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Benjamin Rush papers, undated (inclusive)

Extent:: .2 linear feet (1 half document box)
Abstract:: Benjamin Rush, Philadelphia physician, in 1745 o.s. in Byberry Township. In 1768, he received his M.D. from the University of Edinburgh. He helped to establish the Philadelphia Dispensary and was a physician there until his death. Rush was also a member of the Provincial Congress in 1776, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, and, in 1777, became Surgeon General of the Continental Army. He was a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia from 1787 to 1793. The Benjamin Rush papers date from 1787 to 1889, although the bulk of the material spans the years 1796 to 1810. These papers document some of Rush's work with patients through invoices, receipts of bills paid, and correposndence; as well as Rush's notes on various medical topics, including the liver. Previously catalogued as 10a 250.

Held at: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia [Contact Us]

W. Sampson Handley manuscript on the origin of bone deposits in breast cancer, circa 1927

Extent:: 1 folder
Abstract:: William Sampson Handley MD, MS, FRCS (12 April 1872 – 1962) was an English surgeon who influenced the development of cancer surgery. Paper originally published in the Surgical Clinics of North America, vol. VII, no. 1 (February 1927): 47. Previously catalogued as 10a 288.

Held at: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia [Contact Us]

George Bacon Wood writings, 1848; undated

Extent:: .4 linear feet
Abstract:: George Bacon Wood was born in New Jersey 1797 and received his M.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1818. He was one of the founders of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1821, but resigned in 1835 to become Professor of Materia Medica and Pharmacy at the University of Pennsylvania. Later he became Professor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine, a position he held until he retired in 1860. He died in Philadelphia in 1879. The George Bacon Wood writings are a small collection of Wood's lectures, addresses, and other essays, mostly undated, with the exception of one lecture, given at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, dated 1848. Previously catalogued as 10a 437.

Held at: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia [Contact Us]

Ella Harris nineteenth-century American scrapbook, approximately 1875-1895 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (approximately 50 pages)
Abstract:: This nineteenth-century American children's scrapbook bears the inscription "To Ella, Much Love from Edith and Edna." The scrapbook features trade cards; Christmas, Easter, Valentine's Day, and New Year's greeting cards; collectible scraps of flowers, animals, and children; one silk program for "Nunnemacher's Grand Opera" featuring a performance of Martha by the Milwaukee Philharmonic Society.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Clara Agnes Boulter mid-nineteenth century scrapbook from the American South, approximately 1843-1869 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (approximately 88 pages)
Abstract:: This antebellum and mid-nineteenth century scrapbook from the American South bears the name Clara Agnes Boulter on the inside front endpaper. The contents of this book are largely centered on ladies' manners, etiquette, advice, short stories, and fashion for women, though a significant component includes references to Confederate generals and Southern sympathies. Several items suggest the creator had ties to Texas and Virginia, and new clippings from Southern papers in Knoxville, Louisville, Arkansas, South Carolina, and Arkansas are found throughout the volume. The book features both fine and newsprint engravings, numerous news clippings of verse and articles, some original verse and art, and a few color prints. The volume includes two oval-cut albumen print photographs affixed to the pages, circa 1860s. One is of a house near a river with a water wheel and the second is of the Alamo in San Antonio.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Madness of rebellion : essay, 1864 april (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (5 pages)
Abstract:: This autograph essay by George P. Chase, a Union sympathizer, was written during the U.S. Civil War (1864) and criticizes the Confederacy on what he calls "the madness of rebellion."

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Essay on slavery in England, approximately 1860-1890 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 item
Abstract:: This manuscript essay describes the legal history of slavery in England, focusing especially on the precedents for and limitations of the 1772 Somerset vs. Stewart decision.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Language exercises by students of Worcester, Massachusetts, 1903-1904 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (440 pages)
Abstract:: Selected schoolwork in the subject of Language by first- through ninth-grade students from Worcester, Massachusetts. It was likely submitted to the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exhibition in St. Louis, Missouri.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

Musical researches illustrating the influences of music upon mind and morals, religion, the passions, as a medicine, in war, and upon animals; with extracts from the sacred writers and the poets respecting music, and from the historians respecting its practice, 1835-1893 (inclusive)

Extent:: 1 volume (563 pages)
Abstract:: This volume contains over 500 pages of essays, research notes, and quotations written by Philip F. Snyder from 1835 to 1893 on the history, structure, and cultural influence of music. The material is evidence of a long-term, comprehensive study of music conducted by Snyder and consists mostly of passages, articles, and extracts copied from a wide variety of works.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]

The Olio or miscellaneous writings of Isaac S. French, student of medicine, 1853-1865 (inclusive) 1853-1860 (bulk)

Extent:: 2 volume (370 pages)
Abstract:: The journal of Dr. Isaac S. French contains original poems, essays, and entries describing his daily activities as a medical student at Dartmouth, New Hampshire, and physician from 1854 to 1861. French also described his relationships with several women and the early years of his marriage.

Held at: University of Delaware Library Special Collections [Contact Us]