Mitchell, Silas Weir, 1829-1914

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Silas Weir Mitchell was a Philadelphia physician and author. After graduating from medical school, he studied in Europe, joined his father's practice, and ran Turner's Lane Hospital in Philadelphia during the Civil War, becoming the preeminent American neurologist of his generation. In addition to numerous medical papers and texts, he published popular novels, short stories, poetry, and essays.

Born on 15 Feb. 1829, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was a son of physician John Kearsley Mitchell. He married Mary Middleton Elwyn (d. 1862), in 1856, then Mary Cadwalader, in 1875. He had two sons from his first marriage and a daughter from his second. Mitchell died of pneumonia on 4 Jan. 1914, in Philadelphia.

Mitchell received an M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1850. He then studied in Paris with Claude Bernard. During the Civil War, he was an assistant surgeon and studied gunshot wounds. Mitchell was a pioneer in the development of the rest cure to treat nervous disorders, toxicology, physiology of the cerebellum, and opium research, and was closely associated with the Philadelphia Orthopaedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases. He was elected to fellowship in the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1856 and twice held the office of president.

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creatorOf Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947. Papers of Winston Churchill [manuscript], 1897-1933. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Personal papers, 1839-1941. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
referencedIn James Russell Lowell additional papers, 1802-1898. Houghton Library
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referencedIn Cabell, William Lewis, 1827-1911. Confederate flag poem and articles [manuscript], 1908, n.n. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf John Shaw Billings papers, 1862-1913. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
creatorOf S. Weir Mitchell correspondence, 1887-1913 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Century Company records New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Mitchell, Anne K. Williams. Anne K. W. Mitchell letter to "Hester" [manuscript], 1929 October 26. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Silas Weir Mitchell Collection, 1897 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
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creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. S. Weir Mitchell letter to Harrison B. Hodges, 1911 Feb. 22. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
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referencedIn Oscar Wilde and his Literary Circle Collection: Correspondence, 1819, 1849-1957, 1962 William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA
creatorOf Patterson, Thomas Leiper, 1816-1905. Letter to S. Weir Mitchell [manuscript], 1904 April 24. University of Virginia. Library
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creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. S. Weir Mitchell collection, 1861-1935. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Letters to Agnes Repplier, 1894-1914. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Letter, 1898 Dec. 5 [Cairo?] to [S.P.] Langley [Washington, D.C.]. University of Michigan
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Papers, 1788-1949 (span), 1850-1928 (bulk). College of Physicians of Philadelphia
referencedIn Story family papers, 1843-1907. Houghton Library
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creatorOf Parkman, Francis, 1823-1893. Francis Parkman papers III, 1761-1932. Massachusetts Historical Society
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referencedIn Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939. Harvey Williams Cushing papers, 1780-1988 (inclusive), 1888-1939 (bulk). Yale University, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Note, 1901, Feb. 1, Philadelphia, to President and Fellows of Harvard College. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
creatorOf Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912. Autograph letter signed : Delaware County, Pennsylvania, to Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, 1889 Nov. 24. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Reminiscences for his children, 1912, 1915, 1912-1915 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Mark Anthony De Wolfe Howe additional papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907. Papers, 1848-1958. Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Literary notebooks, 1889-1910. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
creatorOf Chenault, Sarah. Sarah Chenault collection, 1893-1916. Kentucky Historical Society, Martin F. Schmidt Research Library
referencedIn College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Mütter Museum. Reports, 1864-1941. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Letters to Horace Howard Furness, 1876-1910, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Library
referencedIn Theodore G. (Theodore George) Wormley correspondence, 1853-1896, 1853-1896 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Appleton-Century mss., 1846-1962 Lilly Library (Indiana University, Bloomington)
referencedIn John Shaw Billings Papers at New York Public Library [microform], 1854-1913 History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Letters, [1905-1914?] Dartmouth College Library
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Letter to Brander Matthews. Philadelphia, PA. [18--] University of Iowa Libraries
creatorOf Mack, Florence,. Autographs. Colorado College, Tutt Library
referencedIn Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937. Robert Underwood Johnson papers, 1848-1937. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Davis, Richard Harding, 1864-1916. Richard Harding Davis collection, 1861-1958. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
