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William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger (1807-1895) was a physician in the U.S. Medical Corps from 1826 through the middle of the nineteenth century. He was born in Cumberland, NJ; educated in Philadelphia, PA, and New York, NY; and was appointed surgeon's mate in the U.S. Navy in 1826. His first cruise was aboard the U.S. frigate BRANDYWINE (1826-1829) which made port in several cities in South America including Callao, Peru; Valparaiso, Chile; and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He received the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1830 from the University of Pennsylvania and was commissioned surgeon in 1831. From July 1831 through 1832, he was fleet surgeon aboard the USS PEACOCK, serving again in South America. Ruschenberger was sent to Philadelphia in 1833 where he remained until February 1835, at which time he was appointed fleet surgeon to the East India Squadron (1835-1837), again serving on the PEACOCK, this time circumnavigating the world.
Upon his return, Ruschenberger served at the naval station in Philadelphia from 1840 through 1842. That same year he was attached to the Philadelphia Rendezvous, a training facility for seamen and surgeons. Later that year, he requested temporary duty atthe Naval Asylum in Philadelphia to fill in for William P.C. Barton. He remained there until September 1943 and later that year he was stationed at the naval hospital in Brooklyn, New York. While there he set up a laboratory to prepare pure medicinal drugs for naval use and served as a member of the Board of Appointments whose purpose was to form plans and rules for the Naval Academy. He remained in Brooklyn until he was appointed fleet surgeon for the East India Squadron (1847-1849). During this appointment he served aboard the USS PLYMOUTH and visited Brazil, Canton (China), Java and the Malay Peninsula, and the Philippine Islands. From 1850 through 1854, he had shore duty, traveling between Brooklyn, NY, and Washington, DC, though primarily a resident of Philadelphia. He then became fleet surgeon for the Pacific Squadron (1854-1857) and served aboard the USS INDEPENDENCE, visiting Chile, Hawaii, and Panama before returning to the Mare Island (California) Navy Yard at the end of the cruise.
During 1860 and 1861, Ruschenberger was fleet surgeon for the Mediterranean Squadron. At the outbreak of the Civil War, he was named chief surgeon at the Boston Navy Yard, where he served throughout the war. He returned to special duty in Philadelphia after the war (1865-1870) and was promoted to senior officer in the Medical Corps (1866-1869) before retiring with the rank of commodore in 1869. In 1871 he became medical director on the retired list.
Ruschenberger was a member of the Philadelphia College of Physicians, serving as secretary in 1854 and vice president from 1875 through 1883. Also an active member of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, he served as vice president in 1869 and as president from 1869 through 1882. He wrote several books including Three Years in the Pacific (1834); A Voyage Around the World (1838); Elements of Natural History (1850); and Notes and Commentaries during Voyages to Brazil and China (1854). He also wrote pamphlets concerning the rank of naval officers.
He married Mary Wister in the early 1840s, and they had four children. The first two daughters died in 1844, apparently in a cholera epidemic. A daughter, Fanny, and son, Charles, were the surviving children. Charles Wister Ruschenberger graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1869 and served in the Navy until he resigned in 1895.
Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIf 1866-1886
American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIf, 1866-1886
Title:
American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIf 1866-1886
This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description
American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIf, 1866-1886
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Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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Autograph collection, 1885-1894.
Austin, Benjamin W.,. Autograph collection, 1885-1894.
Title:
Autograph collection, 1885-1894.
Collection assembled by Benjamin W. Austin as secretary of Trinity Historical Society, Dallas, Tex., 1885-1894, includes letters from physicians, several eclectic or homeopathic, accepting honorary or non-resident membership in society. Biographical data included.
Smithsonian Archives. Ru 32: Office Of The Secretary, Unbound Miscellane.
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Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIh 1892-1896
American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIh, 1892-1896
Title:
American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIh 1892-1896
This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description
American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIh, 1892-1896
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Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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Commonplace book, 1838-1865.
Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895. Commonplace book, 1838-1865.
Title:
Commonplace book, 1838-1865.
Commonplace book, kept by W.S.W. Ruschenberger, U.S. Navy surgeon; containing literary quotations, medical, naval, and incidental information; interspersed with autobiographical reporting of conversations, anecdotes, and observations, dated 1838-1865.
Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895. Commonplace book, 1838-1865.
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Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879
Title:
SIA RU000026, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Secretary, Correspondence, 1863-1879
This series consists mostly of correspondence addressed to Joseph Henry, much of which received his personal attention; also included are some copies of Henry letters, occasional returned original Henry letters, and a considerable number of letters to Spencer Fullerton Baird.
Smithsonian Archives. Ru 26: Office Of The Secretary, Incoming Corres..
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Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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Eastwick Collection, 1746-1929 1746-1929
Eastwick Collection, 1746-1929, 1746-1929
Title:
Eastwick Collection, 1746-1929 1746-1929
This collection includes letters, diaries, notebooks, and early photographs, relating primarily to the Wister family of Germantown and Philadelphia. Much of the correspondence concerns domestic news and consists of letters from or to Sarah Wister. These include interesting observations on Germantown and Philadelphia society from other families as well, such as the Bayntons and Bullocks. There are numerous letters from various Wisters, including Casper, Charles Jones, Elizabeth (including a journal of a trip to Bristol, 1783), Hannah, John, Owen Jones, and others. There is also poetry by Sarah.
Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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Correspondence, 1865-1891
Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891
Title:
Correspondence, 1865-1891
This record unit consists of outgoing correspondence from the Office of the Secretary during the tenures of Joseph, Henry, 1846-1878; Spencer Fullerton Baird, 1878-1887; and Samuel Pierpoint Langley, 1887-1906.
Smithsonian Archives. Ru 33: Office Of The Secretary, Outgoing Corres..
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Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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Samuel George Morton Papers 1819-1850
Samuel George Morton Papers, 1819-1850
Title:
Samuel George Morton Papers 1819-1850
Through his craniometic studies of human races, the Philadelphia physician Samuel George Morton (1799-1851) exerted a profound influence on the development of physical anthropology in antebellum America, and made substantial contributions to mineralogy, paleontology, and natural history. Relating primarily to Morton's scientific interests, the Morton Papers include insights into Morton's perspectives on education, medical practice, geology and mineralogy, craniology, paleontology, the Wilkes Exploring Expedition (also known as the United States Exploring Expedition 1838-1842), and his two major monographs, the and . Several of the letters were written by Morton in his capacity as corresponding secretary of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Also included in this collection are Morton's "Some Remarks on the Infrequency of Mixed Offspring Between the European and Australian Races" (1850), Joseph Barclay Pentland's notes on the aborigines of Peru (ca. 1840?), and newspaper clippings on Morton's death; a diary of Morton's trip to the West Indies, 1834, a set of craniological sketches for use in Crania Americana, and a microfilm of letters in private hands, written to Morton, 1838-1844 Crania Americana Crania Aegyptiaca
ArchivalResource:
2.25 Linear feet; 5 boxes, bound volumes, microfilm
Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIg 1887-1891
American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIg, 1887-1891
Title:
American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIg 1887-1891
This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the . Collection Description
Ralph Waldo Emerson letters from various correspondents, ca. 1814-1882.
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Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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Vol. LIV ( ff. 333 ). 14 Feb. 1837- 19 Nov. 1840.Richard Bentley, publisher (I): Agreements with authors and others: 1829-1871.: Mostly signed.includes:ff. 1-2 (signed), 3 (draft) Captain Sir John Ross, RN: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1837-1838.ff.... 14 Feb 1837-19 Nov 1840
Vol. LIV ( ff. 333 ). 14 Feb. 1837-19 Nov. 1840.Richard Bentley, publisher (I): Agreements with authors and others: 1829-1871.: Mostly signed.includes:ff. 1-2 (signed), 3 (draft) Captain Sir John Ross, RN: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1837-1838.ff....
