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Robert Christison papers, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1839-1881 and undated

5 items
5 letters (ALS). Includes letters to J. Forbes Royle, comparing East Indian and American caoutchouc (rubber); to John Ashburton Thompson, remarking upon the "power of coca to remove bodily fatigue"; and to Ernest Hart, disparaging the antivivisection movement.
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Robert Christison papers, Edinburgh, Scotland, 1839-1881 and undated 5 items

5 letters (ALS). Includes letters to J. Forbes Royle, comparing East Indian and American caoutchouc (rubber); to John Ashburton Thompson, remarking upon the "power of coca to remove bodily fatigue"; and to Ernest Hart, disparaging the antivivisection movement.
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    Robert C. Poindexter papers, 1836-1871

    1 Linear Feet 29 items, 3 vols.

    Robert C. Poindexter (d. 1885) was a merchant in eastern Yadkin County for many years. His general store at East Bend was listed in Branson's North Carolina Business Directory for 1867, 1869, 1872, and 1884. He and his store are also mentioned in William E. Rutledge, Jr.'s, An Illustrated History of Yadkin County (Yadkinville, 1965) in the section on East Bend. In 1857 Poindexter was listed in D. D. T. Leech's Post Office Directory as the postmaster at Red Plains.

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    Robert C. Poindexter papers, 1836-1871 1 Linear Feet 29 items, 3 vols.

    Robert C. Poindexter (d. 1885) was a merchant in eastern Yadkin County for many years. His general store at East Bend was listed in Branson's North Carolina Business Directory for 1867, 1869, 1872, and 1884. He and his store are also mentioned in William E. Rutledge, Jr.'s, An Illustrated History of Yadkin County (Yadkinville, 1965) in the section on East Bend. In 1857 Poindexter was listed in D. D. T. Leech's Post Office Directory as the postmaster at Red Plains.

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      Robert Emmet letter, Dublin, to Mr. Sam White, 1782, Dec. 27

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      ALS. Advises Mr. White, the suitor of a young lady in Emmet's care, that her father is strongly opposed to the match.
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      Robert Hare papers, Philadelphia, 1825-1858

      5 items
      ALS. Hare thanks a Dr. Muaran for the medical attention given to Robert Waln; discusses land investment with Edward S. Burd; writes to Zachariah Allen regarding the "cuts" used in his publications; and recommends Emile Therouanne of Paris to R. Gilmor. There is also an obituary notice.
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      Robert Hare papers, Philadelphia, 1825-1858 5 items

      ALS. Hare thanks a Dr. Muaran for the medical attention given to Robert Waln; discusses land investment with Edward S. Burd; writes to Zachariah Allen regarding the "cuts" used in his publications; and recommends Emile Therouanne of Paris to R. Gilmor. There is also an obituary notice.
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        Robert Jameson letter, to Dr. Anderson, Leith, Scotland, undated

        1 items
        ALS. Regrets that his present state of health prevents him from visiting Anderson.
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        Robert King Stone letter, Washington, D.C., to President Lincoln, 1863, Aug. 3

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        ALS. Stone writes as a member of the Board of Health of Washington, D.C., of the dangers arising from the smoke and ashes falling on Washington from the burning of dead army animals in Virginia.
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        Robert Lyall note, to Mr. Buckman, 1827, Mar. 20

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        ANS. Instructs Mr. Buckman to deliver a copy of Lyall's "Travels" to the bearer of the note.
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        Robert Ogden Doremus letter, New York City, 1868, May 5

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        ALS. Doremus explains his duties at the City College.
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        Robert W. Gibbes papers, 1851 and undated

        3 items
        ALS. Joseph Leidy writes regarding the prices of various anatomical preparations; Samuel George Morton sends a book with an autograph of J. Locke; and John Edwards Holbrook inquires whether the library owns a particular volume of the "Transactions of the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Boston."
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        Robert W. Gibbes papers, 1851 and undated 3 items

        ALS. Joseph Leidy writes regarding the prices of various anatomical preparations; Samuel George Morton sends a book with an autograph of J. Locke; and John Edwards Holbrook inquires whether the library owns a particular volume of the "Transactions of the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Boston."
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          Robley Dunglison papers, Philadelphia, 1852-1859

          2 items
          2 ALS. In a letter to the New York printer and publisher Justus Starr Redfield, Dunglison writes regarding his biography in "Men of the times" and about the use of burnt sponge in the treatment of goitre. He refers to various people and affairs at the Jefferson Medical College. The treatment of goitre is also the subject of his letter to Henry Randall.
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          Robley Dunglison papers, Philadelphia, 1852-1859 2 items

          2 ALS. In a letter to the New York printer and publisher Justus Starr Redfield, Dunglison writes regarding his biography in "Men of the times" and about the use of burnt sponge in the treatment of goitre. He refers to various people and affairs at the Jefferson Medical College. The treatment of goitre is also the subject of his letter to Henry Randall.
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            R. S. Satterlee letter, Pueblo Mexico, to Maj. Gen. W.J. Worth, 1847, July 30

