Call no.
10a/16
Acc. 51390-1
(Hirsch
124)
03/22/1910
Carson, Joseph, 1808-1876.
Notes on topics connected with materia medica and therapeutics,
1849 and 1853 / J.
Carson.
2 v.
Biography
Joseph Carson, Philadelphia, Pa., physician and educator, was born on 19 April
1808. He married (1) Mary Goddard, in 1841 and then (2) Sarah Hollingsworth, in
1848, by whom he had four children. Joseph Carson died on 30 December 1876.
After attending the University of Pennsylvania and receiving an A.B. in 1826 and
M.D. in 1830, Carson became a resident at Pennsylvania Hospital. He was a
physician at Pennsylvania Hospital, 1849-1854, professor of materia medica at
the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, 1836-1850, and professor of materia medica
and therapeutics at the University of Pennsylvania, 1850-1876. In 1869, he
published A History of the Medical Department of the University of
Pennsylvania. Joseph Carson became a Fellow of the College of Physicians of
Philadelphia in 1838 and was also a member of the Philadelphia Medical Society,
the Academy of Natural Sciences, and the American Philosophical Society.
Scope and Contents
Two volumes of notes mainly consisting of obstetrical case records from 1849 and
1853, with additional notes on cases involving urine analysis, and general notes
on cinchona, leukorrhea, and fevers. Many pages in both volumes are blank. Loose
leaves of misc. notes and an 1838 issue of the London Medical Gazette are
inserted at the end of volume two, which also contains a brief index to the set.
Provenance
Source unknown.
1849 and 1853.
2 v.
08/11/2000
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Call no.
10a/16
Acc. 51390-1
(Hirsch
124)
03/22/1910
Carson, Joseph, 1808-1876.
Notes on topics connected with materia medica and therapeutics,
1849 and 1853 / J.
Carson.
2 v.
Vol.
1
Contains notes for his introductory lecture to materia medica; obstetrical case
notes from 1849 reported
before the College in 1856; autopsy report on Prof. J.B. Rogers; case notes on a
variety of disease from
1853; and notes on cases from 1849 involving urine analysis. Many blank pages.
2
Contains notes on explanations of urine analysis findings; cinchona; leukorrhea;
yellow fever; and Baglivi on
fevers, with index at end. Many blank pages. Loose leaves of misc. notes and an
1838 issue of the London
Medical Gazette inserted at end..
1849 and 1853.
2 v.
08/11/2000
lg