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Annual Reports of the Office of the Treasurer
Collection
Identifier: CPP 5/002-01
Scope and Contents
This collection of annual reports of the Treasurer of the
College of Physicians of Philadelphia spans 1841 to 1937.
In addition to the annual reports, the collection contains
correspondence, a list of the treasurers of the College from
1786 to 1937, and a 1909 calendar of College events.
Included in the collection are the reports of treasurers J.
Rodman Paul (1839-1877), Charles Stewart Wurts (1877-1893),
H. M. Fisher (1894-1898), Richard H. Harte (1899-1912), John
B. Roberts (1913-1917),...
Dates:
1841 - 1937
Annual reports of the Section on Ophthalmology
Collection
Identifier: CPP 12/001-03
Abstract
The Section on Ophthalmology of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was instituted in 1893, the first Section to be formed at the College. In 1890, Fellows specializing in ophthalmology requested permission from the College to meet once a month to read papers and discuss topics relevant to their field. Although many Fellows were opposed to such specialization, permission for the meetings was granted on 5 November 1890. On 16 November 1890, fifteen ophthalmologists, including chairman...
Dates:
1991-1994
Annual reports of the Section on Public Health, Preventive, and Industrial Medicine of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 12/002-01
Scope and Contents
Collection contains annual reports filed with the College of Physicians of Philadelphia by the clerks of its Section on Public Health, Preventive and Industrial Medicine, 1920-1928. The reports list the programs and presentations of each year as well as the total membership of the Section and average attendance at each meeting. Most of the reports were filed by Alexander Heron Davisson.
Dates:
1920 - 1928
Anthony Brocard medical manual (Enchiridium manuale medicinae practicum: ordine alphabetico ordinatum auctore domine Anthonio Brocardo doctore theologo & medico in favorem & studium domini Ioannis Baptista filioli doctoris medicii anno 1660 continens observationes practicas ex usu in arte medica etexperientia comprobatas ac sepe repetitas a patre suoamantissimo auctore predicto...)
Item — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/199
Scope and Contents
Encyclopedic French medical manual, describing treatment for various common ailments, compiled by Anthony Brocard at the Université de médecine de Montpellier in 1661. Authorites commonly cited include Luis Mercado, Lazare Riviére and Abraham Zacutus.
Dates:
1661
Anti-vaccination reports on compulsory vaccination
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: ZZ10c 12
Scope and Contents
This collection contains reports on alleged casualties from compulsory vaccination in the Philadelphia area. The reports may have been compiled as part of a petition to the Pennsylvania State Vaccination Commission, a state committee created to investigate vaccination and the practice of compulsory vaccination in Pennsylvania. Two affidavits and notes within reports suggest reports were written by C. J. Field. Reports include statements from men at Reed House in Philadelphia who...
Dates:
1898-1902; 1908-1912
Arthur Asbury Presidential Papers
Series
Identifier: CPP 2/014-01
Abstract
Arthur K. Asbury, Van Meter Professor of Neurology Emeritus, is one of the country's most noted neurologists, recognized for his clinical and experimental studies of peripheral neuropathies, particularly those related to chronic kidney failure, diabetes mellitus, and Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Asbury was born in 1928 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He received his bachelor's degree in agriculture from the University of Kentucky in 1951, and went on to study at the University of Cincinnati College of...
Dates:
2000-2008, undated
Arthur K. Asbury papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/351
Abstract
Arthur K. Asbury (b. 1928), Van Meter Professor of Neurology Emeritus, is an internationally recognized neurologist, best known for his clinical and experimental studies of peripheral neuropathies. Most of his career was spent at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where he was a clinician, educator, researcher, and administrator. The bulk of this collection documents Dr. Asbury's work as Vice Dean of Research and Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1985 - 2000; 1958 - 2007
Arthur Vincent Meigs papers (unprocessed)
Collection
Identifier: 2000-005
Scope and Contents note
This is a collection of the papers of Arthur Vincent Meigs, including correspondence, case notes and articles, and reprints. Correspondence related to the College of Physicians includes letters about the move of the College to the building on 22nd Street, an ethics charge brought against W.W. Keen, and other topics. Correspondents in this section include W.W. Keen, S. Weir Mitchell, William Osler, and Alfred Stengel. Correspondence related to the University of Pennsylvania relates to...
Dates:
1874-1911
Articles of agreement between Thomas Dent Mütter and the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/016-02
Scope and Contents
Original agreement, dated 1858 Dec. 11, by Thomas D. Mütter, conveying his pathological specimen collection to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia to form the Mütter Museum and stipulating the obligations of the College, including construction of a fireproof building, appointment of a committee to oversee the museum and a curator, and establishment of a lectureship in surgical pathology.Published in: Charter, ordinances and by-laws of the College of Physicians of...
Dates:
1858-12-11
