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 Author:  Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813Requires cookie*
 Title:  Travels through life:or an account of sundry incidents and events in the life of Benjamin Rush...written for the use of his children, [1800]     
 Dates:  Circa 1800 
 Abstract:  Benjamin Rush's Travels Through Life is his multi-volume autobiography. This manuscript copy is in his own hand and takes up eight volumes of notebooks. The APS also has another manuscript copy of the work that was written by someone other than Rush, likely in preparation for its publication. Rush wrote the autobiography for his children. The APS published portions of the diary, but segments have not been published. Notations suggest that portions that would be "offensive to surviving relatives" be omitted from publication. Other sections were crossed out but are readable and contain pertinent information. This is especially true on the section where Rush records his thoughts on prominent individuals from the American Revolution.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.R89t 
 Extent:  8 volume(s) 
 Topics:  American Revolution | Early National Politics | Marriage and Family Life | Medicine | Philadelphia History | Social Life and Custom 
 Genre:  Autobiography | Diaries 
 Subjects:  Epidemics -- United States | Indians of North America | Medicine. | Yellow fever -- United States. 
 Author:  Rush, James,1786-1869.Requires cookie*
 Title:  Cards of admission, 1807-1816, to medical lectures     
 Dates:  1807-1816 
 Abstract:  This portion of the James Rush Collection contains photostats of tickets of admission to medical lectures, most of which were held in Scotland.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.R893 
 Extent:  0.25 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Education | Medicine 
 Genre:  Educational Material 
 Subjects:  Lecturers. | Medicine. 
 Author:  Rutty, John,1698-1775.Requires cookie*
 Title:  John Rutty letters, 1732-1774, to William Clark     
 Dates:  1732-1774 
 Abstract:  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.

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 Call #:  Mss.Film.448 
 Extent:  1 microfilm_reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Medicine. | Physicians 
 Author:  Shippen, WilliamRequires cookie*
 Title:  William Shippen prescription book, 1789 Oct. 1-1791 July 10     
 Dates:  1789-1791 
 Abstract:  This single volume appears to record the daily medical appointments William Shippen kept, and, when applicable, the treatment administered.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.Sh61.1 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Medicine 
 Genre:  Business Records and Accounts | Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Medicine. 
 Author:  Thornton, William (1759-1828)Requires cookie*
 Title:  William Thornton papers, [ca. 1741-1804]     
 Dates:  Circa 1741-1804 
 Abstract:  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.

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 Call #:  Mss.Film.724 
 Extent:  6 microfilm_reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Architecture | Medicine. | Society of Friends -- Tortola. 
 Author:  Vaughan, John, 1756-1841Requires cookie*
 Title:  John Vaughan papers, 1768 - Circa 1936     
 Dates:  1768 - Circa 1936 
 Abstract:  The John Vaughan Collection is a large collection that reflects the life of this prominent Philadelphian and active member of the American Philosophical Society. The collection is large, but not as large as the Benjamin Vaughan Collection, the collection of John's brother's papers. John lived in Philadelphia and his correspondence contains information on elite society in this city. It also contains data on the operations of the APS during his lifetime. The collection has been well described and inventoried in MOLE.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.V462 
 Extent:  5 Linear Feet 
 Topics:  Natural history | Philadelphia History | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Family Correspondence | General Correspondence | Institutional Records | Political Correspondence | Scientific Correspondence 
 Subjects:  Medicine. | Planetariums. 
 Author:  Warden, David Bailie (1772-1845)Requires cookie*
 Title:  David Bailie Warden papers, 1797-1851     
 Dates:  1787-1851 
 Abstract:  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.

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 Call #:  Mss.Film.1290 
 Extent:  8 microfilm_reel(s) 
 Genre:  Microfilm Collection 
 Subjects:  Chemistry | Diplomats -- United States. | Medicine. 
 Author:  Wistar, Caspar, 1761-1818Requires cookie*
 Title:  Caspar Wistar commonplace book, 1796-1813     
 Dates:  1796-1813 
 Abstract:  This fascinating commonplace book contains some of Caspar Wistar's thoughts on medicine. Infectious disease is a particularly prominent topic. Wistar offers observations and some theories, noting how "country people" had some immunities that others did not. Wistar discusses the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia and infections on boats, in individuals, and within families. There is also meteorological data from 1758-1765.

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 Call #:  Mss.616.928.W765 
 Extent:  1 volume(s) 
 Topics:  Medicine | Philadelphia History | Science and technology 
 Genre:  Commonplace Book | Educational Material | Meteorological Data | Notebooks | Scientific Data 
 Subjects:  Communicable diseases. | Medicine. | Meteorology -- Observations. | Typhus fever. | Yellow fever. 
 Author:  unknownRequires cookie*
 Title:  George B. (George Bacon) Wood papers, 1815-1913     
 Dates:  1815-1913 
 Abstract:  The George Bacon Wood collection consists primarily of correspondence from George Wood to J.B. Lippincott. Some of the letters are co-signed by Franklin Bache. All of the letters date from 1860 onwards. The only early American materials are various diplomas and certificates from the 1810s and 1820s for Wood. These include a diploma from the University of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and various certificates from places like the Philomathean Society at Penn and medical societies.

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 Call #:  Mss.B.W84 
 Extent:  30 item(s) 
 Topics:  Beyond Early America | Medicine 
 Genre:  Educational Material | Institutional Records 
 Subjects:  Medicine. | Pharmacology. 
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