Papers, 1610-1964 (bulk 1825-1887).

Mitchell, Silas Weir, 1829-1914

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Silas Weir Mitchell was a Philadelphia physician and author. After graduating from medical school, he studied in Europe, joined his father's practice, and ran Turner's Lane Hospital in Philadelphia during the Civil War, becoming the preeminent American neurologist of his generation. In addition to numerous medical papers and texts, he published popular novels, short stories, poetry, and essays. Born on 15 Feb. 1829, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was a son of physician John Kear...

Wilhite, Philip Abner, 1821-1892.

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Halberstadt, Andrew Howell, 1831-1909.

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Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842

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British surgeon and anatomist. From the description of Charles Bell papers, 1830 and undated. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34992302 Charles Bell was born at Edinburgh in November 1774. He received his medical education from the University of Edinburgh. In 1799 he was elected a fellow of the College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and practised at the Edinburgh Infirmary. In 1804 he left Edinburgh for London to practise and to teach (1812-1836) at the William Hunter's Scho...

Walker, Robert, M.D.

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Miller, Joseph Lyon, 1875-

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Joseph Lyon Miller (1875-1957), an alumnus of the Medical College of Virginia and a practicing physician in Thomas, W. Va., collected over several decades rare books, manuscripts, prints, and ephemera concerning medical history in the South, the United States generally, and Great Britain. He turned his collection over to the Richmond Academy of Medicine in the 1930s, who in turned placed it at the Virginia Historical Society in 1988. From the description of Papers, 1610-1964 (bulk 18...

Bartlett, Levi, 1763-1828

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Levi Bartlett's father, Josiah Bartlett, was founder of the New Hampshire Medical Society (org. 1791), delegate to the Continental Congress and signer of the Declaration of Independence, and governor of New Hampshire from 1792 to 1794. Levi Bartlett studied medicine with his father and with Thomas Kittredge of Andover, Mass.; and he practiced medicine and surgery in Kingston, N.H. He was active in the state legislature and was a justice in the court of common pleas (1807) and in the circuit cour...

Long, Crawford Williamson, 1815-1878

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Crawford Long, a Georgia native, received his education at Franklin College (University of Georgia). He completed his medical training at the University of Pennsylvania in 1839. After a short time in New York, Dr. Long returned to Georgia and spent his entire career there as a physician and surgeon. He is credited with performing the first operation with ether anesthesia on Mar. 30, 1842. From the guide to the The first patient to whom Crawford Williamson Long administered s[ulphuric...

New-Hampshire Medical Society

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