Correspondence
Subject
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Found in 355 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Fellows requesting Library privileges for non-Fellows
Collection
Identifier: CPP 13/013
Abstract
Established in 1788, the Library of the College of Physicians served as Philadelphia's central medical library for over 150 years, serving medical schools, hospitals, physicians and other health professionals. Today, it is an independent research library devoted to the history of medicine and serves hundreds of scholars, health professionals, students and popular writers each year.The Letters from Fellows requesting Library privileges for non-Fellows collection spans the years...
Dates:
1870-1951; 1975; undated; Majority of material found in 1910-1940
Letters received by the Office of the Librarian I
Series
Identifier: CPP 13/003-01
Scope and Contents
The collection contains letters received, 1875-1942, by the Office of the Librarian of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The bulk of the letters, 1884-1934, are addressed to Charles Perry Fisher, and several contain drafts of his replies. Most of these letters concern donations of books, pamphlets, reprints, manuscript material, photographs, bookplates, medals, and oil paintings to the College of Physicians and its Library. There are also letters concerning medical library policies...
Dates:
1875-1942
Letters received by the Office of the Librarian II
Collection
Identifier: CPP 13/003-02
Scope and Contents
The collection contains letters received, 1884-1932, by Charles Perry Fisher of the Office of the Librarian of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Occasional drafts of replies are included. The letters concern the acquisition, through donation, purchase, or exchange, of books, pamphlets, journals, reprints, incunabula, manuscript material, photographs, bookplates, medals, and oil paintings. There are also letters concerning medical library policies and procedures; the organization of...
Dates:
1884-1932
Letters to John Morgan
Collection
Identifier: MSS 451
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence John Morgan received from medical and political colleagues during the American Revolution. Correspondents include Williams Smibert, James Finlay, Edward Rutledge, William Eustis, Jonathan Trumbull, Benjamin Rush, and Waldron Dumond.
Dates:
1769-1795
Lewis Condict letter to Franklin Bache
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/188
Scope and Contents
Condict discusses plans for 1840 National Medical Convention to revise U.S. Pharmacopoeia and encourages participation of apothecaries and pharmaceutical organizations.
Dates:
1832-06-29
Lucius Wood papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/318
Scope and Contents
The collection contains seventy-nine letters and postal cards received, 1883-1893, nine diaries, 1890-1899, two
account books, 1886-1891, one recipe book, [n.d.], and miscellaneous items, [n.d.], documenting the personal
life and patent medicine business of Lucius F. Wood in West Townsend, Mass. and the surrounding area. The
series of letter and postal cards received, 1883-1893, is divided into two subseries: personal and business. Both
subseries are arranged chronologically. An alphabetical...
Dates:
1883 - 1891
Magnetic Medical Institute correspondence
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 384
Abstract
Magnetic medicine was a popular (and likely ineffective) medical treatment during the 19th century. It was particularly prominent in the Midwestern United States after the American Civil War. This phenomenon has been attributed to an unsettled frontier atmosphere, a lack of trained physicians, and a tradition of self-treatment. Alternative treatments (or what might be considered quackery) flourished in this region of the United States. The Magnetic Medical Institute was...
Dates:
1900
Manuscript archives of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 1/001-01
Abstract
The Office of the Secretary of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia created during organization in 1787. Secretary is the appointed officer of record whose original duties included maintenance of College minutes and transactions and preservation of its documents and correspondence.This collection holds correspondence, financial papers, reports, medical cases, and fellowship applications and resignations, 1787-1847, kept by the Secretaries of the College of Physicians of...
Dates:
1787 - 1847
Mary Cash letter to Mrs. G. T. Bedell
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/010
Scope and Contents
Replies to inquiry concerning Mary C. Cash’s experience with homeopathic treatment for pain in her side
and shoulder during the "prevailing epidemic". Her children also underwent treatment. Mrs. Cash
continued eight weeks under the treatment of Constantine Hering, who visited her several times, but did
not improve. She treated herself covertly with balsam of wild cherry for one week and her symptoms
abated. Hering’s treatment proved beneficial to the Cash children, however. Mrs. Cash did not...
Dates:
1845
Maud Richards collection on the Ashhurst, Eyre, and Leiper family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/073
Scope and Contents
This small collection of genealogical research, photographs, printed
material, and manuscript material, 1813-1964, assembled by Maud
Richards, documents the history of members of the Ashhurst,
Eyre, and Leiper families of Philadelphia.Series 1 contains a manuscript genealogy, compiled circa 1933,
with information on the Eyre, Connolly, Little, and Ashhurst
families. Many original manuscript items, chiefly receipts,
payment orders, and signature cuttings, have been inserted...
Dates:
1813 - 1964
