Found 11 collections related to Physicians

Samuel Thompson (1738-1811) was a farmer and physician of Setauket, Long Island, New York. Collection consists of Thompson's diaries with transcripts and some family papers. Diaries, 1800-1808, chronicle events in the life of Thompson's family and neighbors in Brookhaven Township and Suffolk County. Family papers, 1710-1858, include wills, bills of sale for slaves and indentures for servants, land deeds, estate inventories, and letters. Family papers contain photograph of Thompson's house and lists of other family documents. less

Howard Townsend (1823-1867) was a lecturer at the Albany Medical College in Albany, New York. Included are manuscripts of forty-seven medical lectures delivered by Dr. Townsend to the students of the Albany Medical College, ca.1860-1865, and an introductory address to the class of 1865. The lectures consist of a series of twenty-five on physiology (three are missing) and another series of twenty-five on materia medica and other medical topics. less

John Wakefield Francis (1789-1861) was a physician who co-founded the New York Academy of Medicine. He served as the second president of the Academy, taught at Bellevue Hospital, wrote medical texts, and edited professional journals. Collection consists of correspondence, financial papers, writings, by-laws and minutes, and related papers of Francis and others. Incoming correspondence, 1809-1861, from colleagues, friends and family members and outgoing correspondence, 1808-1860, contain letters of recommendation, petitions and accounts of medical cases. Correspondence of others includes letters to Francis's associates and family members. Financial documents, 1798-1851, are accounts, receipts, receipt books, checks, and collection notices. Writings are speeches, lectures and notes of Francis and others. Also, minutes and by-laws, 1807-1810, of the Medical and Surgical Society of the University of New York State; and printed material. less

Diary of New York physician John Clarkson Jay, Jr., son of John Clarkson Jay and great-grandson of first Supreme Court Justice John Jay. Brief entries of daily routine; attendance at hospital on Randall's Island, N.Y.; received degree of M.D. from College of Physicians and Surgeons; passage to Liverpool; sightseeing in Europe; to Vienna and matriculation at the University; etc less

Lewis Henry Steiner (1827-1892) was an American physician and librarian. He helped to organize the Maryland College of Pharmacy where he held the chair in chemistry. During the Civil War he was an inspector for the United States Sanitary Commission. He was appointed in 1884 librarian of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, a post he held until 1892. The bulk of the collection consists of letters addressed to Steiner chiefly in his capacity as inspector of the United States Sanitary Commission in Maryland. Most are from officials of the Sanitary Commission and concern inspection reports, medical and health conditions of troops, furnishing of hospital supplies, and related matters. A few letters are from soldiers and their relatives requesting help. Accompanying the letters is a folder of miscellaneous documents including accounts of stock and memoranda. less

Letters from physicians of New England and others relating to the practice of medicine, natural history, and related topics. Also concerns proceedings of various New Hampshire town meetings for elections of U.S. senators and representatives. About 80 pieces less

Thomas Windsor (1832-1910) was a physician of Manchester, England. Collection consists of catalog of Windsor's private library, notes of lectures on political economy, and transcripts of medical examinations given at various universities in Great Britain. less

Theodric Romeyn Beck (1791-1855) was a physician in New York. Collection consists of letters from educators, scientists, historians, physicians, jurists, and others in the United States and England, relating to medical jurisprudence, regulation of practice in various states, affairs of the Albany Academy, the New York State Board of Regents, and personal matters. less

David-Parsons Holton, M.D., was a founding member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. His papers contain correspondence, notebooks, genealogical research files, and ephemera documenting his research as a genealogist tracing the history and genealogy of the Parsons and Holton families, his experiences in Paris and Berlin in the 1850s, and his participation in a variety of historical, patriotic, educational, and philanthropic societies. less