Papers of John Staige Davis, Professor of Anatomy, University of Virginia [manuscript] 1840-1888.

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Papers of John Staige Davis, Professor of Anatomy, University of Virginia [manuscript] 1840-1888.

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Including letters from patients and from other physicians, and business letters regarding the Burra Burra Magnesium Mines in South Carolina. Also includes material on the U. Va. Medical School and the Virginia Manganese Co. of Waynesboro, Va. Correspondents include George Bancroft, James L. Cabell, Robley Dunglison, James Fonerden, Carter P. Johnson, T.L. Macon, N.H. Massie, Lucian Minor, William B. Rogers, Henry Scharf, and P.J. Taylor.

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University of Virginia. Dept. of Medicine.

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Bancroft, George, 1800-1891

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George Bancroft was an American historian and statesman, and an active promoter of secondary education both in his home state and at the national level. As U. S. Secretary of the Navy under James K. Polk, Bancroft established the Naval Academy at Annapolis and later served as U.S. Minister to Great Britain (1846-1849), Prussia (1867-1871), and the German Empire (1871-1874). He is best remembered however for his 10-volume History of the United States, a work which fellow historian Leop...

Dunglison, Robley, 1798-1869

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Robert "King" Carter (1663-1732) was a colonial official and great landholder (300,000 acres). His sons were Robert Carter (1704-1731) and Landon Carter (1710-1778) of "Sabine Hall." Grandsons of Robert Carter included Robert "Councillor" Carter (1728-1804) of "Nomini" and Robert Wormeley Carter (1734-1797). From the guide to the Carter Family Papers, 1667-1862., (Special Collections, Earl Gregg Swem Library, College of William and Mary) Professor and dean of the Jefferson M...

Johnson, Carter P.,

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Scharf, Henry

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Minor, Lucian, 1802-1858

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Fonerden, James,

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Macon, T. L.,

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Rogers, William Barton, 1804-1882

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Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Virginia from 1835-1853. In the years following his departure, he founded and was president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Boston. From the description of Papers of William Barton Rogers [manuscript], 1843 December 19. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647837261 Shields was a student from Cumberland County, Va.; afterwards a captain and surgeon, C.S.A., then physician and farmer in Union Count...

Davis, John Staige, 1824-1885

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University of Virginia professor. Professor of Anatomy, University of Virginia. From the description of Papers and anatomy notes of John Staige Davis [manuscript], n.d. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647881305 ...

Cabell, J. L. (James Lawrence), 1813-1889

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Confederate physician. From the description of Autograph letter signed : "General Hospital, Charlottesville," to Surgeon R. Kidder Taylor, 1863 Nov. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270133389 Confederate hospital head, professor and chairman of the faculty at the University of Virginia. From the description of James Lawrence Cabell papers, 1876-1877, [Charlottesville, Virginia] (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 35004506 University of Virginia profe...

Taylor, P. J.,

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Massie, Nathaniel H., 1824-

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