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Bawdin, Thos. W. Notes on lectures at the University of Pennsylvania : holograph, 1817.

Title: Notes on lectures at the University of Pennsylvania : holograph, 1817.

Contains notes on lectures delivered by Nathaniel Chapman on the practice of medicine and John Syng Dorsey on materia medica in the Department of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania, 1817 Jan. 7-Feb. 12.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (154 p.)

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Dorsey, John Syng, 1783-1818. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1816.

Title: Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1816.

Receipt to a Miss Wells for four dollars paid for medical services, dated 3 May 1816.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1 leaf).

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Samuel Coates account and memoranda books, 1785-1830, 1785-1830

Title: Samuel Coates account and memoranda books, 1785-1830 1785-1830

Memorandum book, 1785-1825 (1 reel, film from the Pennsylvania Hospital); account book of the estate of Deborah Morris, 1793-1817 (1 vol., ca 68 p.), contains a copy of her will, inventory, records of income and disbursements by the executors; day book, 1796-1816 (1 vol., 32 p.), containing notes of payments and sales, of wills written, mortgages arranged, rentals agreed to, notes signed, etc.. There is also a receipt book, 1803-1830 (1 vol., ca. 308 p., see B C632), containing signed receipts for purchase of hickory wood, ham, stores, oil, varnish, liquors, gravestones, "cyder," and for payment of taxes, wages, painting the house, etc.; vendors include Zaccheus Collins, John Syng Dorsey, Peter S. Du Ponceau, Christian Febiger, Rebecca Jones, and Ann Moore. In this volume, as well, are signatures and engravings (some by Samuel Sartain) of John Barry, Tench Coxe, Charles Chauncey, Isaac T. Hopper, and Zachariah Poulson (presented by Arthur Bloch, 1953); and bank books, 1788-1798 (2 vols., ca. 110 pp.), being a record of checks, bills of exchange, notes, gold, silver, and currency sent to Bank (of North America).

ArchivalResource: 5.0 Volume(s), 5 volumes, 1 microfilm reel

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Chapman, Nathaniel, 1780-1853. Medical opinions : [Philadelphia] / by Nathaniel Chapman, Dorsey, Barton, and James, 1814-1815.

Title: Medical opinions : [Philadelphia] / by Nathaniel Chapman, Dorsey, Barton, and James, 1814-1815.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 20 cm.

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Dorsey, John Syng, 1783-1818. Letter : Philadelphia, Pa., to Henry W. Physick, Cecil County, Md., 1801 Oct. 20.

Title: Letter : Philadelphia, Pa., to Henry W. Physick, Cecil County, Md., 1801 Oct. 20.

ALS. Postscript written by Dorsey's mother, Elizabeth.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (2 p. on double sheet) ; 24 x 39 cm. folded to 24 x 20 cm.

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Janeway, J. J. (Jacob Jones), 1774-1858. Items relating to John Syng Dorsey, 1790-1853.

Title: Items relating to John Syng Dorsey, 1790-1853.

Three items extracted from the papers of Pierre S. du Pont, probably received from Bessie Gardner du Pont, who was a descendant of Dorsey. Letter of D. Green to Dorsey, from Johnsonburg, Oct. 27, 1818; account of Edmund Physick with Leonard Dorsey (father of John Syng Dorsey), 1790-1793; copy of "A brief memoir of the life ... of John Syng Dorsey..." by J. J. Jameway, D.D., published at New Brunswick, N.J., 1853, with an attached obituary of Dorsey.

ArchivalResource: 4 items.

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Dorsey, John Syng, 1783-1818. Poems, 1805-1818.

Title: Poems, 1805-1818.

Album of manuscript poems by John Syng Dorsey with many pages left blank. Most poems are in the hand of Dorsey, but a few may have been copied in another hand. Marginal pencil notes made by Dorsey's son, Robert R. Dorsey. Volume signed and owned by Bessie Gardner duPont.

ArchivalResource: 1 volume.

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Clark, John Yardley. Notes on the lectures of John Syng Dorsey, Professor of Materia Medica in the University of Pennsylvania, 1816-1817 / by John Y. Clark.

Title: Notes on the lectures of John Syng Dorsey, Professor of Materia Medica in the University of Pennsylvania, 1816-1817 / by John Y. Clark.

One volume (131, 250, 11 leaves) of notes on materia medica lectures delivered by John Syng Dorsey at the University of Pennsylvania. The lectures are divided into three sections: general therapeutics, bloodletting and materia medica, and Dorsey's classification of materia medica.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Dorsey, John Syng, 1783-1818. Ledger, 1804-1818.

Title: Ledger, 1804-1818.

Two volumes of patient account ledgers. The first volume (389 p.) covers the period 1804 to 1817. The second volume (52 p.) covers the year 1818. Each entry includes patient name, date of service, type of service performed, fee, and payment information. Patient entries are entered under first date of service. An index to patient entries is located at the beginning of each volume.

