Address : [Johns Hopkins Hospital Historical Club, Baltimore, Md.?], 1917 Jan. 15.

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Address : [Johns Hopkins Hospital Historical Club, Baltimore, Md.?], 1917 Jan. 15.

Address describes events witnessed by G. E. De Schweinitz as Prosector of Anatomy in the Department of Medicine of the University of Pennsylvania and his work with Joseph Leidy, 1883-1888. Includes many anecdotes concerning Leidy, his personality, and habits, as well as accounts of human dissection procedures.

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University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine.

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Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891

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Philadelphia-born naturalist. Leidy studied medicine and anatomy and received the degree of M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in 1844. He died in 1891 recognized as the foremost American anatomist of his time. Among many interests, parasitology had been a favorite study of Leidy. From the description of Joseph Leidy journal: Researches on rhizopods, 1875-1877. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 214283687 ...

De Schweinitz, G. E. (George Edmund), 1858-1938

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George Edmund de Schweinitz was a prominent ophthalmologist, born in Philadelphia on October 26th, 1858. He worked and lectured at several hospitals and schools in the Philadelphia region until the late 1920s, and also made significant contributions to ophthalmological literature. From the description of Papers, 1901-1933 (span), 1901-1918 (bulk). (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 20059380 George Edmund De Schweinitz, Philadelphia opht...