Scrapbooks concerning the case of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1887-1888.

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Scrapbooks concerning the case of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, 1887-1888.

Three scrapbooks, 1887-1888, assembled by J. Solis Cohen, documenting case of Emperor Frederick III of Germany, his treatment for laryngeal tumor by Sir Morell Mackenzie, and accusations of medical malpractice levelled against Mackenzie by German physicians after the emperor's death on 15 June 1888.

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Frederick III, German Emperor, 1831-1888

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Frederick III, German Emperor and King of Prussia (born 18 October 1831, Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia-d. 15 June 1888, Potsdam, Prussia). He was a scion of the House of Hohenzollern. His parents were Prince William and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. As early as 1851, Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom and Prince Albert were making plans to marry their eldest daughter, Victoria, Princess Royal, to Frederick. Their marriage took place on 25 January 1858 in the Chapel Royal of St. James...

Mackenzie, Morell, 1837-1892

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Physician to the Emperor Frederick III. From the description of Autograph letter signed, 1888 Dec. 26. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270605398 English laryngologist. From the description of Papers, 1874-1891, [London]. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35161442 ...

Cohen, J. Solis (Jacob Solis), 1838-1927

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Jacob da Silva Solis Cohen, Philadelphia otolaryngologist, was born in New York on 28 February 1838. He married Miriam Binswanger on 10 February 1874; they had nine children. Cohen died in Philadelphia on 22 December 1927. Cohen received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1860. He served a brief residency at the Pennsylvania Hospital, then held several positions as a surgeon during the Civil War. He opened his private practice in Philadelphia in 1866 and began to concentrate on dise...