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Martin E. Rehfuss Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-030

Scope and Contents

The bulk of this collection consists of Rehfuss's publications. It also contains class notes donated by Dr. Burchard E. Wright (JMC 1932), several letters of correspondence, biographical material, and a stamp of Rehfuss's name.

Dates

  • 1914 - 1965

Creator

Biographical / Historical

The gastroenterologist Martin Emil Rehfuss was born August 8, 1887 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1909 with a degree in medicine, and completed his internship from 1910-1911 at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital. Rehfuss spent the following three years in Europe, working at the American Hospital in Paris and studying esophagoscopy and intestinal diseases in Germany. Upon returning to the U.S. in 1914 he began teaching at Jefferson Medical College. He would remain there until 1962, partially retiring in 1956 and continuing on as Professor Emeritus. Rehfuss is known for inventing the Rehfuss drainage tube in 1913. He also served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Medical Corps during WWI. He died July 29, 1964.

Extent

2 Linear Feet (2 boxes and 1 bound volume)

Language

English

Arrangement

I. Biography (1933-1962) II. Manuscript (n.d.) III. Publications (1914-1951) IV. Correspondence (1927-1962) V. Class Notes (1945-1950) VI. Events and Ephemera (1941-1944) VII. Artifacts (n.d.) VIII. Pictorial (n.d.) IX. Necrology (1964-1965)
Title
Martin E. Rehfuss Papers
Status
Completed
Author
Kelsey Duinkerken
Date
April 2014
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
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Repository Details

Part of the Thomas Jefferson University - Archives and Special Collections Repository

Contact:
1020 Walnut Street
Room 401, Scott Memorial Library
Philadelphia PA 19107-5587