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

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Briscoe, John Hanson, 1789-1855. Lectures on medicine : manuscript, [ca. 1815-1825].

Title: Lectures on medicine : manuscript, [ca. 1815-1825].

Notes for course of 62 lectures in Materia medica in Philadelphia, probably at the University of Pennsylvania Dept. of Medicine. Neither the lecturer nor the writer of the notes is identified. Lectures are written in the first person and appear to be the notes of a physician rather than a student. They follow the format of John Syng Dorsey's lectures on materia medica, beginning with "Animal life," "Sympathy," continuing with diet and the nutritive value of certain foods, diseases, bloodletting, emetics, diuretics, antilithics, diaphoretics, sialagogues, emenagogues, anthelmintics, cathartics, stimulants, antispasmodics, tonics, and astringents. Considerable discussion of the uses of mercury compounds and opiates; includes recipes.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Physick, Philip Syng, 1768-1837. Philip Syng Physick lectures on surgery; November 1807 [to February 19th, 1808], [1807-1808].

Title: Philip Syng Physick lectures on surgery; November 1807 [to February 19th, 1808], [1807-1808].

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

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Wood, George B. (George Bacon), 1797-1879. Dorsey's lectures, [ca. 1816].

Title: Dorsey's lectures, [ca. 1816].

Two volumes of an incomplete set of notes on materia medica lectures delivered by John Syng Dorsey at the University of Pennsylvania. Topics covered include nutrition, aliments, cooking, drinks, influence of diet on disease, an introduction to materia medica proper, and blood-letting.

ArchivalResource: 2 v.

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Mitchell, Thomas Duché, 1791-1865. Notes on the lectures of Dr. Benj. S. Barton, Professor of Materia Medica, Natural History, and Botany in the University of Pennsylvania, 1809-1810 / taken by Tho. D. Mitchell.

Title: Notes on the lectures of Dr. Benj. S. Barton, Professor of Materia Medica, Natural History, and Botany in the University of Pennsylvania, 1809-1810 / taken by Tho. D. Mitchell.

One volume containing 447 leaves of notes on the materia medica lectures of Benjamin S. Barton, dated 10 Nov. 1809 to 2 March 1810, and 371 leaves on the surgery lectures of Philip Syng Physick and John Syng Dorsey, dated 15 Nov. 1809 to 1 March 1810. Each section contains an index.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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Coates, Samuel, 1748-1830. Account and memoranda books, 1785-1830.

Title: Account and memoranda books, 1785-1830.

ArchivalResource: 5 v.; 1 microfilm reel.

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Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815. Institutes of medicine : [Philadelphia] / by Dr. Benjamin Barton ; Lectures on surgery / by Drs. Physick and Dorsey, 1813-1815.

Title: Institutes of medicine : [Philadelphia] / by Dr. Benjamin Barton ; Lectures on surgery / by Drs. Physick and Dorsey, 1813-1815.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ; 19 cm.

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Dorsey, John Syng, 1783-1818. Notes from cases of surgery which have occurr'd in the practice of Dr. P.S. Physick., 1798-1811.

Title: Notes from cases of surgery which have occurr'd in the practice of Dr. P.S. Physick., 1798-1811.

Notes, as well as, sketches, drawings and watercolors of cases occur throughout both volumes.

ArchivalResource: 2 v. 31 cm.

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Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813. ALS, 1804 May 23 : Philadelphia, to Dr. John Dorsey, London.

Title: ALS, 1804 May 23 : Philadelphia, to Dr. John Dorsey, London.

Invites the young doctor to return home to help build a new medical school. "A wide field opens for medical investigations in the United States." He lists the theses written by the first graduates, refutes a colleague's opinion on the contagion of yellow fever, and mentions several other physicians.

ArchivalResource: 3 p. ; 26 x 20 cm.

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Physick, Philip Syng, 1768-1837. Lecture notes and addresses, 1785-ca. 1819.

Title: Lecture notes and addresses, 1785-ca. 1819.

Manuscript lecture notes (9 volumes), taken by students from 1808 to 1817, on Physick's lectures in surgery. Some undated and unsigned. Item 2, volume 2 includes notes from the lectures of John Syng Dorsey, M.D. (1783-1818). All lectures delivered at the University of Pennsylvania. Lecture notes either in the hand of or owned by the following signed names: Leonard Lawrence, James Phillips Freeman, Thomas Hamilton, Russel Clark, and Joseph Fithian.

ArchivalResource: 8 items (10 v.)

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Sturgis, Samuel Booth, 1891-. [Death certificates signed by early Philadelphia physicians., 1806-1815.

Title: [Death certificates signed by early Philadelphia physicians., 1806-1815.

