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Arthur Asbury Presidential Papers
Series
Identifier: CPP 2/014-01
Overview
Arthur K. Asbury, Van Meter Professor of Neurology Emeritus, is one of the country's most noted neurologists, recognized for his clinical and experimental studies of peripheral neuropathies, particularly those related to chronic kidney failure, diabetes mellitus, and Guillain-Barré Syndrome. Asbury was born in 1928 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He received his bachelor's degree in agriculture from the University of Kentucky in 1951, and went on to study at the University of Cincinnati College of...
Dates:
2000-2008, undated
Arthur K. Asbury papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/351
Overview
Arthur K. Asbury (b. 1928), Van Meter Professor of Neurology Emeritus, is an internationally recognized neurologist, best known for his clinical and experimental studies of peripheral neuropathies. Most of his career was spent at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, where he was a clinician, educator, researcher, and administrator. The bulk of this collection documents Dr. Asbury's work as Vice Dean of Research and Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs at the University of Pennsylvania...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1985 - 2000; 1958 - 2007
Arthur Vincent Meigs papers (unprocessed)
Collection
Identifier: 2000-005
Scope and Contents note
This is a collection of the papers of Arthur Vincent Meigs, including correspondence, case notes and articles, and reprints. Correspondence related to the College of Physicians includes letters about the move of the College to the building on 22nd Street, an ethics charge brought against W.W. Keen, and other topics. Correspondents in this section include W.W. Keen, S. Weir Mitchell, William Osler, and Alfred Stengel. Correspondence related to the University of Pennsylvania relates to hospital...
Dates:
1874-1911
Articles of agreement between Thomas Dent Mütter and the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP 10/016-02
Scope and Contents
Original agreement, dated 1858 Dec. 11, by Thomas D. Mütter, conveying his pathological specimen collection to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia to form the Mütter Museum and stipulating the obligations of the College, including construction of a fireproof building, appointment of a committee to oversee the museum and a curator, and establishment of a lectureship in surgical pathology.Published in: Charter, ordinances and by-laws of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia....
Dates:
1858-12-11
Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/349
Overview
The Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst Papers document the military and professional accomplishments of this noted physician. Ashhurst (1876-1932) established himself as a prominent surgeon and teacher in Philadelphia, and also served as in various medical capacities during World War I. The collection encompasses two series: “Military Service,” and “Subject Files,” and dates from 1895, 1904-1933, 1963, and undated. Researchers interested in the career of Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst, or in the...
Dates:
1895, 1904-1933, 1963, undated
Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst papers I
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/072
Scope and Contents
This small collection of Astley P. C. Ashhurst's correspondence, 1902
(1920-1932), documents his association with the American Surgical
Association and the Interurban Surgical Society as well as his friendship
with noted physicians and surgeons, including Harvey Cushing and D'Arcy
Power. Most items contain little substantial information and were probably
retained for their autograph value. Series 1.1 contains general correspondence, 1902-1932, filed alphabetically
by author....
Dates:
1902 - 1932
Astley Paston Cooper Ashhurst photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: P-APCA
Scope and Contents
This collection contains over 350 photographs of surgical techniques, practices, and cases which require surgery; orthopedic surgery patients; skiagraphs of fractured bones; and other related images. The majority of the images can be found in Ashhurst's Surgery; its principles and practice, for students and practitioners (1914).
Dates:
circa 1900-1920
Autograph case of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Collection
Identifier: CPP-AUTO
Scope and Contents
Autograph collections were popular during the 19th century. Individual collectors and libraries sought autographs, manuscripts, letters, and signatures of well-known people. The Historical Medical Library maintains its own collection of autographs, likely compiled by previous librarians. The collection consists mainly of correspondence; however, a good number are facsimiles of the original held at other institutions. Please visit the link below for an inventory of the autographs...
Dates:
circa 1800-1900
Awards and certificates collection
Collection — Flat File: no. 2, Drawer: 2
Identifier: AC.1
Overview
This collection consists of awards, certificates, and diplomas found during the archives survey in the summer and fall of 2015. This is an artifical collection, meaning that few of the items have connections amongst them, and are related only by form.
These items also seemingly have no links to any collections currently in the Archives.
These items also seemingly have no links to any collections currently in the Archives.