Title:
Vol. LIV ( ff. 333 ). 14 Feb. 1837- 19 Nov. 1840.Richard Bentley, publisher (I): Agreements with authors and others: 1829-1871.: Mostly signed.includes:ff. 1-2 (signed), 3 (draft) Captain Sir John Ross, RN: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1837-1838.ff.... 14 Feb 1837-19 Nov 1840
Vol. LIV ( ff. 333 ). 14 Feb. 1837-19 Nov. 1840.Richard Bentley, publisher (I): Agreements with authors and others: 1829-1871.: Mostly signed.includes:ff. 1-2 (signed), 3 (draft) Captain Sir John Ross, RN: Agreements with R. Bentley: 1837-1838.ff....
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A trip to the East (notes abroad); or, Letters from Brazil, Arabia, Hindostan, Ceylon, Java, Siam, Cochin China, Canton, Bonin Sandwitch & Society islands, Peru, Chile and the West Indies, in the years 1835-6 & 7 ... Observations on climate & nautical hygiene and the diseases of seamen and marines ..., 1835-37.
Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895. A trip to the East (notes abroad); or, Letters from Brazil, Arabia, Hindostan, Ceylon, Java, Siam, Cochin China, Canton, Bonin Sandwitch & Society islands, Peru, Chile and the West Indies, in the years 1835-6 & 7 ... Observations on climate & nautical hygiene and the diseases of seamen and marines ..., 1835-37.
Title:
A trip to the East (notes abroad); or, Letters from Brazil, Arabia, Hindostan, Ceylon, Java, Siam, Cochin China, Canton, Bonin Sandwitch & Society islands, Peru, Chile and the West Indies, in the years 1835-6 & 7 ... Observations on climate & nautical hygiene and the diseases of seamen and marines ..., 1835-37.
Manuscript draft of his Voyage Around the World (1838).
Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895. A trip to the East (notes abroad); or, Letters from Brazil, Arabia, Hindostan, Ceylon, Java, Siam, Cochin China, Canton, Bonin Sandwitch & Society islands, Peru, Chile and the West Indies, in the years 1835-6 & 7 ... Observations on climate & nautical hygiene and the diseases of seamen and marines ..., 1835-37.
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Letters to Henry Charles Lea, 1886-1910.
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Pa.). Letters to Henry Charles Lea, 1886-1910.
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (Pa.). Letters to Henry Charles Lea, 1886-1910.
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Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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John L. (John Lawrence) LeConte papers, 1812-1897
LeConte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883. Papers, 1812-1897
Title:
John L. (John Lawrence) LeConte papers, 1812-1897
This collection contains mostly entomological material, with much information on the description and identification of particular insects, entomological collections, and the study of entomology in Europe and the United States. In addition, there are materials on medicine and hospitals during the American Civil War, on the Corps of Topographical Engineers, the United States Army, on natural history in the United States, and on the LeConte's family. Some letters are written to President Rutherford B. Hayes and concern the Commissionership of Agriculture, for which LeConte was considered, but not appointed. Letters of John Eatton LeConte and Joseph LeConte are included.
Letters to Charles Sumner, lawyer, Republican senator from Massachusetts, and anti-slavery campaigner; with a smaller number of letters from Sumner to others.
Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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Records, 1854-1909.
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Secretary. Records, 1854-1909.
Title:
Records, 1854-1909.
