Papers on medicine, 1792-1810.

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Papers on medicine, 1792-1810.

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This series includes Barton items concerning fevers, gout, materia medica, patients and their complaints (1792-1793) and yellow fever in Philadelphia in 1793. In addition, there are addresses by John Henry Bogen on dysentery and by Friedrich Detlef Meyer on the treatment of yellow fever in St. Thomas. There are several broadsides of meetings of and lists of members of medical societies in Philadelphia and London. Many items in this series are not dated.

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College of Physicians of Philadelphia

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The Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine was established in 1976 to promote to the scholarly community the rich historical resources of the College's historical library and the Mütter Museum. The Institute sponsors conferences, occasional seminars, and short-term travel grants to researchers who require the resources of the museum and library. According to the History of Science Society, “the Wood Institute is the historical programming arm of the College of Phys...

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Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815

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L'École de medecine de Paris.

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Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Bogen, John Henry.

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Philadelphia Medical Society

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The Philadelphia Medical Society was established in 1789 and incorporated in 1792. It suspended regular meetings in 1845, revived in the 1850s, and finally was discontinued in 1868. Many of its activities were assumed by the Philadelphia County Medical Society. The society's first president was Benjamin Rush. Membership consisted of junior members (students), senior members (graduates and practicing physicians), and honorary members. The society met in several places; fr...

Meyer, Friedrich Detlef.

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