Diplomas

Scope and Contents This small collection of Alexander Rush's papers, 1931-1984, with some earlier material, documents his personal life, professional career, and interest in his ancestor, Benjamin Rush, and includes lectures and addresses, writings, awards, certificates, diplomas, and photographs.Series 1 contains letters, a passport, curricula vitae, bibliographies, and printed material concerning Rush's life and career, 1922-1984. Material, 1812-1981, concerning Benjamin Rush (1746-1813) is...

Abstract

This collection consists of awards, certificates, and diplomas primarily found during the archives survey in the summer and fall of 2015. This is an artifical collection, meaning that few of the items have connections amongst them, and are related only by form. Additional items are added to the collection as necessary.

These items also seemingly have no links to any collections currently in the Archives.

Abstract Edward H. Dixon (1808-1880) was a New York City surgeon. Dixon earned his M.D. from Rutgers Medical College in 1829 or 1830, and then studied material medica, theory and practice, and therapeutics under Dr. John Francis; and surgery under Dr. Alexander Mott. Afterwards, Dixon accepted positions at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum and House of Refuge. Later, he opened his own practice as a consulting surgeon, as well as a private surgical hospital.He married his wife, Sarah S. Hart, in...

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This small collection documenting Ludwig Loeb's medical education in 1890 contains his M.D. diploma from Jefferson Medical College, a certificate of attendance in an anatomy course at the Philadelphia School of Anatomy and Surgery, and a certificate of attendance in a course of practical obstetrics at the Philadelphia Lying in Charity.

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...

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The collection contains Samuel Reed Shaner's diploma from the Medico Chirurgical College of Philadelphia and his certificate of graduate fellowship in the college's James M. Anders Medical Society, 9 June 1916.

Scope and Contents The William D. Frazier Papers, spanning 1874 to 1984, contain professional papers relating to Frazier's career as a surgeon and specialist in occupational medicine; personal papers; papers of his father, neurosurgeon Charles H. Frazier; and numerous photographs. Included among William D. Frazier's professional papers is correspondence, reports of operative experience, and other items concerning his work at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Hospital...