Articles of agreement between Thomas Dent Mütter and the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1858 Dec. 11.

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Articles of agreement between Thomas Dent Mütter and the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1858 Dec. 11.

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Original agreement, dated 1858 Dec. 11, by Thomas D. Mütter, conveying his pathological specimen collection to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia to form the Mütter Museum and stipulating the obligations of the College, including construction of a fireproof building, appointment of a committee to oversee the museum and a curator, and establishment of a lectureship in surgical pathology.

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College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Thomas Dent Mütter Trust.

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College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Thomas Dent Mütter Lectureship.

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College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Mütter Museum.

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Mütter, Thomas D. (Thomas Dent), 1811-1859

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Thomas Dent Mütter, Philadelphia, Pa., surgeon and teacher, was bornin Richmond, Va., on 9 Mar. 1811. He received an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1831, then studied medicine in Europe. In 1841, during the reorganization of Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Mütter became professor of surgery there and held that post until ill health forced him to resign it in 1856. He died in Charleston, S.C., on 19 Mar. 1859. His teaching collection of pathological and anatomical specim...

College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Pathological Museum of Dr. Mütter.

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On 19 June 1856, a special meeting of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia was called to announce Thomas D. Mütter's offer of his extensive collection of anatomical and pathological specimens to the College along with a $30,000 bequest to provide for the maintenance of a museum, a curator's salary, and a lectureship in surgical pathology. Mütter stipulated that a suitable, fireproof building be erected to house his museum. A special committee, comprised of Franklin Bache, Joh...