Letters, papers, etc. concerning the business of the College, 1909-1913 (span), 1910-1912 (bulk).

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Letters, papers, etc. concerning the business of the College, 1909-1913 (span), 1910-1912 (bulk).

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Collection, 1909-1913, of original incoming letters with copies of outgoing letters of George Edmund De Schweinitz (1858-1938), President of the College of Physicians from 1910 to 1912. Each volume contains the correspondence of one year of his presidency and is arranged by subject. Included is correspondence pertaining to scientific meetings of the College, the Council, committees and sections of the College, the Library, the preparation of memoirs, the presentation of lectures, and the donation of gifts and portraits. The 1911 correspondence contains letters on bills proposed by the state legislature and correspondence with several Weir Mitchell Lecturers, including Swedish scientist, Svante Arrhenius.

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