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United States Army 95th Evacuation Hospital reports

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 387

Abstract The 95th Evacuation Hospital’s official station was set up at Fort Breckenridge, Kentucky on August 25, 1942. In April 1943, the Hospital shipped out to North Africa from New York City. The unit served as support to the U.S. Fifth Army through the end of the North Africa campaign, as well as Italian campaigns at Naples-Foggia, Anzio, and Rome-Arno. In August 1944, the Hospital was reassigned to the U.S. Seventh Army, and supported it through campaigns in southern France, the Rhineland,...

Dates: 1944 - 1945

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

United States Army Diet Table for General Hospitals

Item

Identifier: MSS 362

Scope and Contents

A chart created by the United States Surgeon General's office detailing the components of daily meals for full diets and half diets; perhaps meant to guide hospitals in feeding patients.

At the top of the document, it states: "Articles composing the different diets for the day - Avoirdupois weight."

Dates: 1862-10-28

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

United States Colored Infantry, 28th Regiment of Company G muster roll

Item — Box: 1

Identifier: MSS 1/005-01

Abstract

One volume. Muster roll ledger recording details of Company G of the 28th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry. This ledger records the physical descriptions, entry and discharge dates, and details of the deaths of those who succumbed to enemy action or illness. Also of note are interesting manuscript medical treatments for cholera, whooping cough, etc.

Dates: 1863-1865

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

United States Insole Company letter

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 371

Abstract

United States Insole Company Papers contains a letter sent from the United States Insole Company in 1886. The United States Insole Company sold magnetic medical equipment to treat a multitude of ailments. The letter solicits interest in a free pair of magnetic insoles. This collection was discovered during a survey in the summer and fall of 2015.

Dates: 1886-04-26

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

Venditio facta parchment

Collection

Identifier: MSS 2/358

Scope and Contents

This document, dated 13 January 1497 [Milan?], is a charter concerning property – perhaps vineyards – “in loco Altanelli.” It is notarized by Joannis Antonius de Taegio. Prince Ludovicus Maria Sfortia (Sforza) is mentioned on lines 4-5, and camera ducalis of Milan is identified.

Dates: 1497 January 13

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

W. Benson Harer papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 474

Scope and Contents note This is a collection of papers of W. Benson Harer which includes drug evaluations, correspondence, appointment books and accounting records, certificates, and patient records. The drug evaluation reports (1955-1960) include reports for Schering; Smith, Kline and French; Squibb; Merck and others. There are individual patient records c. 1930s-1960s. Collection contains 18 volumes (1948-1967) of appointment and meeting logs, as well as accounting records. Collection also contains a paper...

Dates: 1924-1967

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

W. S. W. Ruschenberger papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 2/012

Scope and Contents This collection of Ruschenberger's papers contains personal correspondence. The bulk of the collection consists of correspondence from Ruschenberger to his wife, Mary B. Wister, 1843-1848, and to his mother, Ann, 1826-1846. Although the correspondence with his wife is primarily concerned with domestic issues, principally the birth of their daughter, Fanny, these letters also describe a trip Ruschenberger made to Saratoga Springs in 1843 and are filled with information on basic...

Dates: 1822 - 1851

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

W. Sampson Handley manuscript on the origin of bone deposits in breast cancer

Item — Folder: 1

Identifier: MSS 427

Abstract

William Sampson Handley MD, MS, FRCS (12 April 1872 – 1962) was an English surgeon who influenced the development of cancer surgery.

Paper originally published in the Surgical Clinics of North America, vol. VII, no. 1 (February 1927): 47.

Previously catalogued as 10a 288.

Dates: circa 1927

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

Waldo E. Nelson papers (unprocessed)

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 1998-008

Scope and Contents note The Waldo Emerson Nelson papers contain a variety of materials relating to Emerson's professional career. The collection includes an oral history taken by the American Academy of Pediatrics. There are transcripts of speeches from the 1940s to the mid-1960s, as well as post-retirement visits and speeches. Topics covered in the speeches include pediatrics, fluid therapy, cerebral palsy and infectious diseases. Some film and glass slides that accompanied his talks are present. The collection...

Dates: 1924-1997

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

Walter B. Shelley papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS 2/147

Scope and Contents This collection of 54 letters, 1951-1954, to Walter B. Shelley from dermatologists around the world, contains biographical information which was used in Shelley's Classics in clinical dermatology (1953). Most of the correspondents convey photographs and information on their own life, career, and work or that of relatives.Correspondents are: Stuart D. Allen, Paul Blum, Aldo Castellani, Helen O. Curth, Niels Danbolt, Oskar Gans, Henri Gougerot, Sir Archibald Gray, Sven...

Dates: 1951 - 1954

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

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United States Army 95th Evacuation Hospital reports

United States Army Diet Table for General Hospitals

United States Colored Infantry, 28th Regiment of Company G muster roll

United States Insole Company letter

Venditio facta parchment

W. Benson Harer papers

W. S. W. Ruschenberger papers

W. Sampson Handley manuscript on the origin of bone deposits in breast cancer

Waldo E. Nelson papers (unprocessed)

Walter B. Shelley papers

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