Contents. Alberti, Geo. F., VII-21-1807, for Louisa Fout. -Atlee, Edwin Augustus, III-9-1813, for Mary Beuley. -Barton [? illeg.] XII-24-1812, for John Jameson. -Barton, John Rhea, X-8-1814, for Curtis Phillips. Barton, Wm. Paul Crillon, for Wm. Brobert. -Church, J. [illeg.] for child. Colhoun, Samuel, V-8-1813, for Ann Chapman. -Coxe, John Redman, for Miss Redman. -Dewees, Wm. Potts, for Eliz. Wartnaby; also for child, VII-20-1807. -Dorsey, John Syng, VIII-10-1807, for John Hollin. -Duffield, Wm. Bryant, IV-17-1813, for Grover Bodin. -Hewson, Thos. Tickell, VII-17-1807, for Ann Hughes; also, VIII-8-1807, for Anthony Reminton. -Heylin, Isaac, for James Barns. -LaRoche, René, V-22-1806, for John Peter Maers; same, VI-5-1806, for Thos. Milly. -Monges, John Armentaire, VIII-18-1807, for child of free Black. (Contents cont.)-Nancrede [sic; both Joseph Guerard and Nicolas Cussins were practicing in Philadelphia after 1813] I-20-1815, for Huey McCafferty. -Neill, Henry, III-11-1813, for Lewis Young. -Otto, John Conrad, VIII-13-1806, for Wilson [sic] Parrish, Jos., VII-27-1807, for Thos. Smith; also, III-29-1813, for Ann Atmore; also, V-22-1813, for Susanna Anderson. -Proudfit, J. [presumably James], X-6-1810, for Wm. W. Wands. Reynolds, Jas., VI-18-1806, for Thos. Kuin. -Sargent, Thos., IV-27-1813, for Daniel Laning; also, III-23-?, for Margaretta Bacon. -Shippen, Jos. G., IV-8-1813, for Patrick McCallister. Woglom, B., IX-27- 1807, for Peter Woglom.

ArchivalResource: 29 pieces.

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Dorsey, John Syng, 1783-1818. Daybooks., 1805-1817.

Title: Daybooks., 1805-1817.

In general, these volumes list visits to patients, without indicating fees or ailments.

ArchivalResource: 3 v. 20-40 cm.

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Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839. Letters, 1800-1816, to Alexander James Dallas.

Title: Letters, 1800-1816, to Alexander James Dallas.

Principal topics include U.S. and Pennsylvania political and government affairs, especially personalities and factional feuds within the Democratic party; Cooper's conviction under the Sedition Act in 1800 and the legal proceedings following his removal from the bench in 1811; various government and academic posts Cooper considered applying for; matters of academic politics; advice to Dallas, the new secretary of the Treasury, on financial policy; the Second Bank of the United States; legal and medical cases; scientific experiments; military engineering; and Cooper's own books and other reading. Persons and bodies discussed include: John Binns, John C. Calhoun, John Redman Coxe, Joseph Dennie, John Syng Dorsey, William Duane, William John Duane, Robert Hare, Joseph Hopkinson, Thomas Jefferson, Daniel Levy, Michael Lieb, James Madison, Adam Seybert, Simon Snyder, Joseph Swift, and James Woodhouse, the Second Bank of the United States, Albany Medical College, Dickinson College, Transylvania College, the U.S. Military Academy, the University of South Carolina, and the University of Virginia.

ArchivalResource: 53 items ; 33 cm. or smaller.

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Dorsey, John Syng, 1783-1818. Fee book, 1805-1817.

Title: Fee book, 1805-1817.

One volume ([20] p.) detailing income received by John Syng Dorsey for the years 1805-1817. Includes fees from patients, students, lectures, etc. Lists date, payer, and amount received.

ArchivalResource: 1 v.

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American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIb, 1807-1825

Title: American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIb 1807-1825

This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description

ArchivalResource: 1.0 section

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Dorsey, Elizabeth. Letter : Philadelphia, Pa., to Mrs. Henry W. Physick, Rising Sun Post Office, Nottingham, Md., 1807 Nov. 5.

Title: Letter : Philadelphia, Pa., to Mrs. Henry W. Physick, Rising Sun Post Office, Nottingham, Md., 1807 Nov. 5.

ALS. Address in the hand of Philip Syng Physick.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (3 p. on double sheet) ; 26 x 41 cm. folded to 26 x 21 cm.

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Dorsey, John Syng, 1783-1818. Notes on the materia medica by John Syng Dorsey : [Philadelphia] / taken by Hugh L. Hodge, 1816-1818.

Title: Notes on the materia medica by John Syng Dorsey : [Philadelphia] / taken by Hugh L. Hodge, 1816-1818.

ArchivalResource: 6 v. ; 20 cm.

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