Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia
Organization
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Adolphus Lippe papers
Collection
Identifier: HU.088
Overview
Dr. Adolphus Lippe was a prominent homeopathic physician who practiced from 1841 until his death in 1888. Born in Germany, Dr. Lippe immigrated to the United States to learn medicine and graduated from the North American Academy of Homeopathic Medicine in 1841. After graduating, Dr. Lippe practiced across western and central Pennsylvania, eventually settling in Philadelphia. In Philadelphia, Dr. Lippe practiced, and also lectured on Materia Medica at the Homeopathic Medical College of...
Dates:
1812-1888; Majority of material found in 1812-1888
Arthur Maynard Eastman papers
Collection
Identifier: HU.083
Overview
Dr. Arthur Maynard Eastman [1855-1923] graduated from Hahnemann Medical College in 1879 under the instruction of renowned American homeopath Dr. Constantine Hering. After his graduation, Dr. Eastman practiced homeopathy in Pennsylvania and New York before returning to his home state of Minnesota to practice in St. Paul. The materials in this collection pertain to Dr. Eastman’s time as a student at Hahnemann Medical College and his brief period of practice at the Homeopathic Hospital of New...
Dates:
1876-1881; Majority of material found in 1876-1881
Bradford collection of biographies of Homeopathic Physicians
Collection
Identifier: HU-064
Overview
Dr. Thomas L. Bradford (1847-1918) was a practicing homeopathic physician in Maine, Europe and Philadelphia. While practicing and teaching in Philadelphia he served as curator for the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia. From 1896 to 1916, he collected, organized and maintained material for 35 scrapbooks of biographical information about homeopathic physicians.
Dates:
1868 - 1918
Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital cornerstone contents
Collection
Identifier: HU.031
Overview
Contents of cornerstones of buildings at Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital locations: 1) Hahneman Medical College (Broad Street), 1884, 2) Hospital (South Tower), 1928, and 3) lists and some duplicate contents for the Hospital (North Tower), which was filled, sealed, and laid in 1979. Both 1884 and 1928 materials were placed together in the 1928 cornerstone, and removed in 1979. Included, for example, are ceremony programs listing contents, homeopathic materials including Directory of...
Dates:
1876-1928; Majority of material found in 1884-1928
Hahnemann University Academic Affairs records
Collection
Identifier: HU-003
Overview
Hahnemann University’s long history began in 1848 with the founding of the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania. Over the years, the institution evolved in many ways, eventually becoming Hahnemann University and, later, the Drexel University College of Medicine. In the mid- to late-twentieth century, with the decline of homeopathy, Hahnemann re-invented itself as a nationally known academic medical center with prominence in cardiac surgery and cardiology, oncology, transplantation,...
Dates:
1848 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1928 - 1994
Hahnemann University photograph collection
Collection
Identifier: HU-001
Abstract
The Hahnemann University Photograph Collection is an extensive collection that covers the people and buildings of Hahnemann from its beginnings in 1848 as the Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania to 2004 as Hahnemann University Hospital.Much of the collection is a photographic record of the buildings that were used and constructed by the organization throughout its history. The photographs consistently span the lifetime of the school and hospital from the mid-1840s to turn...
Dates:
circa 1840-2004
Constantine Hering and Calvin B. Knerr family papers
Collection
Identifier: HU-100
Overview
Dr. Constantine Hering (1800-1880), born and educated in Germany, immigrated to Philadelphia in 1833 and devoted his life to the study, practice and education of homeopathic medicine in the United States. As such, he is considered the father of homeopathy in America. Hering founded several schools and organizations devoted to teaching homeopathy, especially the North American Academy of the Homeopathic Healing Arts, aka the Allentown Academy, in 1836, and the Hahnemann Medical College of...
Dates:
1820 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1820 - 1940
Naomi Rogers papers
Collection
Identifier: 2013-018
Overview
Naomi Rogers, PhD is a professor in the History of Medicine and of History at Yale University. In 1998, she published her book, An Alternative Path: The Making and Remaking of Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital of Philadelphia. Rogers carried out extensive research at the Drexel University College of Medicine’s Legacy Center and Archives during the 1990s with the help of archivist, Barbara Williams. Collection contains Rogers’ research materials for Alternative Path, including...
Dates:
1876-2013; Majority of material found in 1995-1998
Samuel Hahnemann correspondence
Collection
Identifier: HU.095
Overview
Christian Freidrich Samuel Hahnemann [1755-1843] was a German physician known to be the father of homeopathic medicine. His teachings, techniques and writings were the main basis of homeopathic medical practice, and he was seen and studied as a guiding figure by the homeopathic physicians of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Contains letters of Samuel Hahnemann with some translations, including Melanie [D'Hervilly] Hahnemann, his wife; Amalie Suss, his daughter; and Leopold Suss-Hahnemann,...
Dates:
1755-1985; Majority of material found in -
Schall collection
Collection
Identifier: 2019-005
Overview
John Hubley Schall earned his medical degree from Hahnemann Medical College in 1893. Materials represent the life and work of Dr. Schall, his wife, Nina Schall, M.D. (Cornell Medical School, 1906) and probably their son, John Schall, also a physician, who likely owned some of the journals in the collection. Materials in the collection include photographs, illustrations, correspondence, notes, lectures and speeches, and publications.
Dates:
1893 - 1982
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