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Caldwell, George O. (George Otis), 1859 or 60-1905.
Papers, 1884-1894.
1 v. and 9 items (.1 linear ft.) 

1. Notes on surgery by Prof[essor] J. W. Wright, M.D. : 
	Medical Department, Univ[ersity] of N.Y., 
Winter session, 1884-5 /Geo[rge] O. Caldwell, Nashua,
New Hamp[shire], 1884-1887.
1 v. (232 p.)


2.Caldwell, George O. (George Otis), 1859 or 60-1905.
	Autograph letters signed : Central Islip, N.Y., 
to Annie C. Roche, [Scranton, Pa.?], 1891 June 5-1894
Oct. 25.
1 f. (9 items).



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MSS 2/0299-01			Acc. 1993-037


Caldwell, George O. (George Otis), 1859 or 60-1905.
Papers, 1884-1894.
1 v. and 9 items (.1 linear ft.)


Biographical

George O. Caldwell, Scranton, Pa., physician, was born 
in 1859 or 1860 and was a native of Nashua, N.H.  He received an 
M.D. from the Medical Department of the University of the City 
of New York in 1886.  Caldwell appears to have been a member 
of the medical staff at the New York City Lunatic Asylum on 
Ward's Island, and was then transferred to the New York City 
Asylum for the Insane at Central Islip, circa 1889, where he 
remained at least until 1896.  By 1900, he had opened a medical 
practice in Scranton, Pa.  George O. Caldwell died on 18 November 
1905 at Manchester, N.H.


Scope and contents

The collection contains one volume of George O. Caldwell's student 
notes, 1884-1885, on the surgical lectures of J. Williston Wright 
in the Medical Department of the University of the City of New 
York (pp. 1-106), with notes on materia medica (pp. 108-134), 
and an 1887 hospital formulary of 307 recipes (pp. 135-232), 
probably used at the Female Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell's Island. 
 Also included are nine letters, 1891-1894, from Caldwell to 
his fiancee, Annie C. Roche, written while Caldwell was on the 
staff of the New York City Asylum for the Insane at Central 
Islip.  The letters concern his experiences on the staff of 
the asylum, the treatment of insane patients, and personal matters.


Provenance

The notebook and letters of George O. Caldwell were purchased 
by the Historical Collections of the College of Physicians of 
Philadelphia through a gift of the Samuel Lewis Circle from 
Carmen D. Valentino on 15 July 1993.

The collection was processed and catalogued in 1993.


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