Medical education
Found in 117 Collections and/or Records:
A course of anatomical lectures delivered at the Jefferson Medical College session of 1844-45 / by Joseph Pancoast, M.D., written out from current notes
Handwritten bound volumes of notes on 70 anatomical lectures given by Dr. Pancoast.
A portrait of Jefferson medical students 1825-1850 / Peter Lewis and Michael Simenhoff, M.D.
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.
A representation of the conduct of the trustees and members of the faculty, and circumstances connected therewith, in relation to John Barnes, M.D.
Three copies of Barnes' 38-page pamphlet protesting his removal from the faculty of Jefferson Medical College.
A review of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, with report of a case : respectfully submitted to the professor of practice of medicine in the Jefferson Medical College in competition for the prize in medicine
Typescript thesis bound with holograph letter, Alf. A. Robinson, Heber, Utah, to Professor Wilson, June 29, 1908. Robinson's work was awarded the prize for best essay on the practice of medicine, 1908.
A study in clinical obstetrics, with report of cases and accompanied by laboratory research : thesis, Jefferson Medical College
Topics addressed : introduction of premature labor, adherent placenta, influenza, jaundice, maternal syphilis, and rise of temperature in puerperal state.
A study of the eosinophile cell as occurring in the hematopoietic organs in diphtheria and tuburculosis : Pathology prize essay, Jefferson Medical College,
Addresses and testimonials
Introductory lectures to the course on the Principles and Practice of Surgery, Medical Dept. of Pennsylvania College, 1844 and 1846; valedictory addresses to the graduates of the Medical Dept. of Pennsylvania College, 1852 and 1859; and two pamphlets printed by Gilbert in Sept. 1861 containing testimonial letters in support of Gilbert as candidate for the chair of Obstetrics at Jefferson Medical College.
Addresses, lectures and reminiscences
Printed copy of introductory lecture in the course in medical chemistry in the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College, 1844-1845 session; two printed copies of Atlee's address, "Reminiscences of the Earliest Days of Jefferson Medical College," 1873; and a biographical memoir of Atlee by Thomas M. Drysdale, M.D., 1879.
ALS (fragment) : Philadelphia, to Mr. Jonathan R. Flynt
One-sheet fragment of letter to Jonathan R. Flynt of Monson, Mass., with typed transcription. The letter describes events in Philadelphia relating to the U.S. presidential election between candidates Andrew Jackson and John Adams. Sheldon then describes his affairs as a student at Jefferson Medical College, mentioning the introductory lectures and a "new elegant edifice" erected by the trustees of Jefferson College.