Pancoast, Joseph , 1805-1882

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Handwritten bound volumes of notes on 70 anatomical lectures given by Dr. Pancoast.

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Invitation to J. Foster Flagg, D.D.S. from the Committee of Arrangements to attend a reception for Drs. Gross and Pancoast in the Foyer of the Academy of Music on 24 Oct. 1868, probably in conjunction with the Jefferson Medical College Opening Address.

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The collection consists of materials by or about Joseph Pancoast, MD, and his family from 1835-1883. The type of materials include addresses (1835-1872) such as introductory lectures to Jefferson students and commencement addresses (1855 and 1865), medical journal articles (1872), and correspondence (1869) concerning the vacancy of PancoastΓÇÖs chair due to ill health.

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Part I describes 79 cases. Part II describes 48 cases.

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Holograph ms. of lecture notes on medicine and surgery given by Drs. [J. K.] Mitchell, Mutter, Dunglison and Pancoast. Inscribed on edges: Jeff. Med. Col. Philada. / Med. and Surg. notes, by B. Y. Shelley / 1843-44, 45-46, 49-50.

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...