This collection of records, spanning 1854 to 1909, consists of backup files maintained by the secretaries of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia to provide additional documentation of College meetings. The collection includes rough drafts of minutes, attendance sheets, ballot forms, election tallies, and correspondence. Also present are recommendations of physicians for fellowship, amendments of by-laws, lists of books donated to the Library, and resolutions; much of this material is written on small slips of paper which presumably were handed to the secretary during meetings. In many cases, these records provide a more accurate and candid description of the tone and proceedings of College meetings than do the official College minutes, which were frequently reduced and edited. The minutes of special meetings provide great insight into some of the more pressing matters facing the College over the years. Occasionally these meetings were called in response to medical emergencies, such as the cholera epidemics in Pennsylvania (1854) and in Panama (1903). Special meetings were held frequently during 1903 and 1904, when the Building Committee was debating whether the College should remain on 13th and Locust Street or build at another location. S. Weir Mitchell is well represented in the collection; included among the records are holograph copies of important resolutions submitted by Mitchell during College meetings (1882-1903), correspondence, and a holograph memoir of Thomas D. Mütter (4 May 1859). Of special interest is a report prepared by Mitchell for a meeting held on 30 Mar. 1904 to discuss whether or not the College should move to the 22nd Street location. The typescript report, which contains numerous corrections and additions, describes the area surrounding the lot in great detail and urges the Fellows to consider building there. Other correspondents represented in the collection include George Bacon Wood, John L. Cadwalader, Joseph Leidy, Samuel Lewis, J. M. Da Costa, S. W. Gross, and William W. Keen.
Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895. Common place book; commenced November 25th, 1828. Pacific Ocean.
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Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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Papers, 1819-1850.
Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851. Papers, 1819-1850.
Title:
Papers, 1819-1850.
This collection includes correspondence, chiefly on scientific subjects, including education, medical practice, geology, mineralogy, craniology, paleontology, the Wilkes Exploring Expedition (also known as the United States Exploring Expedition 1838-1842), his publications ("Crania Americana" [1838] and "Crania Aegyptica"). In some of the letters, Morton writes as corresponding secretary of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
Morton, Samuel George, 1799-1851. Papers, 1819-1850.
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Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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ALS, 1835 April 23 : Valparaiso [Chile] to Dr. W.S.W. Ruschenberger / Jno. Styles?
Styles, John. ALS, 1835 April 23 : Valparaiso [Chile] to Dr. W.S.W. Ruschenberger / Jno. Styles?
Title:
ALS, 1835 April 23 : Valparaiso [Chile] to Dr. W.S.W. Ruschenberger / Jno. Styles?
Regarding a rare Spanish literary work located in Chile; a new book by Father Jose Javier Guzman; in Peru General Nieto "packed" off to Costa Rica where he is collecting forces.
Styles, John. ALS, 1835 April 23 : Valparaiso [Chile] to Dr. W.S.W. Ruschenberger / Jno. Styles?
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Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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Record Group IIe.
American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIe. 1845-1865.
Title:
Record Group IIe.
This is part of the large inventory for the American Philosophical Society Archives. For complete information concerning this collection, please view the Collection Description.
American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIe, 1845-1865
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Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884
Coffin, James H. (James Henry), 1806-1873. James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884
Title:
James Henry Coffin Papers, 1848-1884
These papers consist of correspondence concerning temperature, wind, and weather reports of the Hudson Bay region, 1848; resolutions of condolence to Coffin's son, Seldon J. Coffin, from students and alumni of Lafayette College after Coffin's death, 1873; newspaper articles; an illustration of James H. Coffin; and the original manuscript of Winds of the Northern Hemisphere. Additional correspondence of James Henry Coffin exists elsewhere in the Smithsonian Institution Archives, especially in the Joseph Henry Collection, Record Unit 7001, and Meteorological Project Records, Record Unit 60.
ArchivalResource:
0.25 cu. ft. (1 half document box)
Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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Report, 1890 Feb. 1.
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Revision of the Pharmacopoeia (1888-1890). Report, 1890 Feb. 1.
Title:
Report, 1890 Feb. 1.
Final report, dated 1890 Feb. 1, of the committee appointed by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia to review and revise the 1880 edition of the Pharmacopoeia of the United States. The report is in the hand of the committee's chairman, W. S. W. Ruschenberger, and recommends that quantities of ingredients be stated "in parts by weight", the language of the pharmacopoeia be simple, straightforward, and comprehensible, and metric measurements and the centigrade scale be avoided. The report also includes a list of materia medica articles to be omitted or added to the revised text.
