Papers of Charles Wistar Stevens, 1823-1888.

Winthrop, Robert C. (Robert Charles), 1809-1894

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Robert Charles Winthrop (May 12, 1809 – November 16, 1894) was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one time Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. He was a descendant of John Winthrop. Robert Charles Winthrop was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to Thomas Lindall Winthrop (1760–1841), the Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, and Elizabeth Bowdoin Temple (1769–1825), who were married on July 25, 1786. He was the youngest of 13 children born to his parents. Winthrop attende...

Los Angeles county medical association

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In 1956, the Coroner's Committee of the Los Angeles County Medical Association ran a campaign to hire a new coroner for Los Angeles County and bring in a medical doctor to fill the position (medical examiner). In order to do this, the Coroner's Committee had to get a Los Angeles County Charter Amendment passed that stated that the Coroner shall be a physician who is a certified pathologist (LA County Charter Amendment "D"). The amendment also separated the office of the Coroner from the Public A...

Lowell, James Russell, 1819-1891

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Poet and author, Cornell University non-resident professor. From the description of James Russell Lowell letter and portrait, 1871 July 12. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 123412650 Lowell was an author, poet, editor, teacher, and diplomat. He edited The Atlantic Monthly, and with Charles Eliot Norton, The North American Review ; was professor of French and Spanish Languages and Literatures at Harvard; and U.S. minister to Spain and to England. Aldrich was ...

Blake, Clarence J.

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Whipple, Edwin Percy, 1819-1886

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American essayist and critic. From the description of Autograph letters signed (4) : Boston, to Harper and Brothers, 1858 Mar. 5 and 18-1878 Apr. 1 and 3. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270588778 Edwin Percy Whipple was an influential 19th century American literary critic and lecturer. A prolific reader, he worked at several disparate jobs while publishing critical essays in diverse periodicals. He gained the reputation as one of the most important young critics of his gener...

Stevens, Charles Wistar, -1901

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Charles W. Stevens practiced medicine in Boston and his native New Hampshire throughout much of the 19th century. A Harvard graduate, Stevens cultivated relationships with several important 19th century figures. He exchanged letters with prominent Boston area physicians including Jacobi Abraham, a leading figure in the study of pediatrics. He was personally endorsed by the famed Fireside poet, James Russell Lowell. He also corresponded with the biblical scholar Osmon C. Baker and his family. Fin...

Jacobi, A. (Abraham), 1830-1919

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Jacobi, a specialist in diseases of infants and children, was a professor (1865-1902) in the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. From the description of A. Jacobi papers, 1794-1936 (bulk 1880-1919) (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 177443888 Abraham Jacobi is referred to as the father of pediatrics, having opened the first children's clinic at the New York Medical College in 1860, and the first children's ward at Mount Sinai Hospital....

Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn), 1822-1907

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American clergyman and editor. From the description of Autograph letters signed (8) : West Springfield, Mass. and New York, to Messrs. Harper and Mr. Phayre, 1851 Jan. 26-1892 Jun. 14. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270533636 Epithet: Reverend; American author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001088.0x0001b4 American clergyman and travel writer. From the description of Autograph ...

Cutter, Ephraim, 1832-1917

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Williams, Henry W. (Henry Willard), 1821-1895

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Williams (Harvard, M.D. 1849) served as a visiting district physician and later as surgeon to the Boston Dispensary, and he taught at the Boylston Medical School, 1850-1855. In 1850 he organized a class of Harvard medical students for instruction in diseases of the eye and became a professor at Harvard in 1871. Williams was one of the first among ophthalmic surgeons to use etherization as a general practice in cataract extraction, and also initiated a reform in ophthalmic therapeutics. ...

Flint, Austin, 1812-1886

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Born in Petersham, Mass. Graduated from Harvard Medical College in 1833; practiced medicine in Massachusetts, then moved to Buffalo, N.Y. in 1836. A founder of the Buffalo Medical College and the Buffalo Medical Journal. Appointed professor of medicine at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, in 1861. From the description of Letter : Buffalo, to My dear Doctor, 1856. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 57196432 Physician of New York. From th...

McCarthy, Justin, 1830-1912

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Irish journalist, historian and writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Fifth Avenue Hotel, to Theodore Tilton, [no year] Sept. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270606179 ...