of Philadelphia. Other letters in the collection...
Dates:
1856 - 1858
George Bacon Wood papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/039-04
Abstract
The George Bacon Wood Papers collection documents George Bacon Wood’s professional and personal life from 1813 to 1870. Dr. George Bacon Wood was an accomplished physician and author, and also lectured at several medical institutions in the Philadelphia region. Materials located in the collection include correspondence, manuscript drafts, lecture notes, financial material, and some graphic material. The collection contains six series arranged by their relative size: “Correspondence,”...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1813-1870; 1793-1921
George Bacon Wood poetry
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/039-02
Scope and Contents
The collection contains a small assortment of George B. Wood's
poetry, 1820-1849. Folder 1 contains a fragmentary commonplace
book with two lengthy undated poems, one untitled, the other,
"The triumph of Morpheus" (pp. 19-30). The volume also contains
nine geometrical theorems (pp. 119126) based on Wood's studies
at the University of Pennsylvania in 1814.Folder 2 contains seven poems on friendship, 1820-1831, originally
written in albums of several individuals; Wood's...
Dates:
1820 - 1849
George Bacon Wood writings
Collection
Identifier: MSS 433
Abstract
George Bacon Wood was born in New Jersey 1797 and received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1818. He was one of the founders of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1821, but resigned in 1835 to become Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy at the University of Pennsylvania. Later he became Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, a position he held until he retired in 1860. He died in Philadelphia in 1879.The George Bacon Wood writings are a small...
Dates:
1848; undated
