Thomas Parke notebook
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/099
Scope and Contents
Volume of Parke’s notes, 1767, on Pierre Joseph Macquer’s Elements of the theory and practice of
chymistry (1764), considering elements and their interactions; Geoffroy’s table of comparative affinities;
and metals and their ores. Volume also includes Parke’s notes of examination questions on anatomy and
chemistry given to graduates of the College of Philadelphia’s Medical School in 1769. Examiners include
Adam Kuhn, John Morgan, and William Shippen.
Dates
- 1767 - 1769
Creator
- Parke, Thomas (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Thomas Parke, Philadelphia physician, was born in Chester County, Pa., on 6 Aug. 1749. He married
Rachel Pemberton in 1775; they had five children. Parke died on 9 Jan. 1835. Parke came to
Philadelphia in 1766 and studied medicine under Cadwalader Evans. He began to take courses at the
Medical School of the College of Philadelphia in 1767 and received his M.B. in 1770. Parke then studied
in London and Edinburgh. From 1777 to 1823, he was Physician to Pennsylvania Hospital. He was a
founder of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and its president from 1818 to 1835.
Extent
1 volume
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Small collections
Creator
- Parke, Thomas (Person)
- Title
- Thomas Parke notebook
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
