MSS 3/0005			Acc.1989-54

SYDENHAM MEDICAL COTERIE
Records,
1870-1980


Box	Ser.	

 1	 1	ORGANIZATIONAL RECORDS, 1870-1896

		 1.	Constitution	1870-1873
			 and "black list"	(1 volume)    [1873-1896]

	 2.	PROCEEDINGS AND FINANCIAL RECORDS, 1870-1944

		 1.	Minutes	1870-1881
			 and cash book	(1 volume)	1870-1877;1880-1881
		 2.  Minutes	1881-1902
			 and cash book	(1 volume)	1894-1898
		 3.	Minutes	(1 volume)	1902-1923
		 4.	Minutes [disbound]	(2 folders)	1923-1932
 2		 5.	Minutes [disbound]	(2 folders)	1932-1935
  		 6.	Minutes [disbound]	(1 folder)	1936-1938
		 7.	Minutes [disbound]	(1 folder)	1938-1939
		 8.	Minutes [disbound]	(1 folder)	1940-1944

	 3.	SECRETARY'S FILES, 1896-1980

		 1.	1896; 1920-1927	(1 folder)
		 2.	1930-1932	(1 folder)
		 3.	1933-1934	(1 folder)
		 4.	1935		(1 folder)
		 5.	1936		(1 folder)
		 6.	1937		(1 folder)
		 7.	1938		(1 folder)
		 8.	1939		(1 folder)
		 9.	1940		(1 folder)
		10.	1941		(1 folder)
		11.	1942		(1 folder)
		12.	1943		(1 folder)
		13.	1944		(1 folder)
		14.	1951-1959	(1 folder)
		15.	1960-1969	(1 folder)
 3		16.	1970-1975	(1 folder)
 		17.	1976-1979	(1 folder)
		18.	1980		(1 folder)
		19.	Schedules of meetings
			[printed]	(1 folder)	1924-1936

 3	 4	PAPERS DELIVERED TO THE COTERIE, 1896-1946

		Codman, Charles A.E.

		 1."Heliotherapy", (6 p.).	(1 folder)	1925-11-17
		 2."Relaxed, weak, and flat feet",
			(6 p).	(1 folder)	1927-05-31
		 3."A few remarks concerning
			cancer", (6 p.).	(1 folder)	1932-05-17
		 4."Cardio vascular disease", 
			(7 p.).	(1 folder)	1936-03-17
		 5."Geriatrics (diseases of old 
			age) [abstract], (3 p.).	(1 folder)	1940-05-21


		Doane, Joseph C.

		 1."A review of two hundred cases
			encountered in a general 
			ward service" [abstract],
			(3 p.).	(1 folder)    [1938-05-17]
		 2."Thrombosis with special
			reference to the development
			and clinical use of heparin",
			(12 p.).	(1 folder)    [1940-01-15]

		Dorsett, Rae S.

		 1."Here and there in thirty years'
			practice", (9 p.), and draft,
			(8 p.).	(1 folder)    [1933-12-19]
		 2."Memories of the world war",
			(28 p.). Includes copy.	(1 folder)    [1932-02-16]
		 3.[History of the Sydenham Medical
			Coterie], (7 p.).	(1 folder)    [1935-05-21]
		 4."Recollections of practice",
			(23 p.).	(1 folder)	n.d.

		Fisher, John M.

		 1."The clinical significance of
			leucorrhoea", (17 p.).	(1 folder)	1924-02-19
		 2."Doctors in the courts with
			special reference to their
			attitude as professional
			witnesses in gynecological
			cases", (12 p.).	(1 folder)    [1926-12-20]
		 3."Pathologic conditions the 
			result of a physiologic
			process", (10 p.).	(1 folder)	1931-03-17
		 4."The primary responsibility of
			women of intelligence",
			(18 p.).	(1 folder)	1932-11-15
		 5."Science and the virgin birth",
			(9 p.).		(1 folder)	1934-04-17
		 6."People and practical
			eugenics", (14 p.).	(1 folder)	1934-05-15

		Krusen, Wilmer

		 1."Present day problems", (3 p.).	(1 folder)	1928-01-17
		 2."Philosophical reflections on
			modern medical trends", 
			(8 p.).	(1 folder)    [1932-12-20]

		Maier, F. Hurst

		 1."Conception control: a problem
			of today", (15 p.). Includes
			abstract, (3 p.).	(1 folder)    [1928-03-20]

		McKee, James H.

