Cornelius Rea Agnew letters, 1875-1886.

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Cornelius Rea Agnew letters, 1875-1886.

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This collection contains 36 letters and is divided between two folders according to the senders of the letter. The first folder contains letters of James Gray Thomas, M.D., to Cornelius Rea Agnew, M.D., an ophthalmologist in New York City, New York. They tell of Dr. Thomas's involvement in the establishment of a State Board of Health, the yellow fever epidemic in Savannah, Georgia and the discussion of ethics in the Georgia Medical Society. Other letters are concerned with patients whom Gray referred to Agnew, as well as personal and family affairs. The second folder in this collection contains letters to Dr. Agnew from other Georgians, primarily from individuals in Savannah who were his patients, regarding both medical and personal matters.

2 folders (.10 cubic feet)

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Agnew, Cornelius Rea, 1830-1888

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Professor of eye and ear diseases at College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York. From the description of Letters, 1875-1888. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 31421768 Cornelius Rea Agnew was born on 8 August 1830 in New York City. He graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York in 1852, having as his preceptor John Kearny Rodgers. Agnew was a founder of the Ophthalmic Clinic in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, the Brook...

Georgia Historical Society

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In the spring of 1839, three Savannahians—Episcopal divine William Bacon Stevens, renowned autograph collector Israel K. Tefft, and educator, scientist, and American Medical Association founder Dr. Richard D. Arnold—hatched the idea of an organization whose mission would be to “collect, preserve, and diffuse the history of the State of Georgia in particular, and of America generally.” In May of that year they held the first meeting of what was christened the Georgia Historical Society, the te...

Georgia. State Board of Health

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Georgia Medical Society

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In 1804 doctors of Savannah, Georgia petitioned the Georgia Legislature to grant them a charter for a medical society. The charter was granted December 12, 1804 for the Georgia Medical Society. This date makes the Georgia Medical Society the second oldest active city medical society in the United States. The Medical Society was formed "for the purpose of lessening the fatality induced by climate and incidental causes and improving the science of medicine." Their interest in higher education led ...

Thomas, James Gray, 1835-1884.

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