MSS 2/0146-04			Acc. 1985-011

ABBE, ROBERT,
 1851-1928,
 collector

Papers from the centenary of the birth of Louis Pasteur,
 1922-1923


Biographical

Robert Waldo Abbe, New York surgeon, was born on 13 April1851. 
He married Catherine Amory Palmer in 1891.  Abbe died of anemia, 
probably related to his work with radium, on 7 March 1928.

Abbe received an A.B. from the College of the City of New York 
in 1870 and an M.D. from the College of Physicians and surgeons 
in New York in 1874.  He then served an internship at St. Luke's 
Hospital, New York.

From 1877 to 1884, Abbe was Attending Surgeon in the outpatient 
Department of New York Hospital.  He was also surgeon at St. 
Luke's Hospital and the Cancer Hospital and attending Surgeon 
at New York Babies' Hospital.  Abbe held positions as Professor 
of Didactic Surgery at the woman's medical College of New York, 
1878-1880, and Professor of surgery at the New York Post Graduate 
Medical School, 18881897.  In 1898, he became Lecturer in Surgery 
at the College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Robert Abbe was known for his pioneering work in intestinal anastomosis, 
spinal surgery, and the use of radium to treat cancer.  He was 
a member of the American surgical association, the International 
Surgical Society, and the New York Surgical Society.  In 1911, 
he became an associate fellow of the College of Physicians of 
Philadelphia.


Scope and contents

This small collection consists of six items pertaining to the 
celebration of the centenary of the birth of Louis Pasteur held 
in Philadelphia on 27 December 1922.  These items were collected 
by Robert Abbe, who delivered an address at the event.  Included 
in the collection is an admission ticket; the seating list for 
the dinner; an announcement of the event; a program and menu; 
a typescript of Abbe's biography of Pasteur with an holograph 
outline and a clipping of Abbe's article, "Pasteur, Man and scientist".

Abbe's typescript biography of Pasteur contains the same text 
as his article, "Pasteur, Man and Scientist".  The article appears 
to have been removed from a publication of the St. 
Luke's Hospital Alumnae Association.  A postscript reveals that 
the piece originally appeared in the New York Times on 22 
January 1923.  This article was written in association with 
the Pasteur Centenary Celebration, but it does not appear to 
be a transcript of the speech Abbe presented at the event.


Provenance

Robert Abbe's collection of papers from the centenary of 
the birth of Louis Pasteur were donated to the historical collections 
of the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia 
by Robert MacKenzie on 7 November 1985.

The collection was cataloged in 1992.


1922-1923
1 folder (6 items)

9/10/1992
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MSS 2/0146-04			Acc. 1985-011

ABBE, ROBERT,
1851-1928,
 collector

Papers from the centenary of the birth of Louis Pasteur,
 1922-1923

	
	1.  Admission ticket, 1922 Dec. 27.	(1 item)	1922
	
	2.  Seating list, 1922 Dec. 27.	(1 item)	1922

	3.  Invitation, 1922 Dec. 27.	(1 item)	1922

	4.  Program/menu, 1922 Dec. 27.	(1 item)	1922

	5.  Abbe, Robert, 1851-1928.
		 Pasteur the man : typescript, [1922 Dec. 27].
		 5 p.
		 Includes holograph outline.
		 (1 item)	[1922]

	6.  Clipping, "Pasteur, man and scientist", [ca. 1923].
		(1 item)  [ca. 1923]


1922-1923
1 folder (6 items)

9/10/1992
wvg