Notes by William Elmer on lectures by Dr. Samuel Jackson, Dr. Chapman, Dr. Wood, Dr. Gibson, Dr. Horner, and Dr. Hodge : [Philadelphia], 1835-1836.

Chapman, Nathaniel, 1780-1853

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6125rcr (person)

Philadelphia physician. From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to John Wakefield Francis, 1831 Oct. [no day]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122489378 Nathaniel Chapman was born at Summer Hill, Fairfax County, Virginia in 1780. After serving aprenticeships with John Weems of Georgetown and Dick of Alexandria, Chapman began his formal studies under Benjamin Rush at the University of Pennsylvania in 1797. He graduated with honors in 1801. After a br...

Gibson, William, 1788-1868

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61v67x1 (person)

Gibson succeeded Dr. Philip Physick as chair of surgery at the University of Pennsylvania in 1819. Between 1824 and 1850 he published 8 editions of his treatise, Institutes and practice of surgery. He also wrote medical biographies. From the description of [Lecture notes on surgery] bulk, 1837-1839. 1837-1839. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 27347603 Surgeon of Philadelphia. From the description of Papers, 1826, Jan. 26 and Dec. 22, Philadelphia. (Duke Un...

Wood, George B. (George Bacon), 1797-1879

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6000jvn (person)

George Bacon Wood was a Philadelphia physician, and was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1829. From the description of Journal, 1836-1849. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122624442 From the description of Papers, 1815-1913. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523736 From the guide to the George B.(George Bacon) Wood journal, 1836-1849, 1836-1849, (American Philosophical Society) From...

Horner, William E. (William Edmonds), 1793-1853

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63b605q (person)

Philadelphia anatomist. From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to an unidentified correspondent, 1825 June 16. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122626182 William Edmonds Horner, anatomist, was born on 3 June 1793 in Warrenton, Va., to William and Mary (Edmonds) Horner. On 26 Oct. 1820 he married Elizabeth Welsh of Philadelphia; they had 10 children. He died in Philadelphia on 13 March 1853. Horner studied medicine under John Spence and received his ...

Hodge, Hugh L. (Hugh Lenox), 1796-1873

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6514vvs (person)

Dr. Hugh Lenox Hodge was a prominent Philadelphia physician who specialized in obstetrics, becoming one of the most renowned figures in that field in the nineteenth century. Hodge also contributed to fighting the cholera epidemic in Philadelphia during 1832. From the description of Papers, 1817-1932 (span), 1817-1833 (bulk). (College of Physicians of Philadelphia). WorldCat record id: 19949757 Born in Philadelphia, Hugh L. Hodge attended Princeton College and the University ...

Elmer, William, 1814-1889

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6db95rb (person)

William Elmer (1814-1889), a physician from Bridgeton, N.J. (Cumberland County), received a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1836, examined recruits during the Civil War, and was a director of the State Asylum. His two sons, William and Henry, were also physicians. From the description of Record books, 1791-1889. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 37753824 William Elmer, Princeton Class of 1832, was a physician of Bridgeton, N.J...

Jackson, Samuel, 1787-1872

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61836w5 (person)