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A Doctor's Story, Randall M. Mclaughlin, Md Jul 2019

A Doctor's Story, Randall M. Mclaughlin, Md

Jefferson Biographies

This memoir details the beginning of Randall M. McLaughlin's medical career. It begins in 1942 while he is a Pre-Med student at Penn State interviewing for medical school. From there it covers his time as a medical student at Jefferson, including classes, life in Philadelphia, and World War II. It ends at the beginning of his professional career, first with an internship at Cooper Hospital and later as a First Lieutenant in the Army.


Alexander Koppel: Pioneer - Physician - Provider, Max Koppel Jan 2019

Alexander Koppel: Pioneer - Physician - Provider, Max Koppel

Jefferson Biographies

Alexander Koppel was born to immigrant parents on the Lower East Side of New York City in 1905. Early in his life, his mother was forced to return to Austria to her tenant farmer parents with Alexander and his two sisters because of a severe downturn in the American economy. A few years later, his mother brilliantly sensed the upcoming disastrous World War in 1913, and returned with the three children to Wilmington, Delaware where by that time, her husband, Samuel Koppel, had established the Wilmington Window Cleaning Company.

Alexander Koppel seized the opportunity for higher education made available to …


Recollections Of My Research In Developing The Heart-Lung Machine At Jefferson Medical College, Bernard J. Miller Jun 2005

Recollections Of My Research In Developing The Heart-Lung Machine At Jefferson Medical College, Bernard J. Miller

Jefferson Biographies

A personal memoir written by Dr. Bernard J. Miller about his introduction to and interest in medical research as well as his experiences working on the heart-lung machine. He focuses specifically on his working relationship with John H. Gibbon, Jr., the development of a viable oxygenator and ventilator, and early testing of the machine on animals


Ezra Stiles Ely - Benefactor Of Jefferson Medical College, Tom Bently Throckmorton Mar 1939

Ezra Stiles Ely - Benefactor Of Jefferson Medical College, Tom Bently Throckmorton

Jefferson Biographies

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George Mcclellan [1849-1913]: A Memoir Read Before The College Of Physicians Of Philadelphia, By J. Chalmers Da Costa, M.D., Ll.D., Samuel D. Gross Professor Of Surgery In Jefferson Medical College, J. Chalmers Da Costa M.D., Ll.D. Jan 1914

George Mcclellan [1849-1913]: A Memoir Read Before The College Of Physicians Of Philadelphia, By J. Chalmers Da Costa, M.D., Ll.D., Samuel D. Gross Professor Of Surgery In Jefferson Medical College, J. Chalmers Da Costa M.D., Ll.D.

Jefferson Biographies

A memoir of Dr. George McClellan (1849-1913). Dr. McClellan was the author of the book Regional Anatomy, and grandson of George McClellan, M.D.; the founder of Jefferson Medical College.


Samuel David Gross: Address By John Chalmers Da Costa, M.D., L.L.D., John Chalmers Da Costa M.D., L.L.D. Jan 1910

Samuel David Gross: Address By John Chalmers Da Costa, M.D., L.L.D., John Chalmers Da Costa M.D., L.L.D.

Jefferson Biographies

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Samuel David Gross: The Lesson Of His Life And Labors, William Williams Keen M.D. Jan 1910

Samuel David Gross: The Lesson Of His Life And Labors, William Williams Keen M.D.

Jefferson Biographies

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Memoir Of J.M. Da Costa, M.D., Ll.D: Read Before The College Of Physicians Of Philadelphia, November 5, 1902, J. C. Wilson M.D. Jan 1902

Memoir Of J.M. Da Costa, M.D., Ll.D: Read Before The College Of Physicians Of Philadelphia, November 5, 1902, J. C. Wilson M.D.

Jefferson Biographies

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Memoir Of John Barclay Biddle, M.D., E. B. Gardette Dec 1878

Memoir Of John Barclay Biddle, M.D., E. B. Gardette

Jefferson Biographies

Memoir of John Barclay Biddle, M.D., Late Professor of Materia Medica and General Therapeutics in "The Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia." Read before the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, June 4, 1879.


A Discourse Commemorative Of The Late Professor T.D. Mütter, M.D., Ll.D., Joseph Pancoast Oct 1859

A Discourse Commemorative Of The Late Professor T.D. Mütter, M.D., Ll.D., Joseph Pancoast

Jefferson Biographies

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Biographical Notice Of The Late George Mcclellan M.D. [1796-1847] By Samuel George Morton, M.D. Read Before The Philadelphia College Of Physicians, September 4, 1849, Samuel George Morton M.D. Jan 1849

Biographical Notice Of The Late George Mcclellan M.D. [1796-1847] By Samuel George Morton, M.D. Read Before The Philadelphia College Of Physicians, September 4, 1849, Samuel George Morton M.D.

Jefferson Biographies

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Memoir Of George Mcclellan, M.D. [1796-1847]: A Lecture Introductory To The Course Of The Theory And Practice Of Physic In The Medical Department Of Pennsylvania College, For The Session Of 1847-48. By W. Darrach, M.D., W. Darrach M.D. Jan 1847

Memoir Of George Mcclellan, M.D. [1796-1847]: A Lecture Introductory To The Course Of The Theory And Practice Of Physic In The Medical Department Of Pennsylvania College, For The Session Of 1847-48. By W. Darrach, M.D., W. Darrach M.D.

Jefferson Biographies

Memoir of George McClellan, M.D.: A Lecture Introductory to the Course of the Theory and Practice of Physic, in the Medical Department of Pennsylvania College, for the Session of 1847-48.