Douglas Macfarlan manuscript on revolutionary war hospitals in the Pennsylvania campaign
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/104
Scope and Contents
Describes medical conditions in the Continental Army and hospital facilities in Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, 1777-1778.
Includes map of locations of military hospitals.
Dates
- undated
Creator
- Macfarlan, Douglas (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Douglas Macfarlan, otolaryngologist, was born in Philadelphia on 14 Oct. 1886. He was the son of
physician Malcolm Macfarlan. Macfarlan died in Ardmore, Pa., on 12 Sept. 1966. Macfarlan attended the
University of Pennsylvania, receiving his B.S. in 1908 and M.D. in 1911. He opened his private practice in
Philadelphia in 1913. Macfarlan became the head of otolaryngological services at Pennsylvania,
Graduate, and Presbyterian Hospital and the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He also taught
otolaryngology at the University of Pennsylvania’s School of Medicine and established "speechhearing"
testing clinics in Philadelphia’s public schools. Macfarlan was elected to fellowship in the College of
Physicians of Philadelphia in 1943 and was chairman of the Section on Otolaryngology. He was also a
member and president of the Philadelphia Otolaryngological Society.
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
Small collections
Creator
- Macfarlan, Douglas (Person)
- Title
- Douglas Macfarlan manuscript on revolutionary war hospitals in the Pennsylvania campaign, 1777-1778
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
