Miscellaneous physicians' documents, [ca. 1670-1963], [ca. 1800-1900] (bulk)

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Miscellaneous physicians' documents, [ca. 1670-1963], [ca. 1800-1900] (bulk)

Included are miscellaneous circulars, lectures, speeches, bibliographies, reports, an autograph book, certificates and diplomas, notes, photographs, and scrapbooks (containing such items as clippings, photographs, correspondence, telegrams, bills, menus, etc., on medical or biographical subjects). Physicians represented include Valentine Mott, Samuel Smith Purple, George Frederick Shrady, Kasson C. Gibson, Edward Delafield, Louis Heitzman, William Swaim, William Gilman Thompson, and others. Of note are a seaman's time book, Bridgeton, N.J., 1878-1885, listing the name, date of shipment, and date of discharge of every seamen employed on the sloop SARAH JANE, for the purpose of reporting hospital dues; two diplomas from the University of Padua, 1670 and 1743, conferring the degree of doctor of medicine on Jacobus de Curnis and Cervus Conigliano, respectively; a prescription book of a pharmacy at 6 The Bowery in New York, 1835-1836; and a prescription book, 1888, of various doctors who had offices between 12th and 42nd Streets in New York.

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Università di Padova.

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The recipient is probably Cesare Burchelat, son of Bartholomeo. From the description of Doctoral diploma presented to Caesarus Burchellatus : manuscript, 1626 Apr. 1. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612814227 Pasquali was 17 years old, according to the text around his portrait. From the description of Diploma of Doctor of Philosophy for Giacomo Pasquali : manuscript, 1656 Dec. 18. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612778576 ...

New York Academy of Medicine

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Blackwells Island is the former name of Welfare Island in New York. From the description of Miscellaneous hospitals' records, [ca. 1770-1962] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155497904 ...

Heitzman, Louis.

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Sarah Jane (Ship)

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Shrady, George Frederick.

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Conigliano, Cervus.

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Jacobus, de Curnis.

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Delafield, Edward, 1794-1875

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U.S. ophthalmologist. From the description of Letter, 1842, Aug. 7 : Auburn, New York. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35149342 ...

Gibson, K. S. (Kasson Stanford), 1890-

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Purple, Samuel S. (Samuel Smith), 1822-1900

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Samuel Smith Purple was a physician with an interest in genealogy and medical libraries. He was elected president of the New York Academy of Medicine in 1875. From the description of Samuel Smith Purple collection, 1865-1882. (New-York Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 727025434 ...

Mott, Valentine, 1785-1865

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Valentine Mott was an American surgeon and medical professor in New York City. He graduated from Columbia College, where he later became a professor of surgery; he also had a very successful private practice. He spent 1834-1841 in Europe. Upon returning to New York he joined the faculty of the new medical department of the University of the City of New York, now the New York University School of Medicine. From the description of Valentine Mott collection, 1819-1860. (New-York Histori...

Swaim, William T. (William Thomas), 1906-1999

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Noted quack doctor. From the description of Letter, 1830, Mar. 4 : Philadelphia, to Major M. Mason, Fort Washington. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35360250 ...

Thompson, W. Gilman (William Gilman), 1856-1927

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Physician; Ph. B., Yale, 1877; received his M.D. degree from Columbia in 1881; in 1885 won the Joseph Mather Smith prize for an essay on the valves of the heart; in 1887 became visiting physician of the New York Hospital until 1894, and of the Presbyterian Hospital until 1912; in 1887 became professor of physiology at the University of the City of New York, remaining until 1898; 1898-1916, professor of medicine at Cornell University Medical College. From the description of William Gi...