Obstetrics.

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1 bound volume of notes from lectures by Ellerslie Wallace on Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children during the 1870-71 and 1871-72 sessions of Jefferson Medical College. Includes lists of JMC graduates in 1871, 1872 and 1873 ; miscellaneous materia medica notes in the back ; and notes, dated 1875, concerning the Fisher family.

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Holograph ms. of an address by Dr. Stark before the Davis Obstetrical Society at Jefferson Medical College.

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Notes on clinical cases examined in Jefferson Hospital obstetrics and maternity ward.

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" An Oration on the Improvements in Medicine," delivered before the Philadelphia Medical Society, 13 Dec. 1837; and an announcement issued by the Obstetric Institute of Philadelphia, [1846?], outlining the Institute's aims, qualifications for admission and graduation, organization, mode of teaching, etc.

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ALS, Jefferson Medical College, to Seth Tuck, Wilkesbarre [sic], Pa., 9 Oct. 1845, describing matriculation and lecture fees. Pamphlets include Huston's introductory lectures to the course of obstetrics and diseases of women and children, JMC, 1840; to the course on materia medica, etc., 1846 (2 cc.), 1852 (2 cc.) and 1855; Introductory Lecture, JMC, 1850; and a charge to the Graduates of JMC, March 8, 1856.

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Letters, photographs, newspaper clippings, mimeographed teaching materials and other papers related to Stemler's training at the Jefferson Hospital School of Nursing and to general activities at the hospital, 1947-1950. The collection also includes Stemler's Obstetrical Nursing Care Study (1950) and several printed menus for patients at Jefferson Hospital (1948).

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Booklet of examination questions of the National Board of Medical Examiners, revised to Oct. 1, 1935; two booklets by the Dept. of Obstetrics at Jefferson Medical College concerning the care of maternity patients in private homes and rules governing work in the Department, 1934; and examination question sheets for medical licensing exams conducted by the State Board of Medical Education and Licensure, sessions 1-5, July 9-11, 1940.

Scope and Contents The bulk of the collection consists of a 299-page typescript of Dr. Montgomery's memoir, "Living Through the Twentieth: A Story of One Man's Journey Through a Century of American Life." The memoir contains descriptions of growing up in Decatur, Illinois and southeastern Missouri, pre-medical education at the University of Illinois, twentieth century progress, medical education at Jefferson Medical College and other observations on everyday life. Complementing this text is an audiotape...

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This collection contains several published biographies and memoirs of Parvin, four addresses, photocopies of several of his publications, letters sent to Parvin, news clippings, and various ephemera.

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"Clinical Lectures on Midwifery and the Diseases of Women and Infants," a lecture delivered at the University of Edinburgh during the 1845-46 session; and "Two Notices of the Obstetric Air-Tractor; or New Mechanical Power as a Substitute for the Forceps in Tedious Lbours [sic]," reprinted from the Edinburgh Monthly Journal of Medical Science, Feb.-Mar. 1849.