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Records, 1894-1941 (span), 1940-1941 (bulk).

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Files of Robert J. Hunter, chairman of Osler Memorial Committee, documenting restoration of autopsy house at Philadelphia General Hospital and its transformation into museum and memorial to Sir William Osler with materials concerning building dedication, 8 June 1940. Includes correspondence, minutes, reports, notes, memoranda, programs, invitations, and drafts of speeches. Series 2 contains minutes, memoranda, and reports to Medical Board of Philadelphia General Hospital documenting committee activities and museum accessions with Hunter's notes concerning his work on committee. Also includes 1913 photograph of Osler at Bayview Hospital, and three typescript letters signed from Osler to William E. Parker, 1894. Series 3 contains acceptance and regret letters from individuals invited to dedication of Osler Memorial. Series 4 includes drafts of program for dedication and drafts of speeches by Robert J. Hunter, W. G. MacCallum, and John L. Bower.

4 boxes (1.7 linear ft.)

College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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Bower, John L. (John Lincoln), 1865-1955

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Hunter, Robert J. (Robert John), 1882-1980

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The Osler Memorial Committee was formed in October 1939. The committee was appointed by David Riesman, President of the Medical Board of the Philadelphia General Hospital. The original members of the committee were chairman Robert J. Hunter, William G. Turnbull, and William E. Hughes; Riesman was an ex officio member. Later in the year, Marion Hague Rea, Abraham Cohen, William N. Bradley, and Jefferson H. Clark were selected to serve on the Osler Memorial Committee. The ...

Osler, William, Sir, 1849-1919

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Born in Ontario, Canada, Dr. Osler was received his medical from McGill University in 1872. He became Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine's first professor of medicine in 1889. Author of The Principles and Practices of Medicine (1892), Osler has been celled the father of psychosomatic medicine and the "most influential physician in history." From the description of Sir William Osler press clippings, 1905-1920. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 14312601 ...

Philadelphia General Hospital

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The Committee on the Celebration at the Philadelphia General Hospital of the 200th Anniversary of the Building of the Philadelphia Almshouse was established in September 1929. The committee, consisting of five members of the Medical Board of the Philadelphia General Hospital, was appointed by the President of the Medical Board, Herman B. Allyn. Joseph McFarland, E. B. Krumbhaar, David Riesman, and Robert G. Torrey were appointed to serve on the committee, with Robert J. Hunter actin...

Cornwell, Dean, 1892-1960

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Muralist, painter, illustrator. Cornwell was born in Louisville, Ky. in 1892. He attended the Chicago Art Institute and began his career as a newspaper and magazine illustrator. He painted murals for the lobby of the Eastern Airlines Building at Rockefeller Plaza, the Hotel Warwick's Raleigh Room, and the Los Angeles Public Library. He is also well known for his painting of WWII correspondent Ernie Pyle. From the description of Dean Cornwell papers, 1893-1981. (Unknown). WorldCat rec...

MacCallum, W. G. 1874-1944.

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Philadelphia. General Hospital. Osler Memorial Committee.

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The Osler Memorial Committee was formed in Oct. 1939; original members were chairman Robert J. Hunter, William G. Turnbull, and William E. Hughes. The committee held its first official meeting on 6 Dec. 1939. The committee was appointed to establish a museum and memorial to Sir William Osler in the old autopsy house of the Philadelphia General Hospital and to organize a ceremony for dedication of the building. The dedication ceremony was held on 8 June 1940; in associati...

Sigerist, Henry E. (Henry Ernest), 1891-1957

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Henry E. Sigerist was born in Paris, France in 1891. He studied in Europe, served in the Swiss Army Corps, and received his M.D. from the University of Zurich in 1917. He was lecturer and professor of history of medicine at Zurich (1921-1924) and the University of Leipzig (1925-1932). He then served as professor and director of the Institute of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University (1932-1947), before becoming a research associate at Yale University (1947-1957). Sigerist published ...