creatorOf Hay, John, 1838-1905. Correspondence, 1854-1914, "Mitchell" to "Nicholson". Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1865-1891 Smithsonian Institution Archives
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Papers, 1854-1915 and undated. Duke University, Medical Center Library & Archives
referencedIn Sarah Orne Jewett correspondence, 1861-1930. Houghton Library
referencedIn Churchill, Winston, 1871-1947. Papers of Winston Churchill [manuscript], 1897-1933. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Francois Villon : typescript, [ca. 1897]. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
referencedIn Charaka Club. Minutes, 1902-1934; correspondence and related papers, 1950-1983. New York Academy of Medicine
creatorOf Letters from Silas Weir Mitchell to John Hay, 1897-1905 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Gross, Samuel D. (Samuel David), 1805-1884. [Admittance cards] [realia] 1811-1880 Duke University, Medical Center Library & Archives
referencedIn Plimpton, Edith Hall, 1865-1948. Papers, 1885-1946 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. O Captain! my captain! : autograph manuscript signed, 1890 Apr. 27. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Papers of S. Weir Mitchell, 1879-1907. Library of Congress
referencedIn Princeton University Library, Dept. Of Rare Books & Mss., Ms. James Henry Coffin Papers.
referencedIn Robinson, Corinne Roosevelt, 1861-1933. Papers, 1847-1933 Theodore Roosevelt Collection, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909. Autograph letters signed (2) : South Berwick, Me. and Boston, to Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, 1891 Jan. 19 and [n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Abbott Lawrence Rotch papers, 1876?-1912. Houghton Library
referencedIn College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Building Committee (1904-1914). Records, 1903-1915. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
referencedIn Norton, Charles Eliot. Correspondence, 1891-1908 Special Collections Research Center, University of Chicago Library,
creatorOf Philadelphia Orthopaedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases. Case histories; ca. 1872 - ca. 1942., 1872-1942. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
referencedIn Miscellaneous letters, 1857-1904. Houghton Library
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creatorOf Boker, George H. (George Henry), 1823-1890. Papers of George Henry Boker [manuscript] 1851-89. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf University of Pennsylvania. Institute of Hygiene. Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1889-1892. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Saint-Gaudens, Augustus, 1848-1907. Letters, 1902, to Silas Weir Mitchell. Brown University Archives, John Hay Library
referencedIn Letters from various correspondents, 1869-1942. Houghton Library
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. A symphony of summer, 1908. Massachusetts Historical Society
referencedIn Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine. Office of the Director. Records, 1879-1987 (span), 1977-1985 (bulk). College of Physicians of Philadelphia
referencedIn Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908. Correspondence, 1891-1908. University of Chicago Library
referencedIn John Shaw Billings papers, 1862-1913 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Henry James letters to various correspondents and other material, 1861-1915. Houghton Library
referencedIn James Russell Lowell additional papers, 1736-1951. Houghton Library
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Correspondence with Edgar Fahs Smith, 1894-1913. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892. [Check] 1878 June 13, New York, pay to S. Weir Mitchell / Cyrus W. Field. Texas Tech University Libraries, Academic Library
referencedIn College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of Finance and Accounting. Records concerning special funds, bequests, and estates, 1858-1992. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
referencedIn Burr, Anna Robeson, 1873-1941. Burr family papers, 1773-1955 (bulk 1912-1939). Princeton University Library
creatorOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Letters to Henry Charles Lea, 1880-1910. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Travel journals and diaries, 1851-1912. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
referencedIn Wormley, Theodore George, 1826-1897. Correspondence, 1853-1896. American Philosophical Society Library
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Correspondence, 1851-1928. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
referencedIn Bryn Mawr Hospital. Admissions; - discharges, October 10, 1893 (patient #1) to July 2, 1905 (patient #2461), 1893-1905. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, Pa., to [the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.?], 1911 Mar. 26. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
creatorOf Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. Autograph letter signed : Camden, New Jersey, to Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, 1890 Apr. 30. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Fry, Clements Collard, 1892-1955. Clements Collard Fry papers, 1771-1960 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk). Yale University Library
creatorOf Robins, Robert Patterson, 1857-1905,. [Notes on thermometer, etc., 1891, compiled for S. Weir Mitchell. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
referencedIn Charles Scribner's Sons Art Reference Department records Archives of American Art
referencedIn Radcliffe College. Alumnae Association. Class collections, 1890-1985 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Philadelphia Orthopaedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases. Casebook, 1885-1917. Duke University, Medical Center Library & Archives
referencedIn Isabella Stewart Gardner papers Archives of American Art