Dates:
1833 - 1924
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- Correspondence 348
- Minutes 109
- Reports 89
- Lecture notes 80
- Financial records 79
- Photographs 68
- Clippings 45
- Speeches (documents) 38
- Medical societies -- Philadelphia, Pa. 36
- Ledgers (account books) 34
- Committees 33
- Essays 33
- Lectures 33
- Annual reports 32
- Typescripts 31
- Medical libraries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 28
- Daybooks 27
- Manuscripts (documents) 26
- Materia Medica 26
- Medicine -- Practices 26
- Patient records 25
- Patients 23
- Recipes 23
- Surgery 23
- Diaries 21
- Obstetrics 21
- Medicine -- Practice -- Accounting 20
- Publications (documents) 19
- Certificates 18
- Research notes 17
- Admission tickets 16
- Medical students -- Philadelphia, Pa. -- Nineteenth century 16
- Membership records 16
- Bylaws (administrative records) 15
- Genealogies (histories) 15
- Physicians -- Philadelphia, Pa. -- Nineteenth century 15
- Library catalogs 14
- Anatomy 13
- Chemistry 13
- Fellows 13
- Medical museums 13
- Prescriptions 13
- Casebooks 12
- Physiology 12
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- Physicians -- Pennsylvania -- Nineteenth century 6
- Physicians -- World War, 1914 - 1918 6
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- University of Pennsylvania. School of Medicine 39
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia 38
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Library 35
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the President 20
- University of Pennsylvania 18
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Secretary 17
- Jefferson Medical College 15
- Philadelphia General Hospital 15
- Rush, Benjamin 15
- Fisher, Charles Perry 13
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Mütter Museum 10
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Curator 10
- Mütter Museum 10
- Wood, George B. (George Bacon) 10
- Chapman, Nathaniel 9
- Coxe, John Redman 8
- Mütter, Thomas D. (Thomas Dent) 8
- Osler, William, Sir 8
- Dunglison, Robley 7
- Francis Clark Wood Institute for the History of Medicine 7
- Leidy, Joseph 7
- Pennsylvania Hospital (Philadelphia, Pa) 7
- Philadelphia College of Medicine 7
- Philadelphia County Medical Society 7
- Physick, Philip Syng 7
- Sturgis, Katharine R. (Katharine Rosenbaum) 7
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Medical History 6
- Mitchell, Silas Weir 6
- Morse, Elliott H. (Elliott How) 6
- Carson, Joseph 5
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Building Committee 5
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Treasurer 5
- Girvin, John H. (John Harper) 5
- Gross, Samuel D. (Samuel David) 5
- Jackson, Samuel 5
- Radbill, Samuel X. 5
- United States. Navy Department. Bureau of Medicine and Surgery (Board of Naval Surgeons) 5
- University of Pennsylvania. Hospital 5
- Ashhurst, Astley Paston Cooper 4
- Bache, Franklin 4
- Bache, Thomas Hewson 4
- Blockley Almshouse 4
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Library Committee 4
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Public Health, Preventive, and Industrial Medicine 4
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Women's Committee 4
- Deaver, John B. (John Blair) 4
- Fowlers and Wells’ Phrenological Cabinet 4
- Gibbon, John Heysham, Jr. 4
- Gibson, William 4
- Keen, William W. (William Williams) 4
- McDaniel, W. B., II (Walton Brooks) 4
- Medical Library Association 4
- Mid-Eastern Regional Medical Library Service 4
- Parrish, Joseph 4
- Pathological Society of Philadelphia 4
- Pepper, William 4
- Philadelphia College of Pharmacy 4
- Santee, E. A. (Ephraim A.) 4
- Stillé, Alfred 4
- Sturgis, Samuel Booth 4
- Tyson, James 4
- United States. Navy 4
- Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania 4
- Alms-House (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Board of Trustees 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Committee on the Revision of the Pharmacopoeia 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of Advancement 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Office of the Executive Director 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on General Medicine 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Ophthalmology 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Section on Otolaryngology 3
- College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Trustees of the Building Fund 3
- Curie, Marie 3
- Da Costa, J. M. (Jacob Mendes) 3
- Dorsey, John Syng 3
- Hare, Robert 3
- Harvard Medical School 3
- Hinsdale, Guy 3
- Hunter, Robert J. (Robert John) 3
- James, Thomas C. (Thomas Chalkley) 3
- Medical Documentation Service (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- Meigs, Charles D. (Charles Delucena) 3
- Micozzi, Marc S. 3
- Mitchell, John K. (John Kearsley) 3
- Muller, George P. (George Paul) 3
- Neilson, Thomas R. (Thomas Rundle) 3
- Pancoast, Joseph 3
- Philadelphia General Hospital. School of Nursing 3
- Rush Hospital for Consumption and Allied Diseases 3
- Sizer, Nelson 3
- St. Christopher's Hospital for Children (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- United States Naval Home (Philadelphia, Pa.) 3
- Wallace, Ellerslie 3
- Wistar, Caspar 3
- Wood, Francis C. (Francis Clark) 3
- Abbe, Robert 2
- American Association for the History of Medicine 2
- American Gynecological Society 2
- American Medical Society 2
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