		 1."Meningo myelo encephalitis",
			(15 p.).	(1 folder)    [1928-05-22]
		 2."Pediatric peaks of old", 
			(7 p.).		(1 folder)    [1930-03-18]
		 3."Dentitio difficilis", (16 p.).	(1 folder)    [1931-12-15]
		 4."Recent advances in our 
			knowledge of poliomyelitis",
			(14 p.).	(1 folder)    [1933-05-16]
		 5."The common infectious diseases
			of childhood", (12 p.).		(1 folder)    [1935-03-19]

		Nassau, Charles F.

		 1."Injection of varicose veins",
			(12 p.).	(1 folder)	1930-12-16
		 2."Some aspects of appendicitis",
			(11 p.).	(1 folder)	1935-12-17

 	 	Radcliffe, McCluney

		 1."Conjunctivitis", (5 p.).	(1 folder)    [1896-04-21]
		 2."Strabismus", (5 p.).	(1 folder)    [1903-04-21]
		 3."Ocular diseases in general
			practice", (10 p.)	(1 folder)    [1906-01-16?]
		 4."Tuberculosis of the eye",
			(9 p.).  Includes two drafts,
			(4 p.) and (5 p.).	(1 folder)    [1911-05-21]
		 5."Glaucoma and the newer
			operations for its
 			treatment", (10 p.).	(1 folder)    [1914-01-20]
		 6.[Introductions at Medical Club
			reception], (4 p.).	(1 folder)	1915-04
		 7."Eye strain neuroses", (8 p.).	(1 folder)    [1920-02-17]
		 8."Industrial eye accidents and
			their prevention", (9 p.).	(1 folder)	1926-11-16
		 9."Malingering in eye patients 
			and its detection", (5 p.).
			Includes two drafts.	(1 folder)    [1930-02-18]
	     10.[History of Sydenham Medical
			Coterie], (8 p.). Includes
			copy, (6 p.).	(1 folder)	1930-10-21;1935-12-16
	     11."A case of lupus of the eyelid
			treated with a Thiersch
			graft" [abstract], (2 p.).	(1 folder)	n.d.
	     12."Retinitis albuminurica",
			(5 p.).	(1 folder)	n.d.
	     13."An unusual case of mental
			disease", (4 p.).	(1 folder)	n.d.

		Robinson, William Duffield

		 1."Medicine in the world war",
			(21 p.).	(1 folder)    [1923-11-20]

		Scheffey, Lewis C.

		 1."The use and abuse of hormonal
			therapy and hormonal
			substances", (10 p.).	(1 folder)    [1945-05-08]

		Stokes, Joseph, Jr.

		 1."Viral hepatitis" [abstract],
			(1 p.).	(1 folder)    [1946-12-10]

	 	Watts, Harvey M.

		 1."On minding your own business" 
			[abstract], (6 p.). Includes
			one copy.	(1 folder)	1933-10-17

		West, John W.

		 1."Perspective", (3 p.).	(1 folder)	1924-11-18


		No author

		 1.[Legal medicine], (5 p.).	(1 folder)	n.d.
		 2.[Taxation], (4 p.).	(1 folder)	n.d.


3 boxes
1870-1980

5/31/1989
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MSS 3/0005			Acc.1989-54

SYDENHAM MEDICAL COTERIE
Records,
1870-1980


History

The Sydenham Medical Coterie was organized on February 1, 
1870, at 1838 Green Street in Philadelphia, the home of Reuel 
Stewart, who became the Coterie's first president.  According 
to Charles A.E. Codman, the Coterie was "conceived and born" 
in a drugstore at 19th and Fairmount Avenue.  The group, originally 
limited to twelve members,  was composed of physicians practicing 
in the city's 15th Ward; this accounts for its original name, 
"The Fifteenth Ward Medical Coterie". It met on a monthly basis 
and held an annual meeting with election of officers each February. 
 Meetings were held in the homes of the members and circulated throughout 
the year.  In 1871, the membership was no longer limited to 
physicians in the 15th Ward, and in the following year, the 
name was changed to "the Sydenham Medical Coterie".

The coterie was intended to provide a forum for discussion 
of topics of medical interest and an interchange of professional subjects. 
 Members gave papers to the Coterie on medical subjects or discussed 
current cases.  The Coterie also established a uniform fee "as 
nearly as possible in conformity with the College [of Physicians'] 
Fee Bill" which had been adopted in 1863, maintained a "black 
list" of information on debtors, and established courteous procedures 
for visiting patients of other members.

