Papers, 1912-1972.

University of Pennsylvania.

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The Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania was part of the Towne Scientific School until 1920, when a separate School of Fine Arts was established, teaching architecture and other fine arts. Teaching staff and courses of instruction of the Towne Scientific School, Department of Architecture were listed in the Catalogue of the University of Pennsylvania. The School of Fine Arts published its teaching staff, regulations, courses of study, competitons and, in some years, curre...

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...

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Philadelphia Museum of Art

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In 1921, the Pennsylvania Museum of Art (later renamed the Philadelphia Museum of Art) held a special loan exhibition of colonial silver, mostly American pieces, with some European ones. A catalog of the exhibit was published as Bulletin number 68 in June 1921. There are no clues as to who assembled this special volume. From the description of Bulletin - Philadelphia Museum of Art. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 261233369 Art museum; Philadelphia, Pen...

University of Pennsylvania. Hospital

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Ventnor Foundation.

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Rhoads, Jonathan E.

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Jonathan Evans Rhoads was born on May 9, 1907 in a Philadelphia Quaker family that had a traditional interest in medicine. His father, Edward G. Rhoads, and his granduncle James were both physicians. Edward graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1885 and became chief resident at the Pennsylvania Hospital after serving internship first at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. He later had his own practice, working in a broad range of fields from obstetrics...

Jeffers, William A.

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Whipple, Allen Oldfather, 1881-1963

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Surgeon Allen Oldfather Whipple (1881-1963) began teaching surgery at Columbia University in 1910, the same year he began practicing at Presbyterian Hospital in New York. In 1946 he retired as Director of Surgical Services at Presbyterian and left his professorship at Columbia. From 1946 to 1951 he served as Clinical Director of Memorial Hospital. He also organized the editorial board of the Annals of Surgery and served with its advisory board until his death. From the description of...

Dilworth, Richardson, 1898-1974

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DeBakey, Michael E. (Michael Ellis), 1908-2008

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Michael E. DeBakey (b. Michel Dabaghi, Sept. 7, 1908, Lake Charles, LA–d. July 11, 2008, Houston, TX) was a famous cardiovascular surgeon. During World War II, DeBakey served in the U.S. Army and helped develop the Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) units. He then joined the faculty of Baylor University College of Medicine, serving as faculty, president of college, and chancellor, and Chairman of the Department of Surgery. He was among the earlier surgeons to perform coronary artery bypass sur...

Koop, C. Everett (Charles Everett), 1916-2013

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Dr. C. Everett Koop was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) in February 1981, and sworn in as Surgeon General on November 17, 1981. Additionally, he was appointed director of the Office of International Health in May 1982. Before joining PHS, Dr. Koop, a pediatric surgeon with an international reputation, was surgeon-in-chief of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and professor of pediatric surgery and pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr...

Shaw, Christopher P.

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Pinkerton, Forrest Joy, 1892-1974

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Eckenhoff, James E.

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Society of University Surgeons.

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The Society of University Surgeons was organized in 1938 in Baltimore, MD. by George G. Finney, I. Ridgeway Trimble, and Warfield M. Firor to bring together young men trained in surgery as residents in university hospitals. It was incorporated in 1941. The original trustees were Samuel J. Stabins, Louis M. Rousselot, Frank Glenn, L.C. Foster, Robert Zollinger, and Frank B. Walton. Since a surgeon needed to complete their residency before membership in the National Surgic...

Pendergrass, Eugene P. (Eugene Percival), 1895-

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Johnson, Julian Philip

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Blakemore, William S.

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Platt, Harry, Sir, 1886-1986

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Sir Harry Platt (1886-1986) was born at Thornham, Lancashire. As Captain, RAMC (Royal Army Medical Corps), he served as the Surgeon in charge of an orthopaedic centre in Manchester. Later he became President of the Royal College of Surgeons. From the guide to the Sir Harry Platt papers, 1915-1986, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) ...

University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine

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Many students of the Class of 1943 of the School of Medicine participated in the war efforts, either serving in the Navy on the hospital ship or at Hospital Base 20, both operated by the University. From the description of Class of 1943 papers, 1943-1972. (University of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122528514 ...

Ravdin, Isidore S. (Isidore Schwaner), 1894-

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Surgeon. From the description of Reminiscences of Isidor Schwaner Ravdin : oral history, 1962. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309723418 Isidor Schwaner Ravdin was born in Evansville, Indiana in October 10, 1894. He remained in Indiana to receive his high school and college education, earning his Bachelors of Science from Indiana University in 1916. He attended the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, receiving his me...

American medical association

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Armstrong, George Ernest, 1942-

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Philadelphia County Medical Society

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Segal, Bernard, 1936-

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American cancer society

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Rush, Howard M.

