Correspondence, 1890-1926.

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Correspondence, 1890-1926.

The collection contains letterbooks of outgoing correspondence and files of incoming correspondence of the Office of the Secretary of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1890-1926. The bulk of the correspondence is derived from the tenures of Charles W. Dulles (1890-1896), Thomas R. Neilson (1896-1914), Francis R. Packard (1914-1919), and John H. Girvin (Acting Secretary, 1917-1919; Secretary, 1919-1934). The collection gives a comprehensive view of the duties of the office and provides information to supplement the minutes of the College and Council. The collection includes biographical and professional information and fellowship propositions with supporting letters of recommendation for Herman B. Allyn, William M. Angney, Henry D. Beyea, John A. Boger, William C. Braisted, John H. W. Chestnut, Charles Claxton, Arthur H. Cleveland, Charles N. Davis, S. Naudain Duer, Thomas C. Ely, William Marshall Hinkle, Aloysius O. J. Kelly, G. Hudson Makuen, Samuel W. Morton, T. D. Myers, F. Savary Pearce, William Campbell Posey, John H. W. Rhein, Joseph Sailer, William T. Shoemaker, Lawrence S. Smith, James Thorington, Clarence A. Veasey, William Hughes Wells, W. Reynolds Wilson, and George Woodward.

7 boxes (2.5 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6696503

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College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Secretary.

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The office of the Secretary of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was created during the organization of the College in 1787. His original duties included recording the minutes and transactions of the College and preservations of its documents and correspondence. In 1834, the Secretary was empowered to keep lists of the fellows and provide them with certificates of membership. In 1863, the responsibility for notifying officers and committee members of election or ...

College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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The Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine was established in 1976 to promote to the scholarly community the rich historical resources of the College's historical library and the Mütter Museum. The Institute sponsors conferences, occasional seminars, and short-term travel grants to researchers who require the resources of the museum and library. According to the History of Science Society, “the Wood Institute is the historical programming arm of the College of Phys...

Dulles, Charles W. (Charles Winslow), 1850-1921

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Boger, John A. d. 1934.

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Ely, Thomas C. (Thomas Cox), 1863-1931

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College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Alvarenga Prize.

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Beyea, Henry D. (Henry Dorrance), 1867-1924

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Taylor, William J. (William Johnson), 1861-1936

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William Johnson Taylor was born in Worcester County, Md., on 13 Oct. 1861. He received an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1882. He died on 22 Jan. 1936. After his residency at Pennsylvania Hospital, he established a private practice in Philadelphia. William W. Keen hired Taylor as his assistant at the Philadelphia Orthopaedic Hospital and Infirmary for Nervous Diseases. Later, Taylor became Attending Surgeon at the hospital. Taylor became a Fellow of the Coll...

Veasey, Clarence A. (Clarence Archibald), 1869-1957

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Wilson, J. C. 1847-1934.

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Hinkle, William Marshall, 1863-1940

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Neilson, Thomas R. (Thomas Rundle), 1857-1939

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Thomas A. Neilson was a Philadelphia physician, with an office located at the northwest corner of 17th and Sansom streets. From the description of Ledger and correspondence, 1901-1918. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122585107 ...

Thorington, James, 1858-1944

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Opthalmologist and surgeon, of Davenport, Iowa, and Philadelphia, Pa.; studied medicine at Princeton and Jefferson Medical College. From the description of Thorington collection, 1877-1955 (bulk 1877-1900). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70972714 ...

Packard, Francis R. (Francis Randolph), 1870-1950

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Francis Randolph Packard was born in Philadelphia on 23 Mar. 1870. In 1899, he married Christine B. Curwen (d. 1901), then, in 1906, Margaret Horstmann. The Packards had four daughters. Francis R. Packard died on 18 Apr. 1950. Packard received an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1892. He did post-graduate work under Sir William Osler at Johns Hopkins Hospital (1892-1894), then became an intern at Pennsylvania Hospital. He opened his private practice in 1895 an...

Posey, William Campbell, 1866-1934

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Sailer, Joseph, 1867-1928

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Shoemaker, William T. (William Toy), 1869-1942

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Claxton, Charles, -1916

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Medical doctor who practiced in Philadelphia; 1882 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Medical School. From the description of Charles Claxton diary, 1889. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 213487689 ...

Makuen, G. Hudson (George Hudson), 1855-1917

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Da Costa, J. M. 1833-1900.

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Morton, Samuel W. (Samuel Walker), 1861-1931

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Roberts, John B. (John Bingham), 1852-1924

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John Bingham Roberts (1852-1924), Philadelphia surgeon, received his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1874. He then trained at Pennsylvania Hospital from 1875 to 1877. He was a leading figure in the foundation of the Philadelphia Polyclinic and School for Graduates in Medicine and was Professor of Anatomy and Surgery there until the Polyclinic merged with the School of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania in 1918. He held many local appointments as Surgeon and lectured on surgery at ...

Pearce, F. Savary (Frank Savary), 1867-1904

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Braisted, William C. (William Clarence), 1864-1941

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De Schweinitz, G. E. 1858-1938.

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Wilson, W. Reynolds (William Reynolds), 1863-1944

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Chestnut, John H. W., 1848-1900

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Wells, William Hughes, 1859-1919

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Girvin, John H. (John Harper), 1869-1938

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Smith, Lawrence S. (Lawrence Savery), 1868-1898

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Abbe, Robert, 1851-1928

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Robert Waldo Abbe, New York surgeon, was born on 1851 Apr. 13. He married Catherine Amory Palmer in 1891. Abbe died of anemia on 1928 Mar. 7. Abbe received an A.B. from the College of the City of New York, 1870, and an M.D. from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, 1874. From 1877 to 1884, Abbe was Attending Surgeon in the Outpatient Department of New York Hospital. He was also Surgeon at St. Luke's Hospital and the Cancer Hospital and Attending Surgeon at...

Keen, William W. (William Williams), 1837-1932

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Surgeon of Philadelphia. From the description of Letter, 1864, Jan. 27 : Philadelphia, to Dr. Brinton. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34847965 William Williams Keen (1837-1932) was a prominent neurological pathologist from Philadelphia, and the first brain surgeon in the United States. Keen gained national attention for his then-secret surgery performed on President Grover Cleveland in 1893. From the description of William Williams Keen's material related...

Angney, William M. (William Muir), -1906

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Davis, Charles N. (Charles Nathaniel), 1862-1939

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Cleveland, Arthur H. (Arthur Horton), 1865-1940

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Woodward, George, 1863-1952

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Hare, H. A. 1862-1931.

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Rhein, John H. W. (John Henry Wallace), 1869-1925

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Allyn, Herman B. (Herman Bryden), 1860-1939

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Myers, T. D. 1846-1929.

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Kelly, Aloysius O. J. (Aloysius Oliver Joseph), 1870-1911

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Duer, S. Naudain (Snow Naudain), 1864-1928

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