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Syllabus Of The Course Of Lectures Of The Principles And Practice Of Surgery, Delivered In The Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia By Thomas D. Mütter, M.D. [Interleaved With Student Notes By Thomas Sydenham Reed], Thomas Dent Mütter, Thomas S. Reed
Syllabus Of The Course Of Lectures Of The Principles And Practice Of Surgery, Delivered In The Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia By Thomas D. Mütter, M.D. [Interleaved With Student Notes By Thomas Sydenham Reed], Thomas Dent Mütter, Thomas S. Reed
Medical Student and Faculty Lecture Notes
1843 syllabus from the lectures of Thomas Dent Mütter, interleaved with notes from 1846 JMC graduate Thomas Sydenham Reed. Includes sections on Club Foot, Spasm of the Muscles, and other topics related to surgery. 256 pages.
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
Medical Student and Faculty Lecture Notes
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, …