Scrapbooks, 1817-1940.

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Scrapbooks, 1817-1940.

Include collections of biographical articles, obituaries, and portraits of Brooklyn, American, and European physicians and surgeons, 1817-1919, including volumes on members of New York State Medical Association, Brooklyn Pathological Society, and Long Island College Hospital. Other volumes include autograph letters of physicians, 1821-1898; seals and logos of medical societies and schools; "Progress in Medicine and Surgery," 1901-1908; annual commencements of Long Island College Hospital, 1860-1940, evidently continued after Schroeder's death; index of alumni of Long Island College Hospital, 1860-1926; list of physicians in Kings County, 1664-1860; history of medical profession in Brooklyn, 1884; a history of Medical Society of the County of Kings, compiled ca.1904.; and scrapbook of Frederick Albert Cook, Brooklyn physician and explorer, who claimed to have reached the North Pole before Peary, 1899-1913.

5.5 cubic ft.

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Medical Society of the County of Kings (Kings County, N.Y.)

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The Medical Society of the County of Kings was founded in 1822, though the impetus for its founding had occurred in 1806, when the New York State Legislature, alarmed by increasing numbers of individuals falsely passing themselves off as medical professionals, passed "An Act to Incorporate Medical Societies for the Purpose of Regulating Physic and Surgery in this State." In accordance with the Act, each county in New York was to incorporate its own medical society comprised of its r...

New York State Medical Association

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Schroeder, William, 1854-1927,

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Brooklyn physician. From the description of Scrapbooks, 1817-1940. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155453067 ...

Cook, Frederick Albert, 1865-1940

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Explorer, author, and businessman. From the description of Audio materials [sound recording]. [1937-1991] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 40723117 Physician and polar explor on three expeditions to North Greenland, 1891-1894; part of Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 1897-1899. From the description of Letter from Frederick Albert Cook to S.S. McClure, Ltd., 1894 March 28. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 70292749 Cook claimed to have been the fir...

Long Island College Hospital

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Teaching hospital founded in 1858 as a combined hospital and medical school and located in the Brooklyn Heights/Cobble Hill section of New York City. From the description of Minutes, 1906 Apr. 10. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58760277 The Long Island College Hospital was founded in 1858 and functioned as both a hospital and medical school. Its original building was located on the west side of Henry Street between Pacific and Amity ...

Brooklyn Pathological Society

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