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Revision of the Pharmacopoeia (1888-1890). Report, 1890 Feb. 1.
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Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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Parkinson family papers, 1853-1941, (bulk 1858-1892).
Parkinson, James C. (James Caspar). Parkinson family papers, 1853-1941, (bulk 1858-1892).
Title:
Parkinson family papers, 1853-1941, (bulk 1858-1892).
Contains manuscript notes on medical lectures, broadsides related to Parkinson's medical lectures, his 1873 patent for improvement to a medical inhaler and related correspondence with the U.S. Patent Office, two broadsides and a manuscript announcement for "Dr. Parkinson's Patent American Complete Pocket Medical Inhaler," two account books (one with water damage) from his Vineland practice in 1870, Parkinson's trade card, letters related to medical cases, two rough sketches of the human circulatory system, some homeopathic and scientific literature of the period, letters from Parkinson to Anna S. Albinson and their marriage certificate, Parkinson's will, and several deeds fo transfer for property. Also included is the 1941 obituary of James C. Parkinson, Jr. from the "Evening Journal."
Parkinson, James C. (James Caspar). Parkinson family papers, 1853-1941, (bulk 1858-1892).
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Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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Parkinson family papers, 1853-1941, (bulk 1858-1892).
Parkinson, James C. (James Caspar). Parkinson family papers, 1853-1941, (bulk 1858-1892).
Title:
Parkinson family papers, 1853-1941, (bulk 1858-1892).
Contains manuscript notes on medical lectures, broadsides related to Parkinson's medical lectures, his 1873 patent for improvement to a medical inhaler and related correspondence with the U.S. Patent Office, two broadsides and a manuscript announcement for "Dr. Parkinson's Patent American Complete Pocket Medical Inhaler," two account books (one with water damage) from his Vineland practice in 1870, Parkinson's trade card, letters related to medical cases, two rough sketches of the human circulatory system, some homeopathic and scientific literature of the period, letters from Parkinson to Anna S. Albinson and their marriage certificate, Parkinson's will, and several deeds fo transfer for property. Also included is the 1941 obituary of James C. Parkinson, Jr. from the "Evening Journal."
Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895. Correspondence with Robert Montgomery Bird, 1852-1854.
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Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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Reports, 1877-1880.
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Revision of the Pharmacopoeia (1877-1880). Reports, 1877-1880.
Title:
Reports, 1877-1880.
Collection contains reports, circa 1878-1880, and filed alphabetically by Latin name, concerning specific preparations and substances, defining, describing, and detailing method of production. Several items are noted with date of committee approval or recommendation for omission.
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Revision of the Pharmacopoeia (1877-1880). Reports, 1877-1880.
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Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
creatorOf
W.S.W. Ruschenberger letter : Valparaiso, Chile, to Jean Jacques Smith, Germantown [Pa.?] : ALS, 1855 Feb. 27.
Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895. W.S.W. Ruschenberger letter : Valparaiso, Chile, to Jean Jacques Smith, Germantown [Pa.?] : ALS, 1855 Feb. 27.
Title:
W.S.W. Ruschenberger letter : Valparaiso, Chile, to Jean Jacques Smith, Germantown [Pa.?] : ALS, 1855 Feb. 27.
Describes voyage on the U.S. Navy Flag ship "Independence" from Rio de Janeiro around Cape Horn, and the economic consequences of the California gold rush in Chile.
Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895. W.S.W. Ruschenberger letter : Valparaiso, Chile, to Jean Jacques Smith, Germantown [Pa.?] : ALS, 1855 Feb. 27.
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Ruschenberger, W.S.W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895
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Correspondence to Henry Charles Lea, 1869.
Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman), 1807-1895. Correspondence to Henry Charles Lea, 1869.
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