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Found in 355 Collections and/or Records:

Richard von Volkmann papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/227
Scope and Contents This collection consists of letters received by Richard von Volkmann and one letter sent by him. The letters, spanning 1867 to 1889, cover the last twenty years of Volkmann's life, when he had achieved international fame and recognition. The correspondents in the collection are notable physicians, surgeons, and professors from Germany, England, France, Russia, and the United States. Most of the letters are written in German; some are written in French and English. English...
Dates: 1867 - 1889
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Robert Abbe papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/146
Content Description

This collection was assembled by Robert Abbe and contains scrapbooks and other memoranda relating to Louis Pasteur, Marie Curie, Joseph Lister, Edward Jenner, and Benjamin Rush. Included in the scrapbooks are correspondence, portraits, and newslippings. For a more detailed description of the materials included, please the "Scope and Content" note for each item.

Dates: 1781 - 1927
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Robert Blake Cruice papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/274
Scope and Contents The papers of Robert Blake Cruice, spanning 1861 to 1899, consist of a biographical sketch, correspondence and general business papers from his tenure as an assistant surgeon in the U.S. Army during the Civil War, papers pertaining to his military pension claim, and miscellaneous material concerning various societies and institutions with which Cruice was associated.Series 1 contains a biographical sketch on the life of Robert Blake Cruice; the author of this undated...
Dates: 1861 - 1899
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Robert Campbell correspondence

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 2/011
Abstract

This collection contains a small amount of Robert Campbell’s correspondence, 1978-1980, from his tenure as President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

Robert E. Campbell was born in 1931. He received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1957 and specialized in diagnostic radiology. In 1975, Campbell was elected a Fellow of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia, and served as its President from 2006 to 2008.

Dates: 2006-2008
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Robert M. Girvin papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/047
Scope and Contents This small collection of papers of Robert M. Girvin includes personal letters from Reinhold L. Herman, 1876-1877 and 1898; letters from Charles P. B. Jefferys, 1875 and 1878, reporting on the health of Charley [Jefferys' son?], suffering from liver and kidney disorder; two letters, 1878, from Amos Row, containing inquiries about the use of "mannikins" for anatomical instruction; and letters, 18711872, from a former patient, Caroline McGehee Stewart, describing her experiences with...
Dates: 1871 - 1908
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Robley Dunglison autobiographical ana

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 437
Abstract Robley Dunglison was born in Keswick, England, on 4 January 1798. He attended the Royal College of Surgeons in 1818, received a license as surgeon apothecary from the Society of Apothecaries, and began practice in 1819. In 1823, he received an M.D. from the University of Erlangen. From 1823 to 1833, Dunglison was professor of medicine at the University of Virginia; from 1833 to 1836, he was professor of medicine at the University of Maryland. In 1836, he came to Philadelphia to become...
Dates: circa 1852-1862
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Robley Dunglison papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/168
Scope and Contents This small collection of Robley Dunglison's papers contains correspondence with many individuals, 1830-1869; holograph manuscripts of three Dunglison lectures on physiology and medical jurisprudence, 1832-1856; and miscellaneous material, 1841-1868, including some financial papers, a report by Joseph Pancoast on a thoracic examination, and resolutions of the Board of Trustees of Jefferson Medical College on the retirement of Dunglison.Principal correspondents in the...
Dates: 1830 - 1869
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh papers of Lewis W. Bluemle

 Collection
Identifier: CPP 2/003-01
Scope and Contents The Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh Tercentenary Papers, spanning 1967 to 1981, are part of the records of the Office of the President of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The bulk of the papers date from 1980 to 1981, when Lewis W. Bluemle was President of the College of Physicians. The papers document Bluemle's involvement in the Tercentenary Congress of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.Series 1 contains correspondence pertaining to...
Dates: 1967 - 1981; Majority of material found within 1980 - 1981
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

S. D. Risley papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/006
Scope and Contents This collection of S. D. Risley's professional papers, 18811913, consist of ophthalmological case records, 1886-1908, many from the Philadelphia Polyclinic and College for Graduates in Medicine; a surgeon's report of Wills Eye Hospital, 1901; manuscript and typescript versions of articles concerning ophthalmology, cataract and other eye diseases, and surgical instruments and treatments, 1881-1913; correspondence, reports, and related materials concerning eye examinations for school...
Dates: 1881 - 1913
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Samuel Coates letter to Joseph Paschall

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/002
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter signed from Samuel Coates in Philadelphia to Joseph Paschall, 25 Sept. 1793, describing family matters, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of 1793, and conditions in city during yellow fever epidemic. Coates lists acquaintances who are recovering, ill, or dead and mentions treating the disease with specific of Benjamin Rush.

Dates: 1793
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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