- Title
- Lyman Spalding papers, 1793-1965 (inclusive), 1793-1820 (bulk), Ticket to a lecture given by Benjamin Rush, 1809. H MS c2.5
- Spalding, Lyman, 1775-1821, creator
Larrey, D. J. (Dominique Jean), baron, 1766-1842, correspondent.
Lord, Nathaniel, 1752-1817, correspondent.
Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823, correspondent.
Hyde de Neuville, Jean Guillaume, baron, 1776-1857, correspondent.
Adams, Louisa Catherine, 1775-1852, correspondent.
Dow, Jabez, 1776-1839
Lordat, Jacques, 1773-1870 - Massachusetts
- The Lyman Spalding papers, 1793-1965 (inclusive), 1793-1820 (bulk), contain correspondence of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, physician Lyman Spalding (1775-1821), his lecture notes on anatomy and surgery, Spalding's patient case histories and case reports, essays on medicine and meterology, and tickets of admission to medical lectures at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. There are also botanical specimens Spalding collected in Portsmouth, and a small amount of twentieth century material on the gift of the collection to Harvard.
- 1.01 cubic feet in 4 flat storage boxes.
- English
- Manuscripts (document genre)
Admission tickets.
Correspondence.
Medical records.
Natural history specimens. - Books and documents
- Bichat, Xavier
Spalding, Lyman
Dexter, Aaron
Ramsey, Alexander
Rush, Benjamin
Warren, John
Waterhouse, Benjamin
College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Western District of the State of New-York.
Fairfield Medical College--Faculty
Harvard Medical School--Students
Botanical specimens--Collection and preservation--New Hampshire
Materia medica
Medical care--New Hampshire--History--19th century
Medical ethics--History--19th century
Medicine--Societies, etc
Medicine--Study and teaching--19th century
Meteorology
Midwifery--History--19th century
Mortality--New Hampshire--Portsmouth
Physicians--New Hampshire--19th century
Physicians' writings
Public health--New Hampshire--History--19th century
Rabies
Sexually transmitted diseases--New Hampshire--History--19th century
Smallpox--Prevention
Smallpox--History
Portsmouth (N.H.)
New York (N.Y.)
Sexually Transmitted Diseases--history
Mortality--history
Delivery of Health Care--history
Codes of Ethics--history
Delivery, Obstetric
History of Medicine
Materia Medica--history
Medical Records
Rabies--history
Rabies--therapy
Referral and Consultation
Schools, Medical--history
Scutellaria
Smallpox--history
Smallpox--prevention & control
Societies, Medical--history
Surgical Procedures, Operative
New Hampshire - The Lyman Spalding papers are arranged in four series: I. Correspondence, 1805-1820, undated; II. Manuscripts and printed documents, 1793-1820, undated; III. Botanical specimens collected by Lyman Spalding, 1800-1810; IV. Collected records about Lyman Spalding and his papers, 1965, undated.
Provenance: Harvard Medical School.
Papers are in English.
Related collections in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine: Lyman Spalding papers, 1798-1912 (inclusive), 1798-circa 1820 (bulk). B MS c2.
Electronic finding aid available: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HMS.Count:med00236 - Lyman Spalding (1775-1821), M.B., honorary M.D., Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, practiced medicine in New Hampshire and New York. He was noted for his work in smallpox vaccination, treatment of yellow fever, and study of anatomy. Spalding taught chemistry at Dartmouth Medical School and Fairfield Medical College for several years. He also founded the Pharmacopœia of the United States of America. Spalding studied under John Warren (1753-1815), Benjamin Waterhouse (1754-1846), and Aaron Dexter (1750-1829), and he was the twenty-second graduate of the Harvard Medical School in 1797. Physician Nathan Smith (1762-1829) was a mentor to Spalding in his youth, and after graduating Harvard, Spalding moved back to New Hampshire to help Smith found Dartmouth Medical School in 1797. He was a lecturer there in chemistry, and he also established a medical practice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In 1800, Spalding resigned from his full-time lectureship at Dartmouth to focus on his medical practice, although he continued to teach part time until 1802. He received cowpox matter from Harvard Medical School Professor Benjamin Waterhouse (1754-1846), who introduced smallpox vaccination in the Unites States, and in 1800, Spalding became the first physician in New Hampshire to vaccinate patients against smallpox. He also initiated an annual bill of mortality for the Portsmouth population. Spalding was elected to the New Hampshire Medical Society in 1801, and in 1811 he served as its vice president. He moved his practice and his family to New York City in 1816, and he began giving lectures at Fairfield Medical College. In 1817, at meeting of the New York County Medical Society, Spalding proposed that a national Pharmacopœia be assembled. The United States Pharmacopœia was published in 1820.
- Lyman Spalding papers, 1793-1965 (inclusive), 1793-1820 (bulk). H MS c2. Harvard Medical Library, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, Mass.
