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Homeopathy--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

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

Hahnemann Club of Philadelphia records

 Collection
Identifier: HU.062a
Overview

Founded in 1872, the Hahnemann Club of Philadelphia helped promote comradery among its members, advance the standards of medical education, and uphold the homeopathic interests of the college. The Hahnemann Club was the oldest surviving Philadelphia medical club until it disbanded in the 1990s. Collection contains the Hahnemann Club records including bound books and binders with meeting minutes (1884-1989) and exhibit captions.

Dates: 1884-1989

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 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 Medical College and Hospital financial reports

 Collection
Identifier: HU.024
Overview

These bound volumes contain the minutes of finance and executive committees, and other special committees of the board of trustees of the Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital.

Dates: 1848-1973; Majority of material found in 1920-1970

Hahnemann University Academic Affairs records

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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

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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

Hahnemann University School of Medicine Board of Trustees and Corporate administration records

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Identifier: HU.025
Overview Oversize corporate records and documents of Hahnemann and related hospitals and organizations, maintained by the Executive Vice President and Hospital Director, and by the Office of Housing and Property Management, including: financial statements, 1907-16, charters and amendments, agreements, deeds, citations, certificates. Also includes honorary fraternities Sigma Xi and Alpha Omega Alpha, Hahnemann Club of Philadelphia, Homeopathic Hospital of Philadelphia, Washington Medical College of...
Dates: 1867-1996; Majority of material found in 1920-1996

Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann Medical College and Hospital records

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Identifier: HU.068
Overview Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania, known for most of its history as Hahnemann Medical College, was founded in 1848 by Drs. Constantine Hering, Jacob Jeanes, and Walter Williamson as an institution for standardizing the practice of Homeopathy. After a brief split in 1867 that resulted in two schools existing at the same time, the college was renamed Hahnemann Medical College in 1869. Hahnemann continued expanding through the early 20th century, and became a highly regarded medical...
Dates: 1856-1914; Majority of material found in 1856-1914

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