Papers, 1857-1863.

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Papers, 1857-1863.

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ALS. This body of correspondence, almost exclusively letters to Forwood and written immediately before and during the early part of the Civil War, relates to questions of race, e.g. "the Negro problem", intermarriage and consanguinity. The mechanics of editing and publishing a medical journal also form a topic of discussion. Principal correspondents are Samuel Worcester Butler and Washington Chew Van Bibber. Other correspondents are Sylvester David Willard, John H. Van Evrie, J.P. Evans, Joseph Leidy, S.M. Bemiss, James A. Bayard, and Samuel A. Cartwright.

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Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891

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Philadelphia-born naturalist. Leidy studied medicine and anatomy and received the degree of M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in 1844. He died in 1891 recognized as the foremost American anatomist of his time. Among many interests, parasitology had been a favorite study of Leidy. From the description of Joseph Leidy journal: Researches on rhizopods, 1875-1877. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 214283687 ...

Van Bibber, Washington Chew, 1824-1892

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Forwood, W. Stump (William Stump), 1830-1892

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Physician. From the description of Scraps: poetry and prose : manuscript, 1854-1872 / selected by W.S. Forwood. (Washington State University). WorldCat record id: 29854104 Maryland physician and ethnologist. From the description of Papers, 1857-1863. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35070864 William Stump Forwood was a physician of Darlington, Harford County, Md. Forwood, who attempted to justify slavery on medical grounds, served as president of v...

Willard, Sylvester David, 1825-1865

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Union Army physician. From the description of Sylvester David Willard correspondence, 1862. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 631259556 ...

Butler, Samuel Worcester, 1823-1874

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Samuel W. Butler was a Burlington, N.J. physician. From the description of Record book, 1849-1858. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122489847 ...

Van Evrie, John H., 1814-1896

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Cartwright, Samuel A. (Samuel Adolphus), 1793-1863

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Samuel A. Cartwright was a physician in Mississippi and professor at the University of Louisiana in New Orleans. In 1825, he married Mary Wren. He served at one time as a surgeon under General Andrew Jackson and during the Civil War he served as a Confederate Army physician and was charged with improving the sanitary conditions in camps around Vicksburg and Port Hudson. From the description of Samuel A. Cartwright prescription, 1833. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: ...

Bayard, James A. (James Asheton), 1799-1880

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American lawyer and statesman. From the description of Letter : Washington, to Riggs & Co., 1858 Dec. 23. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122494207 Lawyer, of WIlmington, Del.; U.S. senator, 1851-1863, 1867-1869; resigned from the senate in 1864 and returned in 1867. From the description of James A. Bayard family letters, 1848-1864. (Historical Society of Delaware). WorldCat record id: 749860...

Bemiss, S. M. (Samuel Merrifield), 1821-1884

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