McClellan, George (1796-1847)

Scope and Contents Photocopies of notes and letters pasted into the front pages of Lawrence Heister's General System of Surgery (8th ed., London, 1768). The notes document the book's successive ownership by John Groome, George McClellan, J. W. Mintzer, Samuel D. Gross, E. J. Groom, Samuel W. Gross, A. Haller Gross and John Chalmers Da Costa. The collection includes a letter handwritten by S. D. Gross thanking Dr. Mintzer for the book. The book is in Special Collections, Scott Memorial Library, Thomas Jefferson...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of material by or about George McClellan (1798-1847) or his grandson George McClellan (1849-1913) from 1818-1914. Materials relating to the founder include an 1836 Jefferson Medical College commencement address given by McClellan, miscellaneous correspondence (1829-1840) dealing with medical topics, McClellan's lecture notes (1825 and 1830), and an 1832 examination on surgery. Materials relating to George McClellan the grandson include hand-colored anatomical plates...

Scope and Contents Notes on lectures given by Drs. Calhoun, S. McClellan, Revere, Pattison, Green and G. McClellan.

Scope and Contents Three copies of Beattie's 39-page pamphlet "Statement of the Proceedings on the Part of the Members of the Faculty and the Trustees of the Jefferson Medical College Against Francis S. Beattie, M.D.," 1826; and one photostat copy of his pamphlet entitled "Facts in Relation to J. Kunkle, Deceased (the Patient) and Dr. George McClellan (the Surgeon) to Correct a Gross Misrepresention Practiced by Dr. McClellan," 1827.

Scope and Contents One bound volume of pamphlets and reprints. Contents, alphabetically by author or title: D. Hayes Agnew, "Biographical Sketch of John Rhea Barton," 1879; Annals of Gynecology, Oct. 1887; Washington L. Atlee, "Reminiscences of the Earliest Days of Jefferson Medical College," 1873; L. Bolton Bangs, "A Contribution to the Study of Neuroses of the Genito-Urinary System," 1886; E.P. Banning, "The Comparative Merits of the Gypsum Jacket..." and "The Pathology and Therapeutics of Uterine...

Scope and Contents Three pamphlets by Samuel George Morton : "Brief Remarks on the Diversity of the Human Species," an introductory lecture before the class of Pennsylvania Medical College, 1842; "An Inquiry Into the Distinctive Characteristics of the Aboriginal Race of America," 1844; and "Biographical Notice of the Late George McClellan, M.D.," read before the Philadelphia College of Physicians, 1849. Also are included biographical memoirs of Morton by Charles D. Meigs, M.D. (1851), William R. Grant, M.D....