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            ALS. Satterlee appeals to Worth, informing him that horses intended for the ambulance train were taken by cavalry company captain Philip Kearny.
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            R. T. H. Laennec papers, 1825-1826

            2 items
            Holograph manuscript, signed, in which Laennec desribes the case of a patient "W." A facsimile of an ALS to Baron Cuvier, in which Laennec presents various reasons why he should receive the prize, instituted by M. de Montyon and awarded by the Academy of Sciences, for the most useful discovery in the field of medicine.
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            R. T. H. Laennec papers, 1825-1826 2 items

            Holograph manuscript, signed, in which Laennec desribes the case of a patient "W." A facsimile of an ALS to Baron Cuvier, in which Laennec presents various reasons why he should receive the prize, instituted by M. de Montyon and awarded by the Academy of Sciences, for the most useful discovery in the field of medicine.
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              Rudolf Virchow papers, 1865-1874

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              ALS. Writes a note of thanks and sends instructions to his publisher.
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              Rudolf Virchow papers, 1865-1874 2 items

              ALS. Writes a note of thanks and sends instructions to his publisher.
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                Rudolph Bergh papers, 1853-1907

                110 items
                Correspondence, certificates and manuscript notes, in Danish, French and German. Correspondents include Herman Lynge, F. Didrichsen, and Franz Leydig. Bergh received an appointment as correspondent member to the French Academy of Sciences in 1895 from M.P.E. Berthelot. Most of the material relates to his study of Nudibranchiata, a sub-order of marine gastropod mollusks.
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                Rudolph Bergh papers, 1853-1907 110 items

                Correspondence, certificates and manuscript notes, in Danish, French and German. Correspondents include Herman Lynge, F. Didrichsen, and Franz Leydig. Bergh received an appointment as correspondent member to the French Academy of Sciences in 1895 from M.P.E. Berthelot. Most of the material relates to his study of Nudibranchiata, a sub-order of marine gastropod mollusks.
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                  Rupert Lee Blue letter, Washington, D.C., to Dr. J.G.B. Bulloch, Washington, D.C, 1919, Jan. 10

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                  Letter (TLS), with regrets that he will be unable to attend the annual banquet of the Order of Washington.
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                  Rupert Norton papers, 1909-1912

                  2 items
                  ALS to Norton, from Canadian physician Sir James Alexander Grant (1831-1920), thanking him for the kindness shown during a visit to Baltimore, and from Canadian gynecologist John Clarence Webster, agreeing to write a review.
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                  Rupert Norton papers, 1909-1912 2 items

                  ALS to Norton, from Canadian physician Sir James Alexander Grant (1831-1920), thanking him for the kindness shown during a visit to Baltimore, and from Canadian gynecologist John Clarence Webster, agreeing to write a review.
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                    R. V. Prince letter, New York City, to James Wadsworth, 1882, Jan. 30

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                    ALS. Regarding charges made by Wadsworth against Le Baron Bradford Prince of New Mexico.
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                    Samuel A. Christie Papers, 1882-1883 and undated.

                    8 items
                    2 letters (ALS) and 5 calling cards, signed. Samuel A. Christie's collection of the autographs of the physicians who attended President James A. Garfield after he was shot, between July 2 and Sept. 2, 1881. These included David H. Agnew, Frank Hastings Hamilton, Joseph K. Barnes, D.W. Bliss and Robert Reyburn. Correspondence from Hamilton and from a S.A. Boynton relate to this collection.
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                    Samuel A. Christie Papers, 1882-1883 and undated. 8 items

                    2 letters (ALS) and 5 calling cards, signed. Samuel A. Christie's collection of the autographs of the physicians who attended President James A. Garfield after he was shot, between July 2 and Sept. 2, 1881. These included David H. Agnew, Frank Hastings Hamilton, Joseph K. Barnes, D.W. Bliss and Robert Reyburn. Correspondence from Hamilton and from a S.A. Boynton relate to this collection.
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                      Samuel A. Green letter, Boston, to Henry B. Dawson, 1868, Feb. 18

                      1 items
                      ALS. Requests information regarding places mentioned in a French diary, My campaigns in America: a journal kept by Count William de Deux-Ponts, 1780-1781, published by Green in 1868.
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                      Samuel Bard papers, 1789-1811

                      4 items
                      Four documents. Receipt of payment by the estate of Robert C. Livingston to Samuel Bard; license to practice medicine, issued to Dr. Larry G. Hall, November 1811, by the Medical Society of Dutchess County, New York, and signed by Samuel Bard, President; two blank certificates (in Latin) of membership in the New York Medical Society, dated (stamped) 1789, and signed by John Bard (1716-1799), Samuel Bard's father.
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                      Samuel Bard papers, 1789-1811 4 items

                      Four documents. Receipt of payment by the estate of Robert C. Livingston to Samuel Bard; license to practice medicine, issued to Dr. Larry G. Hall, November 1811, by the Medical Society of Dutchess County, New York, and signed by Samuel Bard, President; two blank certificates (in Latin) of membership in the New York Medical Society, dated (stamped) 1789, and signed by John Bard (1716-1799), Samuel Bard's father.

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