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Section I, Series 4. Medical Staff, C.1750-1975.

List of medical students entitled to privilege of attending practice and use of the Library, 1814 - 1887, in two volumes. For students, see also lists at end of Attending Managers' Accounts for 1789 - 1815.

• List of Students, 1814 - 1866
• List of Students, 1866 - 1887

Notebook of Benjamin Morris, ca. 1750. In box.

Lecture notes taken by (Reading Beatty?), 1779 - 1783, in one volume.

Memorandum Book kept by Benjamin Horner Coates, 1793, in one volume.

Notes from Dr. Physick's lectures, taken by Constans Curtin in winters of 1807 - 1808, 1808 - 1809.

Notebook kept by Thomas Chalkley James, 1814 - 1818: list of his students, selected weather observations, titles of lectures in his course on obstetrics. See also his scrapbooks of mortality tables.

Lecture notes taken from Mr. (Samuel?) Cooper's surgical lectures, Oct. 7 - (Nov. 16?), 1818.

Lecture notes taken at Medical Clinic, 1847 - 1848, Dr. (George B. ) Wood, in one volume.

John H. Gibbon. M.D. Diploma, Jefferson Medical College, 1891.

Joseph Parrish. Memorabilia, 1802 - 1837.

General material, loose papers: rules for appointment of staff, lists of pupils, University of Pennsylvania's proposal for Hospital teaching, application of women students, etc. In one box, arranged chronologically. Followed by material on individual apothecaries. Material ca. 1752 - 1858.

Material on individual physicians: applications, resignations, correspondence, etc. In three boxes, arranged alphabetically by names of physicians, prefaced by typed list of names included. Material ca. 1773 - 1859.

Bradbury, Dr. Samuel. Out-patient Department. Director's Notebook, 1928 - 1931, in one volume. Kept by Bradbury.

Coates, Benjamin Horner. Diploma of five years' service.

Course Book, 1888, in one volume.

Fisher, Henry MI Notebook, 1881 - 1889, in one volume.

Medical Staff, Lists of, Compiled ca. 1891, one volume.

Medical Staff--Obstetrics and Gynecology. Minutes and correspondence, 1929 - 1950, in seven volumes and one box. Continuation from Phila, Lying-in Charity. The seven volumes (loose-leaf) contain minutes. The box contains correspondence, visitors' registers, miscellaneous and loose material removed from minute book for 1924 - 1929.

For earlier records of above, see Series 8: Affiliates.

Phila. Lying-in Charity. Medical Staff. Minutes, 1924 - 1929, in one volume.

Physicians. Individual - Applications, acknowledgments, resignations, correspondence. Arranged by last name of physician.

Medical Staff. Resolutions, ca. 1902 - 1910, in one volume.

Meigs, Arthur V. Hospital Notes, 1880 - 1894, in five boxes.

Gibbons, John H. M.D. Memorabilia, donated by Mrs. Winthrop H. Bartles (Battles?) (1420 Locust Street).

• Letter from JGH to his father, Dr. Robert Gibbons in Charlotte, April 1893 re: his appointment to PA Hospital.
• Clippings and copies from newspaper , 1918.
• Newspaper clippings re: Evac. Hosp. No. 10 and U.S. Base Hosp. No.20, 1917 - 1918.
• Major Gibbons’ memorandum book from Feb. 1918.
• Large Memo book (blue) from Base Hosp. #10
• War records, official correspondence, including commissions and honorable discharge of May 1919.
• Reports form Evac. Hosp. No. 1 c. 1918; "Observations on Surgical Organization: 1st Div. A.E.F. & Evac. Hosp."; info about wound categories. In folder.
• "The First Book of Munitions called Genesis" – private correspondence from Sir Alexander Lawrence, 1918.
• Telegram (Duty Orders), 1917.
• Engraving by W.E. Tucker (matted), drawn by McArthur, of PA Hospital, n.d.
• Photo print of PA Hospital Memorial Pavilions on Spruce Street, F. Gutekeunst, Phila., n.d.
• Blue index cards re: RHG performing the first open-heart surgery in the country.
• "Memoir of JHG (1871 - 1956)" reprinted form Transactions & Studies by John B. Flick, M.D. This folder includes biographical notes and three military commissions, 1919 -1924.
• Correspondence between Mrs. Bartles and Mrs. Morris and John Clark and Mr. & Mrs. Bartles.

  Photographs:

  1. JHG with nurse, another man by desk (cat on desk).
  2. JHG (in tub), Francis R. Packard on right, [another doctor].
  3. Surgery in progress, four doctors, 6-7 spectators in amphitheatre.
  4. Seven people by blackboard with chest anatomy drawn on it. R-L.: nurse, doctor, patient, doc?, doc? Seated, patient, JHG?.
  5. JHG seated at desk.
  6. Surgery in amphitheatre, 1894. JHG, John S. Packard, 4 other men, patient, 4 nurses, no spectators.
  7. Surgery in progress, JHG at right(?), 5 other men (including Packard?)
  8. Several photos in envelope of JGH in London, 1918.