referencedIn Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, 1860-1935. Letters, 1887-1935 (inclusive). Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Wood, George B. (George Bacon), 1797-1879. Letters sent to Caroline H. Wood, 1856-1858. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir, 1829-1914. The Texas--seen from the beach at Atlantic City [poem] : autograph manuscript signed : [n.p.], 1898 May 6. Pierpont Morgan Library.
creatorOf Schauffler, Robert Haven, 1879-1964. Correspondence, 1872-1964. Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891. Correspondence, 1850-1890. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Genealogical information, 1788-1912. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
creatorOf Mitchell, Silas Weir, 1829-1914. Autograph letters signed (5), letters signed (2), and typewritten letter signed (1) : Philadelphia and various places, to Dr. Baldwin, 1897 Feb. 4-1905 Dec. 29 and [n.d.]. Pierpont Morgan Library.
referencedIn Hinsdale, Guy, 1858-1948. Articles and correspondence of Guy Hinsdale [manuscript], 1942. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn John Singer Sargent Letters, 1895-1923 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Autobiography. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn Johnson, Thomas, fl. 1890. Engravings : of literary, political, and theatrical figures, ca. 1890. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Letters to S.W. ("Weir") Mitchell, 1847, 184?. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Erichsen, Hugo, 1860-1944. Literary papers: miscellany, 1880-1896. University of Michigan
referencedIn Woodberry, George Edward, 1855-1930. Correspondence and compositions, 1859-1930. Houghton Library
referencedIn Friends of the Columbia University Libraries,. Collection of literary correspondence and manuscripts, 1828-1953. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Phillips Brooks papers Houghton Library
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Biographical project, 1914-1931. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
creatorOf Papers of Paul Leicester Ford University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Haney, John Louis, 1877-1960. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1903-1938, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Letter [1883?] Oct. 12, Philadelphia, to Dr. H. Erichsen, Detroit. University of Michigan
referencedIn James Russell Lowell papers, 1835-1919. Houghton Library
referencedIn Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell, 1857-1945. Papers : of Margaret Wade Campbell Deland, 1888-1945. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Directory for Nurses. Records, 1881-1936. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. [Collection of miscellaneous brief manuscripts and letters; Philadelphia, Bar Harbor, etc., 1878-1911. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
referencedIn Ridlon, John, 1852-1936. Papers, 1875-1936. Duke University, Medical Center Library & Archives
referencedIn William Crawford Gorgas Papers, 1857-1919, (bulk 1904-1913) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn LeConte, John L. (John Lawrence), 1825-1883. Papers, 1812-1897 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Correspondence with Henry Charles Lea, 1885-1914. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn James Whitcomb Riley Collection, 1867-1940 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Hood, Richard, 1910-. Portraits of American authors [manuscript], ca. 1902-1935, (bulk 1910-1919). University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf D. Appleton-Century Company. Records, 1846-1962. Indiana University
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, n.d. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Gummere, Francis Barton, 1855-1919. Papers / Francis Barton Gummere. Haverford College Library
creatorOf Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891. Papers of James Russell Lowell [manuscript], 1802-1927 (bulk 1838-1891). University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891. Additional papers, 1767-1898. Houghton Library
creatorOf S. Weir Mitchell correspondence, 1887-1913. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Miller, Joseph Lyon, 1875-. Papers, 1610-1964 (bulk 1825-1887). Virginia Historical Society Library
referencedIn College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Library Committee. Records, 1846-1919. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
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creatorOf Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911. Papers of Howard Pyle [manuscript] 1887-1911. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Walter B. Cannon Papers, 1905-1928 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn William Dudley Foulke papers Library of Congress
referencedIn Thomas Wentworth Higginson correspondence Houghton Library
referencedIn Tudor and Stuart Club collection, 1896-1956. Johns Hopkins University, Sheridan Libraries and the Milton S. Eisenhower Library
referencedIn Owen Wister Papers, 1829-1966, (bulk 1890-1930) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 1830-1886. Papers of Paul Hamilton Hayne, 1883-1885, N.D. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Autograph letter signed Weir Mitchell to: "My Dear Norton." Wellesley College
referencedIn Furness, Horace Howard, 1833-1912,. Autograph letters signed and initialled from Horace Howard Furness, Wallingford and Philadelphia, to various recipients [manuscript], 1863-1912. Folger Shakespeare Library
referencedIn Edith Wharton collection, 1868-1981 (inclusive) Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIf, 1866-1886 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Dickinson Family. Dickinson family library. 1810-1943. Houghton Library
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914,. Clippings, 1881-1925. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
referencedIn Correspondence and compositions, 1831-1901 and undated. Houghton Library
creatorOf Fanetti, Joannes Hieronymus. De laudibus Sanctorii Sanctorii : oratio habita in collegio medicorum ven. IV. Kal / Joannes Hieronymus Fanetti, 1752 Dec. National Library of Medicine
