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Samuel Jackson papers

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Call Number:
MSS 2/167
Repository:
Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Extent:
2 folders (29 items)
Language:
English
Date:
1835-1864 (inclusive)
Creator:
Jackson, Samuel
Form:
Case studies, Correspondence, Financial records, and Recipes
Abstract:

Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia physician and educator, was born on 22 March 1787. He was the son of David Jackson, a physician and pharmacist. Jackson married circa 1832. He died on 4 or 5 April 1872.

Jackson received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1808. He studied under James Hutchinson and Caspar Wistar. From 1809 to 1815, Jackson ran the family pharmaceutical business. He was president of the Philadelphia Board of Health during the 1820 yellow fever outbreak. In 1821, he became a founder and trustee of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and taught materia medica and pharmacy at the college from 1821 to 1827.

From 1827 to 1835, Jackson assisted Nathaniel Chapman in the teaching of physiology at the University of Pennsylvania. Jackson himself held the professorship of the institutes of medicine at the university from 1835 to 1863. He also taught at Philadelphia Hospital.

Samuel Jackson became a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 1848. He was also a member of the American Medical Association, the Medical Society of the State of Pennsylvania, and the Philadelphia Medical Society.

This small collection of Samuel Jackson material contains letters written and received by him, a case history, two bills, and a recipe, 1835-1864.

Most of the letters received and the case history concern descriptions and treatments of epileptics by physicians, generally alumni of the University of Pennsylvania who were practicing in the southern United States. The physicians are: Richard D. Arnold, William B. Cochran, Francis H. Deane, S. C. Gleaves, Virginius W. Harrison, William B. Pleasants, John Thomas Pritner, John Seibert, G. W. Mc Semple, and Edmund P. Taliaferro. There are also letters from patients or their family members, including six letters from epileptic W. C. Haymond, describing experiences with the affliction.

The three letters sent by Jackson are to Joseph Carson, William Alexander Hammond, and statesman Daniel Webster, containing two prescriptions for Webster's hay fever.

The source of this collection of Samuel Jackson material is unknown, though at least one of the items may have been donated by the heirs of Joseph Carson in 1876.

The collection was removed from the Autograph Collection; it was processed and catalogued in 1990.

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Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Collection Inventory

1. Richard D. Arnold, ALS, Savannah, [Ga.], to Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa., 23 July 1841.
Folder 1 Item 1
2. Quintus Barbour, ALS, [Liberty Mills, Va.], to Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa., 27 November 1850.
Folder 1 Item 2
3. William B. Cochran, ALS, Middleburg, [Va.?], to Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa., 01 November 1844.
Folder 1 Item 3
4. Francis H. Deane, ALS, Richmond, Va., to Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa., 04 December 1848.
Folder 1 Item 4
5. S. C. Gleaves, ALS, Wytheville, Va., to Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa., 18 July 1848.
Folder 1 Item 5
6. A. F. Gregory, ALS, Austinville, Va., to Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa., 04 February 1849.
Folder 1 Item 6
7. Virginius W. Harrison, ALS, City Point, Va., to Samuel Jackson, [Philadelphia, Pa.], 02 July 1854.
Folder 1 Item 7
8. W. C. Haymond, ALS, Fairmont, Va., to Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa., 12 September 1848.
Folder 1 Item 8
9. W. C. Haymond, ALS, Fairmont, Va., to Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa., 03 November 1848.
Folder 1 Item 9
10. W. C. Haymond, ALS, Fairmont, Va., to Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa., 19 December 1848.
Folder 1 Item 10
11. W. C. Haymond, ALS, Fairmont, Va., to Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa., 19 January 1849.
Folder 1 Item 11
12. W. C. Haymond, ALS, Fairmont, Va., to Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa., 01 February 1849.
Folder 1 Item 12
13. W. C. Haymond, ALS, Fairmont, Va., to Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa., 19 February 1849.
Folder 2 Item 1
14. C. H. Luzenberg, ALS, New Orleans, La., to Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa., 01 October 1840.
Folder 2 Item 2
15. E. B. Pell, ALS, Poughkeepsie, N.Y., to Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa., 25 October 1839.
Folder 2 Item 3
16. A. R. Plattenburg, ALS, Selma, [Ala.], to Samuel Jackson, [Philadelphia, Pa.], 16 December 1860.
Folder 2 Item 4
17. William B. Pleasants, ALS, Providence, Va., to Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa., 08 October 1839.
Folder 2 Item 5
18. John Thomas Pritner, ALS, Clarion, [Pa.], to Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa., 29 December 1846.
Folder 2 Item 6
19. John Seibert, ALS, Johnsville, Ohio, to Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa., 06 January 1851.
Folder 2 Item 7
20. G. W. Mc. Semple, ALS, Charles City, Va., to Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa., 15 April 1845.
Folder 2 Item 8
21. Edmund P. Taliaferro, ALS, Orange, [Va.?], to Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa., 30 December 1849.
Folder 2 Item 9
22. William P. Van Rensselaer, ALS, Albany, [N.Y.?], to Samuel Jackson, Philadelphia, Pa., 25 November 1845.
Folder 2 Item 10
Memorandum of Mrs. Adams' case, undated.
Folder 2 Item 11

1. Samuel Jackson, ALS, Philadelphia, Pa., to Daniel Webster, [n.p.], 23 July 1851.
Folder 2 Item 12
2. Samuel Jackson, ALS, [Philadelphia, Pa.], to [Joseph] Carson, [Philadelphia, Pa.], 28 October 1858.
Folder 2 Item 13
3. Samuel Jackson, ALS, Philadelphia, Pa., to William Alexander Hammond, [n.p.], 18 May 1864.
Folder 2 Item 14

1. Bill to the estate of Charles Harlan, 25 August 1835.
Folder 2 Item 15
2. Bill to M. R. Ashhurst, 01 January 1844.
Folder 2 Item 16
Recipe, undated.
Folder 2 Item 17

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