Correspondence in connection with matters concerning the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1912-1916.

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Correspondence in connection with matters concerning the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1912-1916.

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Collection, 1912-1916, containing original incoming letters with copies of outgoing letters of James Cornelius Wilson (1847-1934), President of the College of Physicians from 1913 to 1915. Letters are arranged chronologically. The correspondence provides information about artwork belonging to the College, including John Singer Sargent's portrait of Sir William Osler, donated in 1914. Also of interest are letters from Robert William Vonnoh concerning his 1897 portrait of S. Weir Mitchell. The collection documents the College's involvement in controversial political issues affecting the medical community, including opposition to the "anti-vivisectionists" and laws that would limit access to cadavers or restrict medical research. The collection also contains letters from notable Fellows of the College of Physicians, including past-president G. E. De Schweinitz, George Fales Baker, H. A. Hare, William W. Keen, John K. Mitchell, S. Weir Mitchell, Sir William Osler, Francis R. Packard, William Pepper, George Morris Piersol, and Alfred Stengel.

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