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referencedIn Bradley, Joseph P., 1813-1892. Papers, 1836-1937. New Jersey Historical Society Library
referencedIn Elisha Kent Kane Papers, Bulk, 1843-1857, 1810-1953 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Frazer family. Papers, 1779-1979 (bulk: 1860-1909) University of Pennsylvania, Archives & Records Center
referencedIn McHenry, Margaret. Papers, 1930-1948. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Walter Hines Page letters from various correspondents, American period Houghton Library
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Innogen [manuscript], 1899 August. Folger Shakespeare Library
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creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Writings and manuscripts, 1841-1944. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
referencedIn Oliver Wendell Holmes letters from various correspondents, 1891-1892. Houghton Library
referencedIn Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Edith Wharton collection, 1868-1981 (inclusive). Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Henry Wadsworth Longfellow letters to various correspondents, 1830-1883. Houghton Library
creatorOf Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919. William Osler and S. Weir Mitchell correspondence collection, letters. Houston Academy of Medicine, Texas Medical Center, Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library
referencedIn College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Secretary. Records, 1854-1909. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
referencedIn Silas Weir Mitchell Collection, 1870-1911 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn William James correspondence, 1856-1910. Houghton Library
referencedIn Barrett, Clifton Waller, 1901-. Letter, 1961 April 23, from Helen C. Milius [manuscript]. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Fales Portrait/Subject Collection, ca. 1800-Present Fales Library & Special Collections
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referencedIn Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Secretary. Correspondence, 1863-1879 Smithsonian Institution Archives
referencedIn Henry Lee Higginson papers relating to the gift of Soldiers Field, Harvard University, 1890. Houghton Library
referencedIn Silas Weir Mitchell Collection, n. d. University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Papers, 1851-1906, 1923, 1974 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn McKinley, Ida Saxton, 1847-1907. Letters, 1901, 1907 : to Dr. Mitchell. Duke University, Medical Center Library & Archives
referencedIn Updike, Daniel Berkeley, 1860-1941. Letters, 1900-1924. UNH Durham, Dimond Library
referencedIn William Dudley Foulke papers Library of Congress
creatorOf University of Pennsylvania. Seybert Commission for Investigating Modern Spiritualism. Records, 1884-1922. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. S. Weir Mitchell letter to Miss Eckstorm, ca. 1905. Pennsylvania State University Libraries
referencedIn Paul Hamilton Hayne Collection, 1857-1885 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
referencedIn Proctor, Edna Dean, 1829-1923. Papers of Edna Dean Proctor, 1875-1920. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIh, 1892-1896 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Robert Haven Schauffler Correspondence, TXRC96-A17., 1872-1964 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
creatorOf Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Papers of Edith Wharton [manuscript] 1876-1936 & 1976-77. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919. Letters, 1885-1919. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Papers of Silas Weir Mitchell, 1870-1911. University of Virginia. Library
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creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. Turner's Lane Hospital ; case and follow-up studies of peripheral nerve disorders, including correspondence addressed to S. W. Mitchell : Philadelphia, 1861-1892. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
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referencedIn Silas Weir Mitchell Collection, 1870-1911 University of Virginia. Library. Special Collections Dept.
creatorOf Marvin, Frederic Rowland, 1847-1918. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1913. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
creatorOf Peter, Robert, 1726-1806. Papers of Robert Peter [manuscript], 1696-1897. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Librarian. Letters received, 1884-1932. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
referencedIn Pickard-Whittier papers, 1815-1915. Houghton Library
referencedIn Mitchell family. Papers, 1806-1949. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
creatorOf Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir), 1829-1914. [Letters to Sir William Osler] [manuscript]. McGill University Library
referencedIn John Jay Chapman papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Wendell family papers Houghton Library
referencedIn College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the President. Correspondence in connection with matters concerning the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1912-1916. College of Physicians of Philadelphia
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Place Name Admin Code Country
Philadelphia PA US
Philadelphia PA US
Subject
Authors, American
American Civil War
Authors
Authors and publishers
Gunshot wounds
Lectures and lecturing
Military personnel
Nervous system
Nervous system
Peripheral Nerve Injuries
Peripheral Nervous System Diseases
Physicians
Physicians
Physicians
Physicians
Physicians as authors
Poetry
Smithsonian Publications
Occupation
Novelists, American
Authors
Collector
Educators
Neurologists
Physicians
Physicians
Poets
Poets, French
Activity

Person

Birth 1829-02-15

Death 1914-01-04

Male

Americans

English

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