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Minutes of the Pathological Society of Philadelphia
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 3/003-03
Scope and Contents
The volumes contain the minutes and proceedings of the Pathological
Society of Philadelphia, maintained by the Secretary, from the
society's formation 29 September 1857 to 14 October 1869 and
23 April 1887 to 27 June 1901. Included are descriptions of
specimens displayed to the society, membership propositions,
committee reports, discussions, annual reports of the treasurer,
and records of "private sessions", meetings in which the official
administrative business of the society was...
Dates:
1857 - 1901
Minutes of the Section on General Medicine
Item
Identifier: CPP 12/011-01
Abstract
The Section on General Medicine was established in 1897. Its first Chair was James C. Wilson. The Section was disbanded in 1965.
Previously catalogued as 10a 193.
Dates:
1897-1927
Minutes of the Section on Ophthalmology of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 12/001-02
Scope and Contents
The records from the Section on Ophthalmology of the College
of Physicians of Philadelphia consist of four volumes
(disbound) of minutes, recorded by the clerk, spanning 1913-
1927, 1927-1939, 1940-1952, and 1953-1963. The minutes
contain reports on monthly meetings, annual financial
statements, lists of members and their addresses, and
records of dues. The minute book from 1953-1963 contains an
additional mailing list, an agenda for business meetings,
and procedural instructions for dinner...
Dates:
1913 - 1963
Minutes of the Training School for Nurses at Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 4/001-02
Abstract
The Training School for Nurses at Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital opened on 22 Oct. 1890. It was under the direction of a principal and an Executive Committee. This Executive Committee may have developed, in 1915, into the Training School Committee, which had oversight of the education, work, discipline, and living conditions of Hahnemann’s student nurses.Minute book of the Training School Committee, 1915 May 20-1921 Sept. 21. Related correspondence included. Minutes...
Dates:
1915-1921
Miscellaneous lantern and film slides (unprocessed)
Collection
Identifier: CoPSp.ACC2302
Scope and Contents note
This is a collection of medical lantern and film slides. Subjects include: gynecology, obstetrics, and sterility; smallpox; eye movements; electrocardiography; World War I amputees; X-rays; patients with various medical conditions; and images related to a histamine study. The collection also includes several glass plate negatives and film negatives on the history of medicine, consisting largely of portraits of physicians and photographs of medical apparatus; stereoscopic cards on...
Dates:
1910-1976
Mona Spiegel-Adolf papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/252
Scope and Contents
Personal papers and research files of biochemist Mona Spiegel-Adolf, including correspondence, clippings, manuscripts, and laboratory notes. Series 1 contains biographical material and personal journal. Series 2 contains research files, including data, notes, memoranda, tables, and drafts of reports concerning electrophoresis, melanin, steroids, biochemical aspects of Tay-Sachs disease, and vitamins. Includes typescript of Kolloidforschung in der immunbiologie, circa 1930....
Dates:
1930 - 1966
Museum Council of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley records related to the We the People 200 program (unprocessed)
Collection
Identifier: CoPSp.ACC2299
Scope and Contents note
This is a collection of correspondence and contact information related to the "Passport to the World" program of the We the People 200 celebration. The collection includes letters from government and museum officials in countries (from Algeria to Zimbabwe) to Sandra Choukroun, of We the People 200, as well as information about the program sent by John V. Alviti of the Museum Council of Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley to participating Philadelphia institutions.
Dates:
1987
Mütter Museum x-ray collection
Collection
Identifier: XRAY
Scope and Contents
This collection of x-rays was discovered in the Mütter Museum storage area and inventoried in 2006. It was transferred to the Library on September 22, 2016.All of the x-rays seem to be of specimens found in the Mütter Museum, including the Soap Lady, and fetuses with defects such as spina bifida and anencephaly. No provenance information could be found; however, many of the envelopes note that the x-rays were taken by Dr. Gerald Conlogue in 1991. It is likely that...
Dates:
1987-1991; undated
Myles Synnott papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/011
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of Myles Synnott's diploma from
Jefferson Medical College, 1831, and financial records, 1834-1866,
from his Glassboro practice. These financial records consist
of a daybook, 1854-1861, with a chronological listing of patients
and a summary of the transaction, and four ledgers, numbered
B through E, 18341866. The ledgers are organized by name of
patient with the date and reason for transaction. Each volume
contains an index to the patients' names. There are...
Dates:
1831 - 1870
Nathan Hatfield passport
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/214
Scope and Contents
Passport issued by U. S. State Department for Nathan Hatfield, 1872 June 19. Includes personal description, such as age, height, and hair and eye color, and signature of Nathan Hatfield. Passport signed also by Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State.
Dates:
1872-06-19
