Forbes, William Smith, 1831-1905

Card admitting William Klemet to clinical lectures at Pennsylvania Hospital, 1878; receipt of William Klemet for payment of fee for anatomical ticket, signed by Wm. S. Forbes and R. B. [Burham?], Aug. 1879; receipts, notices and material related to John Klemet's attendance at Jefferson Medical College and the commencement ceremony of 1883.

Reproduction of miscellaneous documents related to the "body-snatching" controversy surrounding William S. Forbes, M.D. The collection includes two handwritten anonymous letters, an account statement, a printed poem entitled "That Ignoramus Press" by A. T. Newman, a juror list for the court of the city and county of Philadelphia, and a front page of the 15th Annual Announcement of the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, 1870-1871 session.