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Lectures Delivered in Jefferson Medical College November 23rd 1835 Philadelphia Vol 2. By Augustine A Biggs
Augustine A. Biggs
Notes from the lectures of Samuel Calhoun, John Revere (son of Paul Revere), George McClellan (founder of Jefferson Medical College), and Samuel McClellan written by Augustin A. Biggs. Lectures include such topics as “Concussion, and Overwhelming Shock,” “On Diseases of the Brain,” “Chronic Rheumatism,” and “Midwifery.” Dr. Biggs graduated from Jefferson Medical College in 1836 and practiced medicine in Sharpsburg, MD. He also served as the general superintendant of the Antietam National Cemetery during its construction (Western Maryland’s Historical Library). 172 pages.
Reference:
Western Maryland’s Historical Library. Antietam National Cemetery Payroll, 1866-1867. Retrieved from: http://www.whilbr.org/AntietamCemeteryPayroll/index.aspx
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Introductory Lecture of the Two Medical Schools in Philadelphia
George Kerfoot
Includes notes from the Philadelphia Alms House, Pennsylvania Hospital, and classes taken at Jefferson Medical College and the University of Pennsylvania. Professors include Benjamin Rush Rhees, George McClellan, Jacob Green, John Eberle, and Nathaniel Chapman. End of notebook contains more than 100 medical and non-medical recipes
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Notes from a lecture on Midwifery by Dr. William Shippen, Jr. April 7, 1798; and Clinical Notes from the Pennsylvania Hospital, December 1799-February 1800
Uriah Derickson
This notebook was written by student Uriah Derickson at Pennsylvania Hospital. The notebook includes notes from a lecture on Midwifery by Dr. William Shippen, Jr. that were taken on April 7, 1798. Shippen was a professor of Anatomy and Surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital from 1774-1806. He pioneered courses in midwifery despite opposition, and warned against the use of instruments in childbirth (Penn University Archives & Records Center). The notebook also contains clinical notes written at the Pennsylvania Hospital under the direction of Dr. Benjamin Rush and Dr. Philip Syng Physick. The notebook mentions that on February 26, 1800 “this Day Doctor Physic stops prescribing in the Pennsylvania Hospital.” For a transcription of the “Midwifery” section of the notebook, please download the additional PDF.
Reference:
Penn University Archives & Records Center. William Shippen, Jr. (1736-1808). Retrieved from http://www.archives.upenn.edu/people/1700s/shippen_wm_jr.html
This collection includes medical notebooks consisting of lecture notes, clinical notes, and other notes penned by medical students and physicians from the 18th through the 20th centuries.
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