World War, 1914 - 1918

Abstract Edward Bell Krumbhaar (1882-1966) was a distinguished pathologist and cardiac physician, as well as one of Philadelphia’s leading historians of medicine. A founder of both the Section on Medical History of the College of Physicians and the American Association of the History of Medicine (AAHM), Krumbhaar also served as president of the College and of the AAHM. The E.B. Krumbhaar papers covers Krumbhaar’s accomplishments and contributions to pathology and cardiac physiology from the early to...

Scope and Contents The Leidy family papers consist of two discrete collections, including lecture and admission cards, correspondence, and newsclippings. The first collection of Leidy family material, MSS 2/155-01, contains lecture admission cards and related material, 1830-1866, from the medical educations of Napoleon B. Leidy and Philip Leidy at the University of Pennsylvania and the pharmaceutical education of Thomas Leidy at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. The series includes several...

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This collection consists of six letters to Sir William and Lady Osler, written in 1917. The letters are from Major Vivian A. Batchelor, Dr. Harvey Cushing, and Dr. G.E. Brewer, and others. The letters mainly discuss the circumstances of the death of the Osler's son, who was killed in Belgium during World War I. One letter is manuscript and the others are typed transcripts.

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This collection consists of an album of German propaganda from World War I. The cover page is a leaflet encouraging American soldiers to stop fighting, arguing that they have nothing to fight for and “all the fine words about glory are tommy rot.” The remaining pages of the album are comprised of photographs of soldiers with facial injuries that have led to visible differences.

Scope and Contents During the first World War the Canadian Expeditionary Forces (CEF) were particularly concerned with the number of cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs, then called venereal disease). During this time, and with help from the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA), the CEF produced pamphlets, lectures, and other assorted materials to educate young soldiers on sexual health and how to avoid STIs. These materials emphasized the ill effects of gonorrhea and syphilis, and urged...