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Medical students

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 15 Collections and/or Records:

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

Commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HU.085
Overview

This undated, unsigned book of a homepathic physician is similar to other student notebooks, and it contains descriptions of medical conditions and their remedies.

Dates: n.d.-n.d.; Majority of material found in n.d.-n.d.

Custis family papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-009
Overview Papers of the Custis family, 1851-1967. Collection contains materials reflecting the training and practice of homeopathic physicians, Horace Hatch Custis, Jr. (Hahnemann Medical College class of 1937), his uncle Gregg Custis, Jr. (Hahnemann Medical College class of 1888), and Gregg’s son J.B. Custis, Sr. (New York Homeopathic Medical College and Hospital class of 1878). Gregg began his career working for the railroad; however, after retiring, he attended medical school. His son, J.B. Custis,...
Dates: 1851-1967

Frank Lehman notebooks

 Collection
Identifier: HU.047
Overview

This collection contains the student notebooks of Frank Lehman, a student at Hahnemann Medical College at the turn of the 20th century. The notebooks contain class notes from several disciplines Dr. Lehman was studying. This collection provides valuable insight into the everyday life of a Hahnemann Medical College student, as well as the nature of the curriculums taught in medical colleges at the time.

Dates: 1898-1932; Majority of material found in 1898-1902

George Pleasanton student notebooks

 Collection
Identifier: HU.084
Overview

George W. Pleasanton of Delaware was a student at Hahnemann Medical College and graduated in 1887. Contains multiple student notebooks belonging to Mr. Pleasanton from 1885-87.

Dates: 1885-1887; Majority of material found in 1885-1887

Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital Alumni Association records

 Collection
Identifier: HU.OS-148-153
Overview

Hahnemann Alumni Association records including by-laws, lists of presidents, chairmen, and alumni members, board minutes, awards, and class songs, publications, class anniversary books, homecoming weekend materials, alumni newsletters, Hahnemann University magazine, and other similar alumni publications.

Dates: 1884-2005; Majority of material found in 1930-1990

Hahnemann Medical College records

 Collection
Identifier: HU.098
Overview

Hahnemann Medical College administrative and student records, primarily 19th century, including class schedules, matriculation and lecture tickets, student notebooks, newspaper clippings, and a dissection lab photograph. Also contains article drafts for the publication "Hospital Tidings."

Dates: 1870-1950; Majority of material found in 1870-1890

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

Homeopathy and alternative medicine books and pamphlets

 Collection
Identifier: HU.058
Overview

Collection of homeopathy manuals and anatomy books, as well as manuals on naturopathy, botanical medicine, and physical therapy from the late 19th-early 20th centuries. Donated by an eclectic physician upon his retirement in the 1980s.

Dates: 1880-1960; Majority of material found in 1890-1920