Call no. 10a/52                                                                                                                                                 Acc. 51441
(Hirsch 70)                                                                                                                                                       03/23/1910



Bisbé, Joseph J.
   Report of two hundred and eighteen anomalies found in the anatomical rooms of the University of Pennsylvania with  
   eighty-four illustrations and a general statement of their average frequency, [1875-1876] / presented to the Demonstrator of 
   Anatomy, Dr. Lenox Hodge, by Joseph J. Bisbé.
   1 v.


Biography

Joseph J. Bisbé, of Santiago, Cuba, received his M.D. from the Medical Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1876. His thesis topic was transfusion of the blood. He was awarded the Anatomical Prize at Commencement for his presentation of surgical anomalies. In 1922 he resided in Havana, Cuba. No further information about Dr. Bisbé could be located.

H. Lenox Hodge was born in Philadelphia on 30 July 1836 to Hugh L. and Margaret (Aspinall) Hodge. He married Harriet Roosevelt on 7 Jan. 1869. Hodge died on 16 June 1881 in Philadelphia. He received his A.B. in 1855, and A.M. and M.D. in 1858 from the University of Pennsylvania. After graduating, he was a Resident Physician at the Pennsylvania Hospital (1858-1860). Hodge set up private practice in Philadelphia in 1860, eventually specializing in surgery and the diseases of women. During the Civil War, Hodge served as a Surgeon to Satterlee Hospital in Philadelphia (1862). He was a member of the Pa. Reserve Corps of Surgeons, and was Pension Surgeon to the U.S. Sanitary Commission. A gifted speaker, Hodge was quite successful as a private lecturer on operative surgery. Together with Drs. Bolling and J. Cheston Morris, he founded a quiz association for medical students in 1861. It became know as the Medical Institute, a namesake of Dr. Chapman’s organization, and lasted until 1872. Hodge served as a Demonstrator of Surgery (1861-1863) at the University of Pennsylvania. In 1864 he became Surgeon to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The success of the Medical Institute prompted his appointment as Demonstrator of Anatomy (1870-1881) in the University of Pennsylvania. In 1872 he helped found the Presbyterian Hospital, and served as its first Surgeon. Hodge was a member of the American Medical Association, Philadelphia County Medical Society, Philadelphia Obstetrical Society, and Philadelphia Pathological Society (President, 1876-1879). He was elected to the Fellowship of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in April 1863.

Scope and Contents

One volume of illustrations and descriptions of anatomical anomalies found in the dissecting rooms of the University of Pennsylvania during the academic session 1875-1876. Depictions of the anomalous and normal states are drawn side by side. Each description mentions the name of the dissector, if known. Prominent dissectors include Profs. Lenox Hodge and Joseph Leidy.

Provenance

Given to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia on 20 May 1896 by Mr. Hugh Lenox Hodge. With the bookplate of H. Lenox Hodge, M.D.





[1875-1876].
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