Notebooks

Abstract The George Edmunds de Schweinitz Papers collection documents portions of de Schweinitz’s professional medical career, largely from 1901 to 1918. George Edmund de Schweinitz was a prominent ophthalmologist, born in Philadelphia on October 26th, 1858. He worked and lectured at several hospitals and schools in the Philadelphia region until the late 1920s, and also made significant contributions to ophthalmological literature. The collection contains three series: “Correspondence,” “Writings,”...

Scope and Contents Student notebook used by H. Edgar Keely at Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Jefferson Medical College, 1904-1908, including examination and review questions, particularly on anatomy, materia medica, and pathology, and casebook of opthalmological patient records, nos. 5-203, 1912 Aug. 17-1915 Apr. 1, documenting medical practice in Philadelphia, Pa. Records list patient name, address, occupation, medical history, diagnosis, vision examination, and treatment. Includes two folders of items...

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The collections consists of a journal, [18]88 Mar.-Apr., containing entries recorded by the staff of a hospital or clinic operated by Dr. William Alexander Hammond, 1828-1900. The volume documents the condition and care of patients, often including which if any medications were administered. The phrase "Night Orders Dr. Hammond" appears on the front cover of the volume. Dr. Hammond’s signature appears frequently throughout the journal.

Scope and Contents Notebook contains holograph notes made by John Keats while a pupil and dresser at Guy’s Hospital, London, probably during the winter of 1815-1816. The notes, on human anatomy and physiology, are taken from the lectures of Sir Astley Cooper. Notes on anatomy concern bones and ligaments. Notes on physiology divided into twelve lectures (lecture 9 missing) concern blood and blood-vessels, the nervous system, muscles, and absorption. Type of reproduction--Photocopy (positive).; Place...

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Notebook, 1832, of physician John Meigs, including recipes, notes on various medical authors, and notes on midwifery lectures of R. D. Mussey at the New Hampshire Medical Institution.

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Volume, assembled by Joseph DeFeher, of chest radiographs with brief case histories of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania pulmonary infection patients treated with injections of "Guajakodyl", 1937-1940. Several patients treated at Rush Hospital for Consumption and Allied Diseases. Includes photostats of letters to John W. Cass concerning experiences with compound.