The Lawrence Francis Flick papers. 1875-1938.

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The Lawrence Francis Flick papers. 1875-1938.

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The Flick Papers consists of two series, one of bound volumes of chronological correspondence, with index cards, divided into five subseries, and a smaller group of alphabetical subject files. Some 100 volumes of Flick's strictly medical material was donated by his family to the Library of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Philadelphia and the numbers assigned to these may account for those missing below. Flick's primary concerns of combating Tuberculosis and promoting American Catholicism permeate throughout.

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Phipps, Henry, 1839-1930.

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American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia

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American catholic historical association

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Gallitzin, Demetrius A. (Demetrius Augustine), 1770-1840

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Flick, Lawrence F. (Lawrence Francis), 1856-1938

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Lawrence Francis Flick was born 10 August 1856 in Cambria County, near present day Carrolltown, Pennsylvania, to German immigrants John Flick and Elizabeth Sharbaugh. He was educated at St. Vincent's College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and at Jefferson Medical College, in Philadelphia, graduating in 1879. He became a physician, pathologist, and specialist in tuberculosis and its prevention and treatment. Suffering himself from pulmonary tuberculosis, his studies prompted him to argue that the dise...