Papers, 1808-1841 (bulk 1808-1814).

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Papers, 1808-1841 (bulk 1808-1814).

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Comprises 11 volumes plus 30 leaves of lecture notes taken by John Hanson Briscoe while a student at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Department, 1808-1811. Includes lecture notes from courses taught by Benjamin Rush on therapeutics, and courses taught by Benjamin Smith Barton, Philip Syng Physick, John Redman Coxe and others. Also includes Briscoe's admissions cards to University of Pennsylvania medical lectures, 1808-1810 (19 items), and two drafts of Briscoe's 1811 dissertation on tetanus. There is a second set of admissions cards 1838-1839 (19 items) for a John Briscoe and two notices for examinations passed by the younger Briscoe in 1841. Also includes 4 letters from John F. Christian of New Kent, Maryland to John Hanson Briscoe discussing medical cases and family and personal matters, 1810-1813, and letters from L[amont?] Fee, F.K. Rogers, and Charles F. Snyder.

13 v. + 82 leaves.

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

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Benjamin Rush (January 4, 1746 [O.S. December 24, 1745] – April 19, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States who signed the United States Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, and educator and the founder of Dickinson College. Rush attended the Continental Congress. His later self-description there was: "He aimed right." He served as Surgeon General of the Continental Army and became a profess...

University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine.

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Briscoe, John Hanson, 1789-1855.

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John Hanson Briscoe was born in Chaptico, St. Mary's County, Maryland, on December 10, 1789, and he died in Baltimore, Maryland, in September 1855. He received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1811, served as a Naval officer and was a practicing physician. The younger John Briscoe was born in 1817, also studied at the University of Pennsylvania Medical Department, and died in 1871. From the description of Papers, 1808-1841 (bulk 1808-1814). (University of Pen...

Fee, Lamont.

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Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815

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Benjamin Smith was a Philadelphia physician and naturalist. From the description of Correspondence, 1786-1815. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122380112 Benjamin Smith Barton was a Philadelphia physician and naturalist. From the description of A comparative vocabulary of Indian languages, [n.d.]. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523582 From the description of Volumes, 1791-1812 (bulk). (Americ...

Physick, Philip Syng, 1768-1837

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American physician considered to be the father of American surgery. From the description of Letters : Philadelphia, Pa., to Henry W. Physick, Rising Sun, Md., and Wilmington, Del., 1810 June 29 and 1821 Oct. 25. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 24851622 Philadelphia-born surgeon. A former student of Dr. Adam Kuhn, Physick became known as the "Father of American Surgery." He lectured on surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, where the position of "chair of surgery...

Christian, John F.

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Snyder, Charles Fisher

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Rogers, F. K.

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Briscoe, John, 1817-1871.

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Coxe, John Redman, 1773-1864

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John Redman Coxe was born in Trenton, New Jersey, the son of Daniel and Sarah Redman Coxe, and the grandson of Philadelphia physician John Redman. Coxe received his medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1794 and after additional study in Europe, established his practice in Philadelphia. He also taught at the University of Pennsylvania, wrote on medical topics, and edited medical journals and books. He was married to Sarah Cox; they had ten children. Winterthur Museum has an etchi...