Papers, ca. 1844-1925. 1844-1925.

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Papers, ca. 1844-1925. 1844-1925.

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The Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, 1844-1895, consist of 1.5 cubic feet of materials documenting primarily the professional activities of Francis Peyre Porcher, physician of Charleston, South Carolina. The collection is arranged in three series: professional, personal, and printed material. It includes 51 folders of Porcher's lecture, class, and research notes on materia medica, botany, and pharmacy compiled over his career in support of his medical teaching responsibilities and the publication of his book, Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests... Also included are personal letters to and from members of the Leigh, Porcher, and Wickham families from 1846 to 1862. Of particular interest are letters from Francis Peyre Porcher to his first wife Virginia "Jennie" Leigh Porcher written from camp in Virginia between 1862 and 1863. In these, Porcher relates news of his advancement through the office of the Surgeon General, of living and working conditions in camp, and of family news and affections. Dr. Porcher's travel diary from 1852 to 1854 document his travels in Europe. The Professional Series is dominated by Porcher's notes, arranged alphabetically, which include notes for classroom instruction in the areas of materia medica and therapeutics. Files include handwritten notes, clippings, sketches, prescriptions, sources, and notes for publications. The book printed material series consists of 14 books, including Porcher's annotated copy of Prescriber's Pharmacopoeia, 1844, Porcher's lecture notebook, 1852 to 1857, his commonplace book, 1846 to 1875, and the Porcher family Bible.

2 ft. (51 folders and 14 books)

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Porcher, Isabella Sarah (Peyre) 1803-1890.

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Isabella Sarah Peyre was born on October 3, 1803 in Berkeley County, South Carolina to Francis Peyre and May Peyre Walter Peyre. She married Dr. William Porcher, with whom she had seven children, including Francis Peyre Porcher, physician and author of Resources of the Southern Fields and Forests. Widowed with small children, Mrs. Porcher assumed control of her husband's plantation Sarazins. In addition to managing the economy of this plantation, she also attended to the routine medical needs of...

Porcher, Virginia Leigh, 1835-1866.

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Porcher, Francis Peyre, 1825-1895

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Francis Peyre Porcher was born in Charleston, South Carolina on December 14, 1824 to William and Isabella Sarah Peyre Porcher. Through his mother's side, he was a descendant of the botanist, Thomas Walter author of Flora Caroliniana. Porcher graduated from the South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina) in 1844 and from the Medical College of South Carolina in 1847. After graduation Porcher spent two years traveling in Europe. Upon his return to Charleston, he entered practice ...