The motto of the Coterie was "In scientia docti, in arte experti, 
ad aegrotos servondos" (learned in knowledge and experienced 
in science to help the sick.)	

In the 20th century, the Coterie began to meet in public places, often 
invited speakers who were not members, and tried to draw its 
membership from the five medical schools of Philadelphia.  The 
papers which were delivered ceased to be purely medical in nature, 
but were often scientific or historical nature.

Although the membership of the Coterie was always small, the group 
continued to meet until 1980 when H. Walter Forster, Jr., dissolved 
the Coterie due to waning interest.


Scope and Contents

The records of the Sydenham Medical Coterie span the duration 
of its existence, from 1870 to 1980, and give a reasonably complete 
account of its proceedings and activities.

The organizational records of the Coterie (Series 1) contain the 
original manuscript constitution, adopted in 1870 with emendations 
to 1873.  Bound with the constitution is the socalled "black 
list" (ca.1873-1896), a record of patients who were delinquent 
in payment of bills.  The members of the Coterie referred to 
the black list and avoided patients who were listed on it.

A complete run of minutes of the proceedings of each meeting 
of the Coterie (Series 2) has been preserved from the group's formation 
in 1870 to 1944.  No minutes of meetings have been preserved 
after 1944. The minutes describe the transaction of all Coterie 
business, including election of officers, treasurer's reports, 
and memorials of deceased members.  Detailed abstracts of the 
scientific presentations and summaries of ensuing discussions 
are also preserved in the minutes from 1870 to 1895 and from 
1922 through 1944.  The minutes become sparse in 1916-1917 and 
minutes of the following meetings are missing: January through 
May, 1929; January and May, 1930; October, 1936; February, 1937; 
October, 1939; and October, 1943.

Series 3, the files of the Coterie secretaries, 1896-1980, includes 
general correspondence, arrangements, and scheduling for meetings 
of the Coterie; membership correspondence; memorials, newsclippings, 
and correspondence concerning deceased members; and some poetry 
delivered on notable Coterie occasions.  The bulk of these files, 
from the 1930s to 1944, derives from the tenures of Rae Sheppard 
Dorsett, Joseph C. Doane, Louis D. Englerth, Walter Lillie, 
and, from the 1950s through the 1970s, from David L. Drabkin. 
 This series also contains the only information available about 
the membership and activities of the Coterie from 1951 to its 
dissolution in 1980.  There is almost no information available 
about the Coterie from 1944 to 1951.

Medical and scientific papers which were read before the Sydenham 
Medical Coterie, 1896-1946, are preserved in Series 4.
The bulk of the papers is concentrated in the 1920s and 1930s.
These papers, generally typescripts with occasional abstracts, are 
concerned with a variety of topics.  Most deal with purely medical 
subjects, such as viral hepatitis, polio, and cancer, and often 
present specific cases as examples. Other topics include experiences 
in World War I, the history of the Coterie, and eugenics.  Most 
of the papers which have been preserved were 
presented by Charles A.E. Codman, Rae Sheppard Dorsett, John 
M. Fisher, and James H. McKee; there is also an extensive collection 
of papers concerning ophthalmological subjects presented by 
McCluney Radcliffe. Extensive abstracts of other papers are 
often preserved in the minutes of the Coterie.  Although scientific 
sessions continue through the 1970s, there are no papers or 
abstracts available after 1946.


Provenance

The archival records of the Sydenham Medical Coterie were retrieved 
from the 7th floor of the Cage in 1989.  Information derived 
from the collection indicates that the minutes from 1870 to 
1902 and the constitution were deposited with the College of Physicians 
"with the intention of their being presented at a later date" 
on 5 October, 1906.  No reference to this deposit appears in 
the records of the College, the Council, or the Library Committee, 
and the Coterie is never listed as an organization with a formal 
deposit agreement with the College.  Presumably, the minutes 
from 1902 to 1944, the early secretary's files, and the collection 
of typescript scientific papers were transferred to the College 
by the Coterie in the 1940s.  The later secretary's files were 
probably transferred in 1980 by David L. Drabkin or H. Walter 
Forster, Jr.

