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Gustavus Ferdinand Theel correspondence, 1899-1901 (inclusive)

Extent:
.2 linear feet (one half document box, three folders)
Abstract:
The professional correspondence of Dr. Gustavus Ferdinand Theel comprises the Gustavus Ferdinand Theel correspondence collection. Dr. Theel worked as a physician in the Philadelphia area for 52 years. Included are letters to and from Dr. Theel regarding various medicine regimes, payment, and questions about courses of treatment. This collection was discovered during a survey in the summer and fall of 2015.

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

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George Coates papers, 1897; 1909-1910 (inclusive)

Extent:
.2 linear feet (2 volumes and 1 folder)
Abstract:
The George Coates papers cover the years 1897 and 1909 to 1910. The collection consists of two volumes, one of answers to surgical examination questions from the University of Pennsylvania in 1897; the other from 1909 to 1910, containing Coates' expenses for the years and what seems to be an address book of Philadelphia-area physicians. Also included in the collection are the questions to the examination questions. George Coates was Coates was an ear, nose, and throat specialist. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1874. He graduated with A.B. in 1894 and an M.D. in 1897 from the University of Pennsylvania. Coates served as Assistant Surgeon during the Spanish-American War in the United States Navy. Following his discharge from the Navy, Coates was a resident physician at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children until 1901, when he opened up his own practice at 1721 Pine Street in Philadelphia. He was elected a Fellow of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia in...(see more)

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William W. Keen correspondence, 1876-1927; undated (inclusive)

Extent:
.8 linear feet (1 document box and 1 pamphlet box)
Abstract:
William Williams Keen, surgeon and neurologist, was born on 19 January 1837 in Philadelphia. He was the third son of merchant William W. Keen and Susan (Budd) Keen. Keen married Emma Corinna Borden in 1867; they had four daughters, Corinne, Florence, Dora, and Margaret. William W. Keen died on 7 June 1932. Keen graduated from Brown University in 1859. He entered Jefferson Medical College in 1860, left in 1861 to become Surgeon to the 5th Massachusetts Regiment, then returned to Jefferson and received his M.D. in 1862. He then became Acting Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. Army and worked in a succession of military hospitals, including the Turner's Lane Hospital in Philadelphia, where he studied gunshot wounds and other neurological problems with S. Weir Mitchell and George R. Morehouse. From 1864-1865, Keen studied medicine in Europe. From 1866 to 1875, he taught pathology at Jefferson Medical College and was the head of the Philadelphia School of Anatomy. He was also...(see more)

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