Papers, 1799-1802.

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Papers, 1799-1802.

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Papers, 1799-1802, which include certificate of attendance, 24 February 1802, for Carey Wilkinson, Williamsburg, Va. at the training school of the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pa. and admission cards, 1799-1801, for lectures (some given by professors at the University of Pennsylvania) signed by Benjamin Rush on clinical medicine, James Woodhouse on chemistry, Philip Syng Physick on surgery, William P. Dewees on midwifery and John Ewing on natural philosophy.

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Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

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Benjamin Rush (January 4, 1746 [O.S. December 24, 1745] – April 19, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States who signed the United States Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, and educator and the founder of Dickinson College. Rush attended the Continental Congress. His later self-description there was: "He aimed right." He served as Surgeon General of the Continental Army and became a profess...

Physick, Philip Syng, 1768-1837

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American physician considered to be the father of American surgery. From the description of Letters : Philadelphia, Pa., to Henry W. Physick, Rising Sun, Md., and Wilmington, Del., 1810 June 29 and 1821 Oct. 25. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 24851622 Philadelphia-born surgeon. A former student of Dr. Adam Kuhn, Physick became known as the "Father of American Surgery." He lectured on surgery at the University of Pennsylvania, where the position of "chair of surgery...

University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine

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Many students of the Class of 1943 of the School of Medicine participated in the war efforts, either serving in the Navy on the hospital ship or at Hospital Base 20, both operated by the University. From the description of Class of 1943 papers, 1943-1972. (University of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122528514 ...

Woodhouse, James, 1770-1809

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Dewees, William P. (William Potts), 1768-1841

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Philadelphia physician. From the description of ALS : Philadelphia, to Lewis L. Gibbes, 1823 Oct. 5. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122540686 ...

Ewing, John, 1732-1802

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Presbyterian minister and professor of natural philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania. A vice-president of the American Philosophical Society, he contributed articles on astronomy to their Transactions. Ewing served on commissions with D. Rittenhouse to settle boundary disputes. The 1784 notebook contains astronomical observations made during an expedition in the summer of 1784 to settle such a dispute. Ewing's lectures on natural philosophy were published, posthumously, as "A Plain Elemen...

Wilkinson, Carey, fl. 1799-1802.

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