Letters and documents received by Lawrence F. Flick; Correspondence relating to the gift of the above Letters and documents to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1957.

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Letters and documents received by Lawrence F. Flick; Correspondence relating to the gift of the above Letters and documents to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 1957.

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Flick, Lawrence F. (Lawrence Francis), 1856-1938

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Lawrence Francis Flick was born 10 August 1856 in Cambria County, near present day Carrolltown, Pennsylvania, to German immigrants John Flick and Elizabeth Sharbaugh. He was educated at St. Vincent's College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, and at Jefferson Medical College, in Philadelphia, graduating in 1879. He became a physician, pathologist, and specialist in tuberculosis and its prevention and treatment. Suffering himself from pulmonary tuberculosis, his studies prompted him to argue that the dise...