Preliminary cataloguing of the records of the Sydenham Medical Coterie 
was done in the early 1980s.  The collection was processed and 
catalogued in 1989.  A small number of reprints by members of 
the Coterie were removed during processing; these reprints will 
eventually be integrated with the College Library collection.


1870-1980
3 boxes

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SYDENHAM MEDICAL COTERIE
Membership list

Stewart, Reuel			1870-1874
Reese, John J.			1870-1879
Roberts, Jacob			1870-1871	(CPP)
Filbert, Ludwig S.		1870-1871?
Baldwin, Louis K.		1870-1888	(CPP)
Seyfert, Theodore H.	1870-1879	(CPP)
Hine, Elmore C.			1870-1879
Evans, Horace Y.		1870-1894	(CPP)	Honorary 1894-1908
Goodell, William		1870-1871	(CPP)
Stone, James F.			1870-1890
Barton, J.M.			1870-1872
Howell, Samuel B.		1870		(CPP)
McFerran, J.A.			1870-1882
Landis, Joseph A.		1871-1874
Clark, Leonard S.		1872-1874	(CPP)
Holt, Jacob F.			1874-1908
Hinkle, Albert G.B.		1874		(CPP)
Welch, William M.		1874-1912	(CPP)
Webb, W.H.				1874-1880	(CPP)
Mills, Charles K.		1876-1890	(CPP)
Janney, William S.		1878-1886	(CPP)
Stone, Edward R.		1880-1881
Seltzer, Charles M.		1880-1920?
Walk, James Wilson		1881-1917
Rudderow, Benjamin J.	1881-1883
Leidy, Philip			1882-1885	(CPP)
Smith, Henry A.			1882-1900
Davis, G.G.				1883-1918?

Baum, Charles			1886-1890	(CPP)
Beates, Henry, Jr.		1887-1891	(CPP)
Deaver, John B.			1889-1891	(CPP)
Faught, G. Granville	1890-1894
Radcliffe, McCluney		1890-1931	Life 1935-1936
Daland, Judson			1890-1893	(CPP)
Warder, Charles B.		1891-1910	
Dercum, Francis X.		1891-1895	(CPP)
Brinton, Lewis			1893-1894	(CPP)
Noble, Charles P.		1894-1902	(CPP)
Fisher, John M.			1894-1935	Life 1935-1937
Ross, George G.			1895-1915	(CPP)
Nassau, Charles F.		1896-1940
Ely, Thomas C.			1901-1905	(CPP)
McKee, James H.			1902-1936	(CPP)	Life, 1936-
Anders, Howard S.		1905-1914
West, John W.			1909-1933
Robinson, William D.	1910-1931
Maier, F.Hurst			1912-1939
McLean, John D. 		1914-	(CPP)
Krusen, Wilmer			1916-1937	(CPP)
Marshall, George M.		1918-1935	(CPP)
White, Courtland Y.		1918-1937	(CPP)
Codman, Charles A.E.	1922-1941	(CPP)
Dorsett, Rae S.			1931-1936
Doane, Joseph C.		1932-	(CPP)
Rowntree, Leonard G.	1933-	
Chamberlain, W.Edward	1935-	(CPP)
Englerth, Louis D.		1936-1939	(CPP)
Lillie, W.I.			1937-	(CPP)
Strecker, Edward A.		1938-	(CPP)
Stokes, Joseph, Jr.		1938-	(CPP)
Bronk, Detlev			1939-
Brown, Charles L.		1939-	(CPP)
Ferguson, Lewis K.		1940-	(CPP)
Scheffey, Lewis C.		1941-	(CPP)
Fetter, Theodore R.		1944-	(CPP)
Drabkin, David L.	    c1951-
Perkins, William	    c1951-	(CPP)
Bockus, Henry L.        c1951-	(CPP)
Ehrich, William         c1951-	(CPP)
Burnett, Emory		    c1956-1979	(CPP)
Forster, H. Walter Jr.  c1958	(CPP)
Moore, John R.		    c1965	(CPP)
Lewis, George, Jr.	    c1965	(CPP)
Kern, Richard A.	    c1965	(CPP)
Durant, Thomas		    c1965	(CPP)
Koelle, George B.	    c1965		
Rakoff, Abraham E.		1965-	(CPP)
Madow, Leo		    	c1966-	(CPP)
Hildreth, Eugene A.	    c1966-	(CPP)
Field, Richard A.		1968-
Kaufmann, Berwind N.    c1968-
Bongiovanni, Alfred M.  c1968-	(CPP)
Forster, Robert E.	    c1968-	(CPP)
Marsh, Julian B.	    c1968-	(CPP)
Royster, Henry P.	    c1968-
Sherry, Sol		    	c1968-	(CPP)
Kaye, Donald		    c1979-	(CPP)
Kissick, Walter	    	c1979-
Kowlessar, O. Dowd	    c1979-
Schaedler, Russell	    c1979-	(CPP)
Shapiro, Irving	    	c1979-
Wolferth, Charles	    c1979-	(CPP)
Sutnick, Alton J.	    c1979-	(CPP)
Mancall, Elliott L.     c1979-	(CPP)


