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Acc. 71828
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10/06/1908
Henry, Frederick P. (Frederick Porteous), 1844-1919.
Notes, 1865-1866 / by Dr. Frederick P. Henry.
1 v.
Biography
Frederick Porteous Henry was born on 21 July 1844 in Middlesex County, N.J. He
married Josephine B. Nancrede of Philadelphia, Pa., on 24 November 1869. He died
in Philadelphia on 24 May 1919.
As a child Henry was educated at the West Jersey Collegiate School in Mt. Holly,
N.J., as well as schools in Dresden, Germany and Tours, France. He enrolled at
Princeton University, but did not graduate. He received his M.D. in 1868 from
the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York and moved to Philadelphia to
set up private practice.
Henry held the position of Physician to Episcopal Hospital (1874-1888) and
Philadelphia General Hospital (1888-1918), as well as Consulting Physician to
Woman’s Medical Hospital (1891-1917). He was Professor of Pathology and
Microscopy (1882-1885) and Professor of Clinical Medicine (1885) at the
Philadelphia Polyclinic Institute.
As a writer, Henry contributed to medical journals with articles on trophic
disorders and the history of medicine.
Henry was an active member of the Pathological Society of Philadelphia and the
Philadelphia County Medical Society. He was elected a Fellow of the College of
Physicians on 4 June 1884 and served as Honorary Librarian for almost thirty
years (1890-1919).
Austin Flint, physician, was born in Petersham, Massachusetts on 12 October 1812
to Joseph Henshaw Flint. He married Anne Skillings of Boston in 1835. Dr. Flint
died 13 March 1886 in New York City. Flint received his M.D. in 1833 from
Harvard. He set up private practice in Boston for three years and in 1836 moved
to Buffalo, N.Y. From 1844-1845 he taught clinical medicine at the Rush Medical
College in Chicago, but returned to Buffalo where he founded and taught at the
Buffalo Medical College (1847-1852). In 1852 Flint moved to Louisville,
Kentucky, where he accepted the Chair of Clinical Medicine at the University of
Louisville (1852-1856). He then returned to Buffalo, but spent the winters from
1858-1861 in New Orleans teaching at the New Orleans Medical College and
attending patients at the Charity Hospital. In 1859 Flint moved permanently to
New York City where he taught at the Long Island Medical College from 1861-1868
and at Bellevue Hospital from 1861 to 1886. A prolific writer, Flint founded and
edited the Buffalo Medical Journal (1846-1856). His most impressive text
was A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Medicine (1869). Flint
was known for his reliance upon statistical and clinical data for treatment and
the use of instruments, notably the stethoscope, for diagnosis. Flint served as
President of the New York Academy of Medicine (1873) and the American Medical
Association (1883-1884). Dr. Flint was elected a Fellow of the College of
Physicians of Philadelphia on 1 Jan. 1868.
Scope and Contents
One volume containing notes divided into two sections: clinical cases ([38] p.)
and lectures ([90] p.). Notes dated 18 Oct.-22 Dec. 1865 cover cases presented
by Drs. Clarke, Willard Parker, Thomas Masters Markoe, and Thomas at the College
of Physicians and Surgeons. Notes dated 6-30 Mar. 1866 cover medical cases
presented by Dr. Austin Flint and one surgical case presented by Dr. Joseph
Hutchinson at the Long Island College Hospital. Medical lectures include anatomy
by Dr. Robert Watts, and lectures by Dr. Flint on pneumonia, pleurisy,
bronchitis, emphysema, and cholera.
Provenance
Given to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia by the author.
1865-1866.
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