Subject: Medicine - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Recipe book, 19th century (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: A volume comprised of handwritten culinary, medicinal, and household recipes by an unnamed author. The recipes were probably written in the 19th century in England.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

John W. Wright receipt book, 1867-1925 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (+ 1 leaf)
Abstract:: A volume written by English chemist John W. Wright spanning the years from 1867 to 1925. The volume comprises pharmaceutical formulas for medicinal, hygienic, and household purposes.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Gladys Rutherford photograph album, 1923-1928 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (+ 10 photographs, 4 leaves)
Abstract:: A photograph album kept by Gladys Rutherford, a physician and medical missionary who worked in India throughout her life. The album provides a visual record of Gladys Rutherford's first five years as a practicing doctor and medical missionary in Northern India from 1923 to 1928.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Archer family account books and notebooks, 1797-1851 (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.2 linear feet (1 box)
Abstract:: This collection (1797-1851) contains notebooks kept by three members of the Archer family, a prominent and politically active family of medical doctors based in Harford County, Maryland. The first file contains John Archer Jr.'s notes on materia medica lectures delivered by Benjamin Barton and given at the University of Pennsylvania in 1797 and 1798. A commonplace book (1830-1832) maintained by Henry Wilson Archer, which contains excerpts mostly from history books and poems is the second file. Also included in the collection is an account book (1841-1851) wherein the wheat purchases of Robert Harris Archer were recorded.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

David Nisbett letters and journal, 1794-1799 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: A volume containing the transcriptions of letters and of journal entries spanning from 1794 to 1799 by British surgeon and soldier David Nisbett.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Nathan Smith library catalogs and lecture drafts, circa 1796-1829 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear_foot (1 volume)
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Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Samuel Head notes on medical lectures delivered by John Clarke, 1802-1803 (inclusive)

Extent:: .1 linear_foot (1 volume)
Abstract:: Dr. John Clarke (1760-1850) was an obstetric physician who lectured on midwifery and the diseases of women and children at St. Bartholomew's Hospital and in his home at No. 1, New Burlington Street, in London. This volume contains notes from his lectures, recorded by Samuel Head (circa 1773-1837), a Canadian physician studying in England from 1802 to 1803. These notes provide a glimpse into the education of 18th to early 19th century physicians, who, through the professionalization of the field, became increasingly involved in overseeing pregnancy and childbirth, and taking on the role of "man-midwife."

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Jonathan Spencer pharmacopoeia, not before 1810

Extent:: 1 volume
Abstract:: This volume was created and compiled by Jonathan Spencer, a dentist, pharmacist, and physician from Lancashire, England, starting as early as 1810. It contains 133 pharmaceutical recipes, organized semi-alphabetically by remedy type.

Held at: University of Pennsylvania: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts [Contact Us]

Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, 13th to 16th century (bulk)

Extent:: 53 manuscripts
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Held at: Bryn Mawr College [Contact Us]

Lavington Quick Papers, 1861-1865 (bulk) 1847-1876, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: 0.6 linear feet (; 2 boxes, 5 flat files)
Abstract:: Lavington Quick (1819-1876) served as a U.S. Army Brigadier surgeon during the Civil War. The Lavington Quick Papers contain various documents pertaining to his medical career, as well as medicine and hospitals during the Civil War. The collection contains records of Quick's medical schooling, reports of inspections of soldiers, records of medical discharges, invoices for medical supplies received by Dr. Quick, mainly at the Army hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, special Army orders regarding Quick and others. There are a number of newspapers articles by Quick, that touch on the state of the Army and the hospitals but speak mostly to the political events and currents of the early 1860s. Additionally, there are other newspaper clippings, photographs, currency, and stock certificates. From the collection, one can gather a fair bit about the inner workings of the surgeon general's office during the Civil War, and of the state of medicine in wartime.

Held at: Historical Society of Pennsylvania [Contact Us]

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