Joseph Carson letters, 1789-1858

Mss.Film.1116

Date: 1789-1858 | Size: 1 microfilm_reel(s)

Abstract

These letters of American Philosophical Society members and prominent early American scientists were selected from Carson's extra-illustrated draft of "A History of the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania" (Philadelphia, 1869).

Background note

Physician Joseph Carson taught medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The College of Philadelphia's Medical School, founded in 1765, became known as the University of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Medicine In 1779.

Collection Information

Physical description

1 microfilm reel. Reproduced at the American Philosophical Society Library, 1962.

Provenance

Location of originals:

Originals in College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

Early American History Note

This is a microfilm of an early American collection that may be of interest to researchers at the APS and may complement an original manuscript collection at the APS.

Indexing Terms


Corporate Name(s)

  • American Philosophical Society. Membership
  • University of Pennsylvania. Dept. of Medicine - Faculty

Genre(s)

  • Microfilm Collection

Occupation(s)

  • Scientists.

Personal Name(s)

  • Alison, Francis, 1705-1779
  • Bard, John, 1716-1799
  • Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815
  • Bond, Thomas, 1712-1784
  • Carson, Joseph, 1808-1876
  • Clayton, John, 1686-1773
  • Colden, Cadwallader, 1688-1776
  • Collinson, Peter, 1694-1768
  • Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839
  • Currie, William, 1754-1828
  • Darlington, William, 1782-1863
  • Fothergill, John, 1712-1780
  • Hewson, William, 1739-1774
  • McClurg, James, 1747-1823
  • Middleton, Peter, 1752-1781
  • Mitchill, Samuel L. (Samuel Latham), 1764-1831
  • Nuttall, Thomas, 1786-1859
  • Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804
  • Ramsay, David, 1749-1815
  • Smith, William, 1727-1803
  • Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818

Subject(s)

  • Medical education -- United States.
  • Medicine
  • Physicians