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Found in 355 Collections and/or Records:

H. Lenox Hodge casebooks

 Collection
Identifier: 10b 57
Scope and Contents Five volumes of collected notebooks (35 p. each), filled in by hand and dated 1876-1880. Bound in are details of cases, patients’ and physicians’ letters, prescriptions, etc. Each printed notebook is designed specifically for Hodge’s patients having ovarian tumors or abdominal enlargements, bears the imprint Philadelphia: Lindsay & Blakiston, 1875, and includes detailed sections for notes on the patient’s general condition, history, examination, diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, progress,...
Dates: 1876 - 1880
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Henry Baird papers

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: MSS 2/003
Scope and Contents

The collection recounts Henry W. Baird’s life and career in neurological research in a series of autobiographical reminiscences, preceded by a letter addressed to his son, Douglas Gordon Baird, 1984-1985. Also included is a biographical information, curriculum vitae, and bibliography. Baird describes his career through his published writings and recounts work with Ernest A. Spiegel in electroencephalography, pediatric neurology, and drug therapy for brain and neurological disorders.

Dates: 1984 - 1985
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Henry Hartshorne papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/030
Scope and Contents This extensive collection of Henry Hartshorne's papers documents his professional life and activities, concentrating on texts of his lecture courses to students and manuscripts of his published and unpublished writings.Series 1 consists of sketchy records of Hartshorne's private medical practice which began in 1848. The series contains a journal with a chronological account of his patients from the opening of the office until 20 October 1848. The journal includes...
Dates: 1836 - 1897
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Henry Willard Williams letter to John Wheeler

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/114
Scope and Contents

Letter from Henry Willard Williams to John Wheeler, 16 May 1877. Williams advises Wheeler on treatment of a patient’s chronic eyelid ailment.

Dates: 1877-05-16
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Howard Mellor patient records

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/052
Scope and Contents This small collection of Howard Mellor's ophthalmological patient records, 1894-1906, gives a detailed understanding not only of his private practice in Philadelphia but also of ophthalmological practices, procedures, and prescriptions current at this time. The two volumes of patient records are arranged by number (assigned chronologically as admitted) and include each patient's name, age, address, ailment or complaint, and Mellor's detailed notes on the progress of the case. Each volume...
Dates: 1894 - 1921
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Hugh Lenox Hodge papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/350
Abstract The Hugh Lenox Hodge Papers collection documents portions of Dr. Hugh Lenox Hodge’s medical career. Dr. Hugh Lenox Hodge was a prominent Philadelphia physician who specialized in obstetrics, becoming one of the most renowned figures in that field in the nineteenth century. Hodge also contributed to fighting the cholera epidemic in Philadelphia during 1832. The collection contains two series: “Correspondence,” and “Subject Files,” dating from 1817 to 1833, 1870, 1932, and undated. Materials...
Dates: 1817-1833, 1870, 1932, undated
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Isaac Hiester letter to Samuel Jackson

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/143
Scope and Contents

Hiester recalls experience as student sent by Caspar Wistar to Germantown to report on outbreak of yellow fever among several families there, circa 1805. Letter describes physical situation of Germantown and location of houses of infected families.

Dates: 1821-08-24
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

J. Roberts Willson papers

 Collection
Identifier: Acc. 1994-019
Scope and Contents

This collection has not been processed. However, the contents of the six boxes seem to be somewhat arranged in a comprehensive manner. The collection includes operation files; correspondence; reprints; speeches and other writings; photgraphs; and awards, certificates, and licenses.

Dates: 1914 - 1994
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Jacob Solis-Cohen papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/046
Scope and Contents The John Solis Cohen papers consist of five collections. This first collection contains correspondence, addresses, and published and unpublished manuscripts of articles and textbooks documenting J. Solis Cohen's research, labors, and concerns in the fields of laryngology and tuberculosis throughout most of his professional career. The other four collections consist of three volumes of scrapbooks the case of Emperor Frederick III of Germany and seven volumes of lecture notes.For...
Dates: 1856 - 1922
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

James Crichton-Browne correspondence with Burton Chance

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 2/101
Scope and Contents

Autograph and typed letters signed, 1926-1936, from Sir James Crichton-Browne, praising Burton Chance’s writings on Sir William Lawrence, Sir James Hutchinson, and history of ophthalmology. Crichton-Browne includes account of his meeting with Sir William Lawrence in 1863. Includes autograph letter signed of Audrey Crichton-Browne, 1938 Mar. 29, to Burton Chance concerning Crichton-Browne’s death.

Dates: 1926 - 1936
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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