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Pillsbury, Donald M. (Donald Marion), 1902-1980

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Donald Pillsbury was born in Omaha, Nebraska on December 29, 1902. Pillsbury earned his B.S. (1923), his M.S. (1925), and his Ph.D. (1926) degrees from the University of Nebraska. He began his career at the University of Pennsylvania as a resident in the Department of Dermatology and Syphilogy under Dr. John H. Stokes. He distinguished himself immediately and conducted studies on the chemistry of the skin. He concentrated on carbohydrates and from there moved to infections, water me...

Jones, Ralph.

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Wood, Francis C. (Francis Clark), 1901-

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Francis Clark Wood, Philadelphia, Pa., cardiologist and educator, was born in South Africa in 1901. He married Mary Louise Woods in 1926; they had three children. Wood died on 16 Dec. 1990. Wood received a B.A. from Princeton University, 1922, and an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania, 1926. After a residency in the Hospital of the Univerity of Pennsylvania, he began to study cardiology with Charles C. Wolferth and specialized in the development of precordial leads...

Estes, William L. (William Lawrence), 1885-1971

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Surgeon, born in Bethlehem, Pa.; graduated from Lehigh University (1905) and Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1909), with a surgical residency at the Mayo Clinic (1909-1912). He served as Army surgeon in France (1918-1919), and later became superintendent and chief surgeon, St. Luke's Hospital, Bethlehem, Pa. From the description of [Papers]. 1895-1971. (Lehigh University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 18279666 Physician, of Bethlehem, Pa., and alumnus of Lehigh...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Scheie, Harold G. (Harold Glendon), 1909-

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Harold Scheie was born in Brookings County, South Dakota in 1909, the son of Lars T. Scheie and Ella Mae Ware Scheie. He was educated in the Warren, Minnesota Public School System; he attended the University of Minnesota receiving his B.S. degree in 1931 and his M.D. degree in 1936. He completed his Internship and Residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. In 1940 Scheie received a D.Sc. from the University of Pennsylvania. Scheie secured a position as Instructor a...

Sterling, Julian A.

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Sterling (Pennsylvania, M.D. 1936) was a surgeon at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, Pa., 1949- , and taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1947 to 1962. He had a general surgery practice in Philadelphia from 1938 to 1967. From the description of Papers of Julian A. Sterling, 1908-1975 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281438931 ...

Fox, Thomas, philom.

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Casberg, Melvin A., 1909-

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Major, United States Army Medical Corps; member, United States Observer Mission to Yenan, China. From the description of Melvin A. Casberg reports, 1944. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754870999 Biographical/Historical Note Major, United States Army Medical Corps; member, United States Observer Mission to Yenan, China. From the guide to the Melvin A. Casberg reports, 1944, (Hoover Institution Archives) ...

University of Pennsylvania. Ravdin Institute.

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Hardy, James D., 1918-

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Brindley, G. V. (George Valter), 1914-

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Dripps, Robert Dunning, 1911-1973

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Freeman, Norman E.

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American college of surgeons

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Society dedicated to promoting the highest standards of surgical care through education of and advocacy for its Fellows and their patients, and to safeguarding standards of care in an optimal and ethical practice environment; established in 1913 in Chicago, Ill.; preceded in organization by the journal Surgery, Gynecology and Obstetrics which began in 1905, and the Clinical Congress of Surgeons of North America, which began in 1910. From the description of Records / a. 1890-[ongoing]...

United States. Army. General Hospital, 20th.

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Randall, Peter, 1940-

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Moore, Robert A. (Robert Allan)

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Frazier, Charles H. (Charles Harrison), 1870-1936

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Howard, John M. (John Malone), 1919-2011

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John (Jack) M. Howard, a Seventh Day Adventist and conscientious objector, was imprisoned during the First World War From the guide to the John Howard papers, 1918-1951, (GB 206 Leeds University Library) ...

Davis, Loyal, 1896-1982

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American Red Cross

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On December 2, 1905, Mrs. Tunis G. Bergen brought together a group of Brooklyn residents at the Barnard Club House on Remsen Street to form New York City's first borough-based Red Cross organization. With an initial membership roster of 300, the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Red Cross embarked on its first major campaign to aid victims of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, collecting over $100,000 and thousands of articles of clothing to contribute to the relief effort. From this point on, th...

Roberts, Brooke

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Richards, Alfred N. (Alfred Newton), 1876-1966

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Alfred Newton Richards worked as a pharmacologist and medical administrator; he was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1935. From the guide to the Survey of medical affairs, University of Pennsylvania, 1931, 1931, (American Philosophical Society) Epithet: pharmacologist and nephrologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000977.0x000113 Alfred Newton Richards was a pharmacologist...

Goldstein, Hyman, 1909-

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Heaton, Leonard D. (Leonard Dudley), 1902-1983

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Surgeon; interviewee d.1983. From the description of Reminiscences of Leonard Dudley Heaton : oral history, 1975. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122513570 Leonard D. Heaton commanded the 160th General Hospital and 802nd Hospital Center during World War II (WWII); also commanded Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco from 1951 to 1953. He served as surgeon general from 1959 until his retirement in 1969. From the description...

Hess, Elmer, 1889-1961

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