SYDENHAM MEDICAL COTERIE
List of Officers

President				

Stewart, Reuel,		1870-1874	
Reese, John J.	 	1874-1877
Hine, Elmore C.		1877-1878
Baldwin, Louis K.	1878-1879
McFerran, Joseph A.	1879-1881
Stone, James F.		1881-1883
Welch, William M.	1883-1885
Mills, Charles K.	1885-1886
Walk, James W.		1886-1887
Smith, Henry A.		1887-1888
Seltzer, Charles M.	1888-1889
Baum, Charles		1889-1890
Davis, G.G.			1890-1891
Faught, G.Granville	1891-1892
Radcliffe, McCluney	1892-1894
Warder, Charles B.	1894-1895
Dercum, Francis X.	1895-1896
Holt, Jacob F.		1896-1899
Fisher, John M.		1899-1900
Nassau, Charles F.	1900-1901
Welch, William M.	1901-1902
Ross, George G.		1902-1905 
Ely, Thomas C.		1905
Radcliffe, McCluney	1905-1907
Davis, G.G.			1907-1908
Nassau, Charles F.	1908-1909
McKee, James H.		1909-1912
West, John W.		1912-1914
Robinson, William 	1914-1918?
Maier, F.Hurst		1918-1920
Krusen, Wilmer		1920-1923?
White, Courtland Y.	1923-1932
Codman, Charles A.E.1932-1938
Doane, Joseph C.	1938-


Vice President

Evans, Horace Y.	1874-1877
Baldwin, Louis K.	1877-1878
Stone, James F.		1878-1879
Seyfert, Theodore	1879-1880
Stone, James F.		1880-1881
Welch, William M.	1881-1883
Mills, Charles K.	1883-1885
Walk, James W.		1885-1886
Smith, Henry A.		1886-1887
Seltzer, Charles M.	1887-1888
Baum, Charles		1888-1889
Beates, Henry, Jr.	1889-1890
Deaver, John B.		1890-1891
Radcliffe, McCluney	1891-1892
Daland, Judson		1892-1893
Warder, Charles B.	1893-1894
Dercum, Francis X.	1894-1895
Fisher, John M.		1895-1898
Noble, Charles P.	1898-1900
Welch, William M.	1900-1901
Walk, James W.		1901-1902
Ely, Thomas C.		1902-1905
Radcliffe, McCluney	1905
Davis, G.G.			1906-1907
Nassau, Charles F.	1907-1908
McKee, James H.		1908-1909
Fisher, John M.		1909-1912
Walk, James W.		1912-1913
Fisher, John M.		1913-1914
Maier, F.Hurst		1914-1918?
Krusen, Wilmer		1918-1920?


Secretary Treasurer

Hine, Elmore C.		1870-1877
Evans, Horace Y.	1877-1878
Holt, Jacob F.		1878-1892
Davis, G.G.			1892-1893
Faught, G.Granville	1893-1894
Walk, James W.		1894-1896
Warder, Charles B.	1896-1899
Nassau, Charles F.	1899-1900
Ross, George G.		1900-1902
Radcliffe, McCluney	1902-1905
McKee, James H.		1905-1906
Anders, Howard S.	1906-1912
Radcliffe, McCluney	1912-1913
Maier, F.Hurst		1913-1914
Ross, George G.		1914-1918?
Marshall, George M.	1918-1920
White, Courtland Y.	1920-1923?
Codman, Charles A.E.1923-1932
Dorsett, Rae S.		1932-1936
Doane, Joseph S.	1936-1938
Englerth, Louis D.	1938-1939
Lillie, Walter I.	1939-194?
Fetter, Theodore R.	194? 1965?
Drabkin, David L.   1965-