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History of Medicine

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

A portrait of Jefferson medical students 1825-1850 / Peter Lewis and Michael Simenhoff, M.D.

 File
Identifier: MM-288
Scope and Contents Two typescript mss., one by Peter Lewis which appears to be a preliminary draft, and the other a paper jointly written by Lewis and Simenhoff. Both examine the conditions and events at Jefferson Medical College in its first quarter-century.
Dates: 1991

Audio-Visual Collection

 Collection
Identifier: UA-005
Scope and Contents Collection contains cassette tapes, reel to reel tapes, CDs, VHSs, and DVDs. Topics include medical history talks, Thomas Jefferson University events, portrait presentations, the Raft Debate, media interviews, training tapes, and commencement ceremonies.
Dates: Majority of material found within 1974 - 1996

History of the Jefferson Medical College : typewritten extract

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Identifier: MM-128
Scope and Contents A condensed early history of Jefferson Medical College, published in fuller form in 1858 by Joseph M. Wilson, Philadelphia.
Dates: 1858

Lewis C. Scheffey Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS-045
Scope and Contents This collection contains material related to Scheffey's interest and research into medical history as well as correspondence (bulk 1920s-1950s), newspaper clippings, ephemera, diplomas and certificates, and photographs. The Albert Whitely Papers (MS 052) also contain student notes and tickets originally in this collection.
Dates: 1879 - 1897

On some of the surgeons of the last century : pamphlet.

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Identifier: MM-126
Scope and Contents Text of a paper read before the Meeting of the Ontario Medical Association; reprint fron the Canadaian Practitioner, Toronto, Feb. 1888. Title page is inscribed by the author to Dr. Osler.
Dates: 1888

Some medical pilgrimages abroad : pamphlet.

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Identifier: MM-189
Scope and Contents Two copies of an introductory to the summer course of lectures of the Jefferson Medical College, delivered Mar. 30, 1874. One copy signed by the author.
Dates: 1874

Testimonial of members of the medical profession of Philadelphia, New York and Boston, in behalf of Wm. T. G. Morton, M.D. : pamphlet.

 File
Identifier: MM-240
Scope and Contents The pamphlet compiles testimonials and proceedings of a variety of medical organizations in Pennsylvania, New York and Massachusetts upon the death of Dr. Morton. The original Philadelphia testimonial, with signatures, is reproduced. Also included in the folder is a reproduction of an engraved picture of Dr. Morton.
Dates: 1860