The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library

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Documenting #COVIDPHL at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia image
Documenting #COVIDPHL at The College of Physicians…
The form of the thoracic cavity, and the position of the lungs, heart, and larger bloodvessels
The form of the thoracic cavity, and the position…
A representation of the mediastinum
A representation of the mediastinum
A handwritten certificate of commission to a loyalist surgeon in the army of the English colony of Rhode Island from Henry Ward, Secretary of the General Assembly three weeks after the Lexington-Concord battle, 1775
A handwritten certificate of commission to a…
Autographed letter from Dr. Carlos Finlay requesting an opportunity to meet with the members of the Academy of Sciences in Havana, 1878
Autographed letter from Dr. Carlos Finlay…
One of the earliest handwritten Colonial medical documents: A 1709 handwritten medical bill for services performed, including bloodletting, by Dr. Samuel Law from Concord, Massachusetts
One of the earliest handwritten Colonial medical…
Congressional list of physicians and surgeons to serve in the Continental Army
Congressional list of physicians and surgeons to…
Letter from Dr. William Shippen, Continental Army Director of Hospitals, appointing David Townsend, MD, to command the Army Hospital at Fishkill, New York, in 1780
Letter from Dr. William Shippen, Continental Army…
Revolutionary War-era document of a smallpox meeting at Johnston, Rhode Island, 1776, deciding to quarantine infected townspeople in their homes
Revolutionary War-era document of a smallpox…
William J. Shippen, Jr., 1736 - 1808
William J. Shippen, Jr., 1736 - 1808
Selectmen of Raynham, Massachusetts vote that there should be an inoculating hospitals in the houses of three inhabitants, with Dr. David Cobb as physician
Selectmen of Raynham, Massachusetts vote that…
Averroës, <em>Colliget</em>, and Avenzoar, <em>Taisir</em>, texts on medicine, late 13th century illuminated manuscript on vellum
Averroës, Colliget, and Avenzoar, Taisir, texts…
A detailed handwritten invoice 1761-1765 for medical care from Dr. Thomas Cadwalader, a founding father of Philadelphia medicine, early inoculator, and co-founder of the Pennsylvania Hospital
A detailed handwritten invoice 1761-1765 for…
Generals George Washington and Horatio Gates plan troop movements due to smallpox infection in 1777
Generals George Washington and Horatio Gates plan…
Inoculation for the smallpox by Dr. John Bond at the Pest House in Hampstead, New Hampshire, in 1794
Inoculation for the smallpox by Dr. John Bond at…