Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Patient Treatment Records UPC 514

Summary Information

Prepared by

Joseph-James Ahern

Date [bulk]

1877-1936

Extent

19 Volumes

Provenance

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Patient Treatment Records were transferred
to the University of Pennsylvania Archives from the College of Physicians of Philadelphia
on March 23, 2022 (Accession number 2022:015).

Arrangement

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Patient Treatment Records are organized
chronologically by date of volume, with each volume in its original order.

Historical Note

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania opened in 1874 to provide a clinical
environment for the University’s School of Medicine at its new West Philadelphia Campus.
In the ensuing decades, the Hospital has grown to be major health care center for
the city and region.

Scope and Content Note

The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania Patient Treatment Records document
some of the patient care at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania from 1877
to 1936. These bound volumes represent only a small fraction of the original collection
of patient records the Hospital once had. As such, there are significant gaps. Topics
covered include surgery, orthopedics, urology, cardiology, diabetes, tumors, and ear
and eye. Among the attending physicians are James Tyson (M1863), Alfred Stengel (M
1889), J. William White (M1871, Ph.D. 1871), Alfred C. Wood, Charles H. Frazier (C1889,
M1892), and Edward Martin (M1883).

Patient records include family histories, notes on treatments, statistical information,
and occassionally photographs. There are also some pediatric cases included. Of note
are sailors referred by the British Consulatd for syphilis.

Controlled Access Headings

Corporate Name(s)

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Genre(s)

Hospital records

Personal Name(s)

White, J. William (James William)

Tyson, James

Stengel, Alfred

Frazier, Charles H. (Charles Harrison)

Subject(s)

Hospitals — Pennsylvania — Philadelphia

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