Swan, John M. (John Mumford), 1870-1949

Physician.

From the description of Swan correspondence, 1902-1916. (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology Association Library). WorldCat record id: 70952861

John Mumford Swan was born 23 Jan. 1870 in Newport, R.I. and died on 22 Nov. 1949 in Rochester, N.Y. In 1893 he received his M.D. from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania. He was a Resident Physician (1894-1895) and Dispensary Physician (1896-1908) at Presbyterian Hospital, Philadelphia, before serving as Director of the Laboratories of the American Oncologic Hospital (1908-1910). He also held several teaching positions at the University of Pennsylvania (1895-1904), the Philadelphia Polyclinic (1910-1911), and the Medico-Chirurgical College (1910-1911). Swan moved to Watkins, N.Y., to serve as Medical Director of the Glen Springs (1910-1911). He joined the U.S. Army Medical Corps (1915-1919) and served at Base Hospital no. 19 in France during World War I. Swan was sent by the Red Cross to the Dominican Republic and Haiti to investigate health problems (1919-1920). He finally settled in Rochester, N.Y., where he established private practice and served as Staff Physician (1921-1939) and Consulting Physician (1940-1943) to Park Avenue Hospital. Swan was a founding member and President (1920-1921) of the American Society of Tropical Medicine. He was elected a Fellow of the College of Physicians in 1900.

From the description of Notes from the lectures on physiology delivered to the medical class of '93, University of Pennsylvania by Edward T. Reichert, M.D., 1890-1891. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122464966

From the description of Notes on the lectures on dermatology delivered to the medical class of the University of Pennsylvania by Louis A. Duhring, M.D., 1892-1893 / John M. Swan. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122474242

From the description of Notes on histology from the lectures delivered to the Class of '93, Medical Department, University of Pennsylvania, by George A. Piersol, M.D., 1890-1892. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122440758

From the description of [Case reports on a great variety of ailments observed at Philadelphia General Hospital and University Hospital], 1890-1893. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122589672

From the description of Notes on the lectures on the theory and practice of medicine delivered to the medical class of the University of Pennsylvania by William Pepper, M.D., L.L.D., 1891-1893 / J.M. Swan. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 122440765

From the description of Presbyterian Hospital etherizations, 1893-1899. (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 145406480