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Lewis Condict letter to Franklin Bache

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 2/188

Scope and Contents

Condict discusses plans for 1840 National Medical Convention to revise U.S. Pharmacopoeia and encourages participation of apothecaries and pharmaceutical organizations.

Dates: 1832-06-29

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

Library exhibition labels

Collection

Identifier: CPP 13/009-01

Abstract Established in 1788, the Library of the College of Physicians served as Philadelphia's central medical library for over 150 years, serving medical schools, hospitals, physicians and other health professionals. Today, it is an independent research library devoted to the history of medicine and serves hundreds of scholars, health professionals, students and popular writers each year. This collection, Library exhibtion labels, dates from the 1960s through 1997, although the bulk of the...

Dates: circa 1960s - 1997; Majority of material found within 1973 - 1975

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

Lily G. H. Pridgeon surgical casebook

Item

Identifier: 10b 18

Scope and Contents

One volume ([7], 130 leaves) of surgical cases presented by John B. Roberts at the Woman’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Cases are dated 1 Oct. 1897 to 15 Apr. 1898. Preliminary leaves include general rules for operations and subject indexes of diagnoses and operations.

Dates: 1897 - 1898

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

Lisabeth Holloway collection of biographical information on physicians

Collection

Identifier: MSS 2/290

Scope and Contents Collection contains assembled biographical and educational data on physicians and surgeons, 1663-1977; bulk of information concerns regular, homeopathic, and eclectic American 19th century practitioners. Collection includes photocopies of published alumni catalogues and directories, course announcements, membership directories, and miscellaneous sources. Series 1.1 contains lists of alumni and matriculants, 1749-1955, with folder of information on Americans attending foreign medical schools,...

Dates: 1663 - 1977

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

List of Alvarenga Prize entries

Item

Identifier: CPP 1/011

Abstract This volume dates from 1920 through 1933, and contains lists of entries for the annual Alvarenga Prize essay, as well as the winner. Each entry includes the title of the essay, its "motto," the author's name, and the status - either destroyed, returned, or "won prize."The Alvarenga Prize was established in 1887 or 1888, when Associate Fellow Da Costa Alvarenga of Lisbon, Portugal, left the College approximately $4000.00 to fund an annual prize in his name. The essay could be on...

Dates: 1920-1933

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

List of exchange accounts of the Library

Collection

Identifier: CPP 13/016-01

Dates: circa 1889-1915

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

List of monetary contributions to the catalogue revision

Item

Identifier: CPP 13/010-05

Abstract

Previously catalogued as 10a 310.

Dates: 14 December 1905

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

List of physicians of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 2/218

Scope and Contents

Document, circa 1797, written in hand of Benjamin Duffield, listing twenty-one physicians who are members of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Reverse contains list, written in hand of Caspar Wistar, of twelve physicians who are not members of the College. Internal evidence indicates list compiled after William Annan became a member, June 1796, and before his death on 4 Oct. 1797.

Dates: circa 1797

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

List of portraits, engravings, busts, statues, and curios displayed in the various rooms and halls of the College

Item

Identifier: CPP 10/008-04

Abstract The Library Committee of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia became a standing committee in 1834. The by-laws of this year state that the Library Committee “shall attend to the increase and preservation of the Library...they shall purchase books and carry into effect all such regulations pertaining to the Library...and shall present a report upon its condition.” At this time, the chairman of the Library Committee acted as the Librarian of the College. In 1863, the Office of the...

Dates: 1897-1915

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

Louis Battenfeld matriculation ticket

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 2/165

Scope and Contents

Ticket entitling Louis Smith Battenfeld to attend special course in analytical chemistry during 1911-1912 academic session at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.

Dates: 1911

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

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Lewis Condict letter to Franklin Bache

Library exhibition labels

Lily G. H. Pridgeon surgical casebook

Lisabeth Holloway collection of biographical information on physicians

List of Alvarenga Prize entries

List of exchange accounts of the Library

List of monetary contributions to the catalogue revision

List of physicians of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

List of portraits, engravings, busts, statues, and curios displayed in the various rooms and halls of the College

Louis Battenfeld matriculation ticket

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