MSS 2/0155-01 Acc. 1990-126-01
LEIDY FAMILY
Lecture admission cards and related material,
1830-1866
Fol. Ser.
1 1. NAPOLEON B. LEIDY
1.1 University of Pennsylvania: Academic session 1830-1831
1. William Gibson on surgery, 1 November 1830
(1 item) 1830
2. Philip Syng Physick and William E. Horner
on practical anatomy, 1830-1831 (1 item) [1830]
1.2 University of Pennsylvania: Academic session 1831-1832
3. William Gibson on surgery, 1 November 1831
(1 item) 1831
4. John Redman Coxe on materia medica and
pharmacy, 12 November 1831 (1 item) 1831
5. Alms House permit to attend practice
in medical and surgical wards,
16 November 1831 (1 item) 1831
6. Nathaniel Chapman on the institutes and
practice of medicine and clinical
practice, November 1831-1832 (1 item) [1831]
7. Robert Hare on chemistry,
November 1831-1832 (1 item) [1831]
1.3 University of Pennsylvania: Academic session 1832-1833
8. Thomas C. James on midwifery,
7 November 1832 (1 item) 1832
9. William E. Horner on anatomy,
7 November 1832 (1 item) 1832
10. Robert Hare on chemistry,
November 1832 (1 item) 1832
11. Nathaniel Chapman on the institutes and
practice of medicine and clinical
practice, November 1832-1833 (1 item) [1832]
Fol. Ser.
2 2. THOMAS LEIDY (1825-1870)
2.1 Philadelphia College of Pharmacy: Academic session
1843-1844
1. Matriculation card, 1843-1844 (1 item) [1843]
2. Joseph Carson on materia medica and
pharmacy, 11 November 1843 (1 item) 1843
3. Robert Bridges on general and pharmaceutic
chemistry, 1843-1844 (1 item) [1843]
2.2 Philadelphia College of Pharmacy: Academic session,
1844-1845
4. Joseph Carson on materia medica and
pharmacy, [1844-1845] (1 item) [1844?]
5. Robert Bridges on general and pharmaceutic
chemistry, 1844-1845 (1 item) [1844]
3 3. PHILIP LEIDY (1839-1891)
3.1 University of Pennsylvania: Academic session 1856-1857
1. Matriculation card, 7 October 1856
(1 item) 1856
2. Joseph Leidy on anatomy, October 1856
(1 item) 1856
3. Joseph Carson on materia medica and
pharmacy, 1856-1857 (1 item) [1856]
4. R. E. Rogers on chemistry, 1856-1857
(1 item) [1856]
5. Card, [ca. 1856] (1 item) [ca.1856]
3.2 University of Pennsylvania: Academic session 1857-1858
6. Matriculation card, 25 October 1857
(1 item) 1857
7. Samuel Jackson on the institutes of
medicine, 14 October 1857 (1 item) 1857
8. George B. Wood on the theory and practice
of medicine, 14 October 1857 (1 item) 1857
9. Joseph Leidy on anatomy, October 1857
(1 item) 1857
10. Joseph Carson on materia medica and
pharmacy, 1857-1858 (1 item) [1857]
11. Hugh L. Hodge on obstetrics and the
diseases of women and children,
1857-1858 (1 item) [1857]
Fol. Ser.
3 3.2 12. Joseph Leidy on practical anatomy,
1857-1858 (1 item) [1857]
13. Medical examinations on materia medica
and chemistry by John H. Packard
and J. Cheston Morris, 1857-1858
(1 item) [1857]
14. R. E. Rogers on chemistry, 1857-1858
(1 item) [1857]
15. Henry H. Smith on surgery, 1857-1858
(1 item) [1857]
3.3 University of Pennsylvania: Academic session 1858-1859
16. Matriculation card, 28 September 1858
(1 item) 1858
17. Joseph Leidy on anatomy, October 1858
(1 item) 1858
18. Samuel Jackson on the institutes of
medicine, 3 November 1858 (1 item) 1858
19. George B. Wood on the theory and practice
of medicine, 3 November 1858 (1 item) 1858
20. Joseph Leidy on practical anatomy,
[9 November 1858] (1 item) [1858]
21. Joseph Carson on materia medica and
pharmacy, 1858-1859 (1 item) [1858]
22. Hugh L. Hodge on obstetrics and the
diseases of women and children,
1858-1859 (1 item) [1858]
23. R. E. Rogers on chemistry, 1858-1859
(1 item) [1858]
24. Henry H. Smith on surgery, 1858-1859
(1 item) [1858]
25. Admission ticket for clinical lectures
at Philadelphia Hospital,
5 January 1859 (1 item) 1859
26. Permit to attend the practice of
Philadelphia Hospital, 5 January 1859
(1 item) 1859
27. Admission card to medical examinations,
[1859?] (1 item) [1859?]
3.4 University of Pennsylvania: Academic session 1859-1860
28. Matriculation card, 11 October 1859
(1 item) 1859
3.5 University of Pennsylvania: Academic session 1861-1862
29. Matriculation card, October 1861
(1 item) 1861
Fol. Ser.
3.6 University of Pennsylvania: Academic session 1865-1866
30. Matriculation card, 14 August 1865
(1 item) 1865
3.7 University of Pennsylvania Auxiliary Faculty
of Medicine: Academic session, 1866
31. Admission card, 1866 (1 item) 1866
1830-1866
(47 items)
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MSS 2/0155-01 Acc. 1990-126-01
LEIDY FAMILY
Lecture admission cards and related material,
1830-1866
Biographical
Napoleon Bonaparte Leidy, who was a cousin of Joseph Leidy (1823-1891),
received an M.D. from the Medical Department of the University
of Pennsylvania in 1833. He was a physician and druggist in
Philadelphia.
Thomas Leidy, the younger brother of Joseph Leidy, was born
in 1825. He received a Ph.G. from the Philadelphia College
of Pharmacy in 1845. Thomas Leidy died on 27 April 1870.
Philip Leidy, born in 1839, was a half brother of Joseph Leidy.
Leidy received an M.D. from the Medical Department of the University
of Pennsylvania in 1859. From 1885 to 1890, he was a Fellow
of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Philip Leidy
died on 1 May 1891.
Scope and contents
This collection of Leidy family material contains lecture admission
cards and related material, 1830-1866, from the medical educations
of Napoleon B. Leidy and Philip Leidy at the University of Pennsylvania
and the pharmaceutical education of Thomas Leidy at the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy. The collection includes several cards
for postgraduate courses taken by Philip Leidy at the University.
Lecturers at the University of Pennsylvania include: Joseph Carson,
Nathaniel Chapman, John Redman Coxe, William Gibson, Robert
Hare, Hugh L. Hodge, William E. Horner, Samuel Jackson, Thomas
C. James, Joseph Leidy, Philip Syng Physick, Robert E. Rogers,
Henry H. Smith, and George Bacon Wood.
Lecturers at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy are Joseph Carson
and Robert Bridges.
Provenance
The collection of Leidy family lecture admission cards was donated
to the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
as part of a larger gift by Joseph Leidy IV through George D.
Gammon in September 1946. The collection of Leidy manuscript
material was removed from Rosehill, the home of Philip Leidy,
in Penllyn, Pennsylvania.
The collection was processed and catalogued in 1990.
1830-1866
(47 items)
11/6/1990
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