BOOK
Title:
Obituary notices of Caspar Wistar and notices of eulogia in his honor; 1818
Publication:
Notes:
Newspaper clippings.
Call #:
B W76C
Extent:
13 items ; Various sizes.
Subjects:
Subject
IMAGE
Title:
Caspar Wistar
Creator:
Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872
Publication:
s.n, S.l, 1830.
Notes:
After a portrait by Bass Otis, 1817.
Call #:
FAP 127
Extent:
1 painting: oil on canvas, 30 in. x 25 1/8 in.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
The Wistar-Wister family; a Pennsylvania family's contributions toward American cultural development
Parent:
Pennsylvania history, v.20, no.2
Creator:
Rubincam, Milton, 1909-
Publication:
Philadelphia, 1952.
Call #:
974.8 P412 V.20, NO.2
Extent:
p.142-164 : illus. ; octavo.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
Caspar Wistar on Depression, 1786: an eighteenth century psychiatric M.D. dissertation
Parent:
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Transactions & Studies, 4th ser., v.31, no.4
Creator:
Sharpe, William D. (William Donald), 1927-
Publication:
College of Physicians of Philadelphia, Baltimore, 1964.
Call #:
610.6 C685T SER.4 V.31, NO.4
Extent:
p.299-306 ; octavo.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
Life of the Honourable William Tilghman: late chief justice of the State of Pennsylvania
Creators:
Golder, John | Binney, Horace, 1780-1875 | Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 | Tilghman, William, 1756-1827
Publication:
Printed by Thomas Town, for the author, Philadelphia, 1829.
Notes:
Appendix (p. [71]-148): An eulogium in commemoration of Doctor Caspar Wistar, late president of the American philosophical society ... by the Hon. William Tilghman ... 1818; An address delivered before the Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. By the Hon. William Tilghman ... 1820.
Call #:
PNE 68 G56L
Extent:
148 p. : front. (port.) ; 21 1/2 cm.
Subjects:
PAMPHLET
Title:
An eulogium in commemoration of Doctor Caspar Wistar, late President of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for Promoting Useful Knowledge: delivered before the Society, pursuant to their appointment, in the German Lutheran Church in Fourth Street, in the city of Philadelphia, on the 11th day of March, 1818
Creators:
Tilghman, William, 1756-1827 | American Philosophical Society
Publication:
Published by E. Earle, Philadelphia, 1818
Notes:
"Published by order."
Call #:
B W76t
Extent:
47 p. ; 21 cm.
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
Why is it spelled wisteria
Parent:
Frontiers, v.11, no.1
Creator:
Carter, Annette.
Publication:
Philadelphia, 1946.
Call #:
506.73 AC1F, V.11, NO.1
Extent:
p.5-6 : port. ; quarto.
BOOK
Title:
Sketch of the Wistar Party of Philadelphia: Being a reprint of the edition of 1846 with a continuation to the present time. (Printed for the members only.)
Creator:
Tyson, Job R. (Job Roberts), 1803-1858
Publication:
Philadelphia, 1898.
Notes:
Prepared by Job R. Tyson.
Call #:
367 T98
Extent:
23 p. : port. ; quarto.
PAMPHLET
Title:
Caspar Wistar, Junior
Creator:
Middleton, William S., 1890-1975
Publication:
Paul B. Hoeber, New York, 1922.
Notes:
Reprinted from Annals of medical history, v.4, no.1. Bibliography -- p.76.
Call #:
920 Pam. v.49, no.2
Extent:
p. 64-76 : ill., port. ; 29 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Life of the Honourable William Tilghman: late chief justice of the state of Pennsylvania
Creators:
Golder, John | Binney, Horace, 1780-1875 | Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844
Publication:
The author, Philadelphia, 1829.
Notes:
Appendix (p. [71]-148): An eulogium in commemoration of doctor Caspar Wistar, late president of the American philosophical society ... by the Hon. William Tilghman ... 1818; an address delivered before the Philadelphia society for promoting agriculture. By the Hon. William Tilghman ... 1820. Printed by Thomas Town.
Call #:
B T45g
Extent:
148 p. : port. ; 21 cm.
Subjects:
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1837
Abstract:
This inventory includes a complete listing of goods in Wistar's home, as well as in his anatomical museum and library.
Call #:
MSS.Temp6.Misc Ms
Extent:
1 volume(s)
Subjects:
PAMPHLET
Title:
Early men of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania
Alt. Title:
Antiques
Publication:
New York, 1966.
Notes:
In Antiques, v.89, no.4.
Call #:
973 PAM. NO.393
Extent:
p.506 : ports. ; quarto.
Subjects:
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1918
Abstract:
These tributes were read at the American Philosophical Society on the centenary of Wistar's death. Included are tributes by Isaac M. Hays, "Caspar Wistar as a Citizen and Philosopher," and George A. Piersol, "Dr. Caspar Wistar as a Human Anatomist."
Call #:
Mss.B.W76a
Extent:
1 volume(s)
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
The Wistar Party and the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Parent:
College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Transactions & Studies, ser.4., v.39, no.3
Creator:
McDaniel, W. B. (Walton Brooks), 1897-1975
Publication:
Baltimore, 1972.
Notes:
References to Benjamin Franklin.
Call #:
610.6 C685T SER.4, V.39, NO.3
Extent:
p.164-167 ; octavo.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
The Swingfeltiad; or, A new and easy method of obtaining medical fame; particularly addresses to the younger fry of Esculapius, who are about to establish themselves, either in town or country
Publication:
S.l, n.d.]
Call #:
973 C683 NO.438 C.2
Extent:
Broadside ; 11 x 17.
Subjects:
BOOK
Title:
The Swingfeltiad; or, A new and easy method of obtaining medical fame; particularly addresses to the younger fry of Esculapius, who are about to establish themselves, either in town or country
Publication:
S.l, n.d.]
Call #:
973 C683 NO.438 C.1
Extent:
Broadside ; 11 x 17.
Subjects:
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1791-1840
Abstract:
This collection consists almost entirely of letters, mostly written by Jefferson, to various people. The largest portion of the letters are from Jefferson to Louis Hue Girardin concerning the latter's work in completing The history of Virginia: from its first settlement to the present day, Volume 4 . Of particular interest is Jefferson's notes on his colleges' role in that history, including the plot to establish a dictator of Virginia. The letters to Girardin also include discussions of plants, the building of the University of Virginia, and books.
Call #:
Mss.B.J35.Le
Extent:
63 item(s)
Subjects:
ANALYTIC
Title:
The beginnings of vertebrate paleontology in North America
Parent:
American Philosophical Society. Proceedings, v.86, no.1
Creators:
Simpson, George Gaylord, 1902-1984 | American Philosophical Society
Publication:
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia, Pa, 1942.
Notes:
From Symposium on the Early History of Science and Learning in America ... February 1942. Contains bibliography.
Call #:
506.73 Am4p v.86, no.1
Extent:
p.130-188 : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 27 cm.
Subjects:
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
Circa 1781-1809
Abstract:
These volumes contain notes from lectures taken by Wistar and lectures given by Wistar. Subjects include bones, teeth, amputation, and midwifery.
Call #:
Mss.610.4.W76
Extent:
4 volume(s)
Subjects:
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION
Dates:
1813-1867
Abstract:
These letters are principally to his brother John Cleaves Short, on personal, family, and general topics.
Call #:
Mss.B.Sh81
Extent:
0.25 Linear feet
Subjects:
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