Mitchell, Charles Franklin. Diplomas and Certificates, arranged chronologically:

• Auxiliary Department of Medicine Certificate. 1898.
• Diploma of Practical Obstetrics and Diseases of Females. 1898.
• Certificate of Services to American Ambulance, Dec, 1915 to March 1916. 2 copies.
• First Lieutenant of the Medical Reserve Corps, 1916.
• Appointed Captain in the Medical Section. 1917.
• Appointed First Lieutenant in the Medical Section. 1917.
• Societatis Chirurgiae American. 1917.
• Appointed Major in the Medical Section. 1918.
• Honorable Discharge from the Military Service in the United States Army, 1919.
• Appointed Colonel, Medical Corps, by the U. S. Army. 1919.
• Appointed Colonel, Medical,Jby the Officers' Reserve
• Corps Of the D. S. Army. 1923.
• Appointed Colonel, Medical, by the U. S. Army. 1928.
• Appointed Colonel, Medical Corps, by the U. S. Army. 1932.
• Appointed Colonel in the Medical Corps by the B.S. Army. 1937.
• Appointed Colonel, Inactive, by the U. S. Army. 1937.
• Appointed a Reserve Commissioned Officer, Grade of Colonel, by the U. S. Army, 1953.

Charles Franklin Mitchell. Base Hospital 10 collection, one box. Donated by Miss Anne F. Mitchell, daughter of C.F. Mitchell. Includes:

• Photographs and Post cards.
• Cash Accounts.
• Printed Materials.
• Documents.
• Personal Correspondence.
• Letter of welcome from King George V to U.S. soldiers upon their arrival in British Isles, April 1918.
• Ring made by WWI soldier as gift to CFM in gratitude for medical services rendered.
• Swiss-made watch
• ID bracelet, Base Hosp. No. 10, U.S. Army.
• Victory medal issued in 1920 after Allied victory.

Out-patient Department. Physicians' Attendance Records, 1908 - 1927, in seven volumes.

Packard, Francis Randolph. Medical Historical Society of the Pennsylvania Hospital. Minutes, 1931 - 1941, in one volume.

R. Packard. Reprints of thirteen of his approximately forty published scientific articles. Covers 1897 - 1916, arranged chronologically. Including:

• 1897: "An Analysis of 221 cases of foreign body introduced per urethram, into the male bladder with report of a recent case." Reprinted from Ann. Surg. 25: 568-599. four copies.
• 1898: "A healthy regiment, and the reason it was so." Reprinted from Charlotte M. J. 13: 545-548. Nine copies.

Francis R. Packard. Reprints of 27 of his approximately 97 published Historical articles. Covers 1902 - 1949. Arranged chronologically.

Francis R. Packard. Bound book of 23 of his Reprints. (Book A) Covers 1897 - 1905. Not in chronological order.

Francis R. Packard. Bound books of nineteen of his Off-prints, (Book C.) Covers 1897-1905, not in chronological order.

Francis R. Packard. Bound Book of 20 of his Off-prints. (Book D.) Covers 1885-1903, not in chronological order.

Francis R. Packard. 12 original ink-wash drawings of anatomy, of which at least 10 are part of a series of at least 38 drawings. None are dated. Including:

• #A: hands and fore-arms, unsigned.
• #B: arm resting on pillow, signed on front.

The following were numbered by Packard:

• #3: skeletal; fractures of jawbone and clavicle, and a scapula, signed on back.
• #6: skeletal foot, signed on back.
• #10: skeletal anatomy, signed on back.
• #11: skeletal; fractures of humerus, ulna, and radius, signed on back.
• #13: skeletal; deformed hips and femurs, and a normal femur, signed on back.
• #20: skeletal; foot with a fracture, signed on front and back.
• #22: thumb, skeletal thumb, and skeletal hands and wrist, signed on back.
• #26: skeletal; both sides of pelvis and upper necks of femurs, signed on back.
• #28: skeletal; tibia, femurs, and radius of a dog, labeled by Packard on the drawing, signed on back.
• #38: skeletal; gunshot fracture, labeled by Packard on the drawing, signed on back.

Francis R. Packard, Memorabilia. Including:

• Scrap book; ca. 1917 - 1918.
• Printed announcements of lectures, memberships and books; invitations to and programs of lectures; ca. 1928 - 1942; filed in chronological order.
• Packard's personal copy of "A Handbook of Operative Surgery" by John H. Packard, 1870, with F. R. Packard's personal notes.
• Autographed copy of Packard's "Some Account of the Pennsylvania Hospital, 1751-1938. Belonged to Bertha E. Kemmerer. Along with photographs, clippings, literature about the hospital that also belonged to Ms. Kemmerer.
• Original letters, certificates, acknowledgments; ca. 1920-1955; filed in chronological order.
• Photographs, including some clippings and photographs which belonged to Mrs. Peyton R. Biddle.
• Articles and Memoirs on Francis Packard, Frederick Packard, and John Packard.

Francis, R. Packard. Papers of Miss Florence M. Greim, Secretary to Administrator, concerning publication of Dr. Packard's History of the Pennsylvania Hospital. Including:

• Engle Press Correspondence.
• Correspondence and Notes.
• Book Reviews.
• Guaranteed Loan Fund.

History of Pennsylvania Hospital. Lectures prepared by Miss Greim, prior to 1954. Donated by Miss Joyce Cooper.

Photograph Album, ca. 1890, in 1 volume.

Resident Physicians. Memorabilia, 1900-1975, in 1 volume.

Wilson, Dr. T. C. A Record of cases treated by Hot Air apparatus, 1897 - 1898, in one volume. Kept by Wilson.

Pennsylvania Hospital History System (two identical copies). Describes standard system of Pennsylvania Hospital for taking patient Histories. Dated June, 1927.

Smith, Samuel B., Student of Medicine, 1807

Loulher, James M., Artis Medicinae Doctorem, 1865.

Souther, James. M., Artis Medicinae Doctorem, 1865. Unable to locate.

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