Letters received, 1875-1942 (span), 1884-1934 (bulk).

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...

College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Librarian.

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The Office of the Librarian of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was established in 1854. Before 1851, the chairman of the Library Committee was responsible for the administration of the Library, and from 1851 to 1854, the Secretary of the College acted as Librarian. In 1863, the Librarian became an officer of the College, and the by-laws of this year established his official duties: the "preservation, arrangement and cataloguing of the books belonging to the Library of the ...

Fisher, Charles Perry, 1857-1940

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Henry, Frederick P. (Frederick Porteous), 1844-1919

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Frederick Porteous Henry was born on 21 July 1844 in Middlesex County, N.J. He married Josephine B. Nancrede of Philadelphia, Pa., on 24 November 1869. He died in Philadelphia on 24 May 1919. He received his M.D. in 1868 from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York and moved to Philadelphia to set up private practice. Henry held the position of Physician to Episcopal Hospital (1874-1888) and Philadelphia General Hospital (1888-1918), as well as Consulting Physician to Woman's Medical Ho...

Hutchinson, James H. 1834-1889.

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Garrison, Fielding H. (Fielding Hudson), 1870-1935

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Author of medical works, ed. of Index Medicus, 1903-1927, Librarian, Welch Medical Library, Baltimore, from 1930. From the description of Letters, to [W.G.?] Shules, 1931-1934. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34369734 George Washington Corner worked as an anatomist, endocrinologist, and medical historian. From the guide to the George Washington Corner papers, 1889-1981, 1903-1982, (American Philosophical Society) Medical librarian and histo...

Atlee, Walter F. (Walter Franklin), 1828-1910

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Reeve, J. C. 1826-1920.

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Harte, Richard H. (Richard Hickman), 1855-1925

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Mears, J. Ewing (James Ewing), 1838-1918

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Dorland, W.A. Newman (William Alexander Newman), 1864-1956

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The Second Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry was organized in 1775, disbanded in 1850, and reorganized in 1896. From the description of History of the Second Troop, Philadelphia City Cavalry, 1775-1917. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122524140 ...

Cushing, Harvey, 1869-1939

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Harvey Williams Cushing was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 8, 1869. He graduated from Yale College in 1891 and in 1895 received his M.D. and A.M. degrees from the Harvard Medical School. He served on the staff of the Johns Hopkins University Hospital from 1901 to 1912, where he devoted himself to neurological surgery. In 1912 he was appointed professor of surgery at Harvard Medical School and in 1913 surgeon-in-chief of the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital, posts which he held until 1932. During W...

Gross, Samuel W. (Samuel Weissell), 1837-1889

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Samuel Weissel Gross, Philadelphia surgeon and son of Samuel D. Gross, was born on 4 Feb. 1837. He married Grace Linzee Revere in 1876. Gross died of pneumonia in Philadelphia on 16 Apr. 1889. Gross received an M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1857. He was surgeon to the Howard Hospital, Philadelphia Hospital, and the Hospital of Jefferson Medical College. He was known for his use of antiseptic surgery and radical surgery in cancer cases. Samuel W. Gross became a F...

Brigham, Edwin H. (Edwin Howard), 1840-1926

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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...

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...

Da Costa, J. M. 1833-1900.

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