1To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Bond, 6 July 1771 (Franklin Papers)
...’s brother Adam (1714–1817) was a physician and botanist, who also studied at Uppsala, received his medical degree from Edinburgh in 1767, became physician to the Pennsylvania Hospital, and was one of the founders of the Philadelphia College of Physicians.
2To George Washington from Timothy Pickering, 21 October 1793 (Washington Papers)
, and dated 17 Sept., Dr. William Currie (1754–1828), a founder of the
Philadelphia College of Physicians and member of the American Philosophical Society,
argued that two fevers were present in Philadelphia: “the infectious or yellow fever”
and “the common remittent or fall fever.” He declared that the mode of treatment
advised by...
3To Thomas Jefferson from Thomas T. Hewson, 6 January 1804 (Jefferson Papers)
...where he enjoyed a prestigious and public-spirited career, serving at different times as a physician or officer at such institutions as the Philadelphia Dispensary, the almshouse, the Humane Society, a prison, the Pennsylvania Hospital, and the Philadelphia College of Physicians, of which he was president from 1835 until his death. He also took a lead role in bringing
4To James Madison from Benjamin Say, 3 February 1806 (Madison Papers)
Philadelphian Benjamin Say (1755–1813) belonged to the Philadelphia College of Physicians and had a lucrative medical practice and apothecary shop in that city. He was a founder of the Philadelphia Humane Society and an abolitionist. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1808, he resigned in 1809...
5Thomas T. Hewson to Thomas Jefferson, 20 October 1809 (Jefferson Papers)
’s medical and scientific community, serving as secretary of the Philadelphia College of Physicians, 1802–35, and as its president from 1835 until his death. He took a leading role in the compilation of
6Eusebio Valli to Thomas Jefferson, 5 June 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
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