George Eastman Stubbs papers, 1854-1932.

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George Eastman Stubbs papers, 1854-1932.

Personal papers collection documenting a small portion of the life of Philadelphia physician George Stubbs. Primarily contains family correspondence (1858-1932), financial correspondence (1875-1910), receipts for various advertisements, remodeling, and repairs for the Medico-Chirurgical College and miscellanea (1867-1896), partial autobiographical sketches of Dr. Stubbs, a few letters from prominent Philadelphia physicians, and a small box purportedly made from wood salvaged from the East Room of the White House after it was burned by the British in the War of 1812.

1.34 linear feet, (3 boxes).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7252062

National Library of Medicine

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Stubbs, George E. (George Eastman), 1839-1909

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George Eastman Stubbs, Philadelphia, Pa., surgeon and teacher, was born on 30 Dec. 1839. He received an A.B. in 1861 from Bowdoin College and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1863. After service in the Civil War, Stubbs practiced medicine in Cincinnati, Ohio, then Philadelphia, Pa. He was a founder of the Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia and professor of anatomy, clinical surgery, and surgical pathology there. George E. Stubbs died of a cerebral hemorrhage on 21 Oct. 1909. ...

Medico-Chirurgical College of Philadelphia

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