Overview Amedeo (Mede) Bondi, Ph. D. was the first-full time Dean of the Graduate School at Hahnemann University (now Drexel University College of Medicine) and Chairman of the Department of Microbiology from 1947 to 1983. Bondi's research related to antimicrobic resistance mechanisms led to his development of the commonly used antibiotic disc sensitivity test. He also discovered the production of penicillinase by bacteria, laying the foundation for penicillinase-resistant penicillins, and...

Overview Dr. Arthur James Morgan (1893-1973) was a prominent radiologist and X-ray technician at Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital. During his 61-year career he was seen as one of the leading radiologists in America. He joined the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital staff in 1911 and shortly after contributed to the development of the Crozier-Morgan X-ray tube. In 1921 he founded the School for X-Ray Technicians at Hahnemann Medical College. Dr. Morgan worked as a radiologist and X-ray...

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Dr. Arthur Waddington was a professor and assistant instructor of gynecology at Hahnemann Medical College, and also acted as the assistant treasurer of the Hahnemann Alumni Society. Consists mainly of financial information produced by Dr. Arthur Waddington, along with a few personal papers.

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Barbara O. Eberly [1920-2012] was a nurse and missionary who graduated from the Hahnemann Hospital School of Nursing. She practiced as a registered nurse in Ephrata, Pennsylvania from 1959 to 1973. Collection contains nursing photos and a doll dressed as a senior year nusing student.

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Barbara O. Eberly graduated from the Hahnemann School of Nursing in 1957. This collection contains nursing school materials, a school handbook, and a program from a 1963 commencement.

Overview Dr. Bertram S. Brown [1931-2020] was a renowned psychiatrist and mental health advocate. He was the director of the National Institute for Mental Health from 1970-1977 and in his career fiercely advocated the federal government to adopt measures to help those afflicted with mental health disorders. From 1983 to 1987, Dr. Brown was the president of Hahnemann Hospital. Contains the published papers of Hahnemann University Hospital president Dr. Bertram S. Brown relating to his specialty of...

Overview Carl Fischer, MD (1902-1989) graduated from Princeton University, 1924, and Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia, 1928. Following post graduate work in St. Louis and New York he returned to Hahnemann in 1930 as a faculty member, pediatric physician, and researcher, and was chair of the Department of Pediatrics 1945 - 1967. The Carl C. Fischer, M.D. Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Hahnemann University Hospital was named in 1980. This collection reflects general activity at Hahnemann...

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Charles P. Bailey graduated from Hahnemann Medical College in 1932. He became the Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Hahnemann Hospital in the 1940s and 1950s. This collection contains a variety of Bailey’s publications, video and audio cassettes, medals, and surgical implements.

Overview Dr. Charles Philamore Bailey was a renowned heart surgeon known for pioneering methods for surgery on the mitral valve in 1946, which greatly expanded the possibilities of viable heart surgeries. Dr. Bailey graduated from Hahnemann Medical College in 1932 and became the Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Hahnemann Hospital during the 1940s and 1950s. From 1956 to 1961 Bailey was the Director of Cardiovascular Surgery at Deborah Heart and Lung Center, and was also the Director of General Surgery at...

Overview Articles and publications written by Charles Philamore Bailey, along with research materials, mostly regarding heart surgery. Dr. Bailey was a renowned heart surgeon and is known for pioneering methods for surgery on the mitral valve in 1946, which greatly expanded the possibilities of viable heart surgeries. Dr. Bailey graduated from Hahnemann Medical College in 1932. After his graduation he went on to become the Chief of Thoracic Surgery at Hahnemann Hospital during the 1940s and 1950s....