Miscellaneous papers, 1918-1944.

College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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The Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine was established in 1976 to promote to the scholarly community the rich historical resources of the College's historical library and the Mütter Museum. The Institute sponsors conferences, occasional seminars, and short-term travel grants to researchers who require the resources of the museum and library. According to the History of Science Society, “the Wood Institute is the historical programming arm of the College of Phys...

Pepper, Oliver Hazard Perry, 1884-

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Pepper, William, 1874-1947

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William Pepper, Philadelphia, Pa., medical educator, was born on 14 May 1874. He married (1) Mary Godfrey (d. 1918), then (2) Phoebe S. Voorhees Drayton. Pepper died on 3 Dec. 1947. William Pepper attended the University of Pennsylvania, receiving an A.B. in 1894 and M.D. in 1897. He joined the faculty of the University's medical school in 1899 and was its dean, 1912-1945. During World War I, he was the commanding officer of Base Hospital 74. William Pepper was a Fellow ...

Association of Military Surgeons of the United States.

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The Association of Military Surgeons of the United States grew out of the Association of Military Surgeons of the National Guard of the United States. Conceived by U.S. military surgeon Nicholas Senn (1844-1908), it was formed at a meeting of 50 U.S. National Guard surgeons in Chicago on September 17, 1891. The association's stated purpose was "for the advancement of military and accidental surgery and all things pertaining to the health and welfare of the civilian soldier." To this end the Asso...

Packard, Francis R. (Francis Randolph), 1870-1950

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Francis Randolph Packard was born in Philadelphia on 23 Mar. 1870. In 1899, he married Christine B. Curwen (d. 1901), then, in 1906, Margaret Horstmann. The Packards had four daughters. Francis R. Packard died on 18 Apr. 1950. Packard received an M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1892. He did post-graduate work under Sir William Osler at Johns Hopkins Hospital (1892-1894), then became an intern at Pennsylvania Hospital. He opened his private practice in 1895 an...

Army Medical Library (U.S.). Association of Honorary Consultants.

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