- Open Collections Program at Harvard University
Colonial North American Project at Harvard University - Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
- 990006034370203941_HMS.COUNT:1204519
- Title
- Lyman Spalding papers, 1793-1965 (inclusive), 1793-1820 (bulk), Ticket to a lecture given by Benjamin Rush, 1809. H MS c2.5
- Creator / Contributor
- Spalding, Lyman, 1775-1821, creator
Larrey, D. J. (Dominique Jean), baron, 1766-1842, correspondent.
Lord, Nathaniel, 1752-1817, correspondent.
Jenner, Edward, 1749-1823, correspondent.
Hyde de Neuville, Jean Guillaume, baron, 1776-1857, correspondent.
Adams, Louisa Catherine, 1775-1852, correspondent.
Dow, Jabez, 1776-1839
Lordat, Jacques, 1773-1870 - Place of Origin
- Massachusetts
- Description
- The Lyman Spalding papers, 1793-1965 (inclusive), 1793-1820 (bulk), contain correspondence of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, physician Lyman Spalding (1775-1821), his lecture notes on anatomy and surgery, Spalding's patient case histories and case reports, essays on medicine and meterology, and tickets of admission to medical lectures at Harvard and the University of Pennsylvania. There are also botanical specimens Spalding collected in Portsmouth, and a small amount of twentieth century material on the gift of the collection to Harvard.
- Extent
- 1.01 cubic feet in 4 flat storage boxes.
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Manuscripts (document genre)
Admission tickets.
Correspondence.
Medical records.
Natural history specimens. - Digital Format
- Books and documents
- Subjects
- Bichat, Xavier
Spalding, Lyman
Dexter, Aaron
Ramsey, Alexander
Rush, Benjamin
Warren, John
Waterhouse, Benjamin
College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Western District of the State of New-York.
Fairfield Medical College--Faculty
Harvard Medical School--Students
Botanical specimens--Collection and preservation--New Hampshire
Materia medica
Medical care--New Hampshire--History--19th century
Medical ethics--History--19th century
Medicine--Societies, etc
Medicine--Study and teaching--19th century
Meteorology
Midwifery--History--19th century
Mortality--New Hampshire--Portsmouth
Physicians--New Hampshire--19th century
Physicians' writings
Public health--New Hampshire--History--19th century
Rabies
Sexually transmitted diseases--New Hampshire--History--19th century
Smallpox--Prevention
Smallpox--History
Portsmouth (N.H.)
New York (N.Y.)
Sexually Transmitted Diseases--history
Mortality--history
Delivery of Health Care--history
Codes of Ethics--history
Delivery, Obstetric
History of Medicine
Materia Medica--history
Medical Records
Rabies--history
Rabies--therapy
Referral and Consultation
Schools, Medical--history
Scutellaria
Smallpox--history
Smallpox--prevention & control
Societies, Medical--history
Surgical Procedures, Operative
New Hampshire - Notes
- The Lyman Spalding papers are arranged in four series: I. Correspondence, 1805-1820, undated; II. Manuscripts and printed documents, 1793-1820, undated; III. Botanical specimens collected by Lyman Spalding, 1800-1810; IV. Collected records about Lyman Spalding and his papers, 1965, undated.
Provenance: Harvard Medical School.
Papers are in English.
Related collections in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine: Lyman Spalding papers, 1798-1912 (inclusive), 1798-circa 1820 (bulk). B MS c2.
Electronic finding aid available: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HMS.Count:med00236 - Biographical / Historical Note
- Lyman Spalding (1775-1821), M.B., honorary M.D., Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, practiced medicine in New Hampshire and New York. He was noted for his work in smallpox vaccination, treatment of yellow fever, and study of anatomy. Spalding taught chemistry at Dartmouth Medical School and Fairfield Medical College for several years. He also founded the Pharmacopœia of the United States of America. Spalding studied under John Warren (1753-1815), Benjamin Waterhouse (1754-1846), and Aaron Dexter (1750-1829), and he was the twenty-second graduate of the Harvard Medical School in 1797. Physician Nathan Smith (1762-1829) was a mentor to Spalding in his youth, and after graduating Harvard, Spalding moved back to New Hampshire to help Smith found Dartmouth Medical School in 1797. He was a lecturer there in chemistry, and he also established a medical practice in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In 1800, Spalding resigned from his full-time lectureship at Dartmouth to focus on his medical practice, although he continued to teach part time until 1802. He received cowpox matter from Harvard Medical School Professor Benjamin Waterhouse (1754-1846), who introduced smallpox vaccination in the Unites States, and in 1800, Spalding became the first physician in New Hampshire to vaccinate patients against smallpox. He also initiated an annual bill of mortality for the Portsmouth population. Spalding was elected to the New Hampshire Medical Society in 1801, and in 1811 he served as its vice president. He moved his practice and his family to New York City in 1816, and he began giving lectures at Fairfield Medical College. In 1817, at meeting of the New York County Medical Society, Spalding proposed that a national Pharmacopœia be assembled. The United States Pharmacopœia was published in 1820.
- Cite As
- Lyman Spalding papers, 1793-1965 (inclusive), 1793-1820 (bulk). H MS c2. Harvard Medical Library, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, Mass.
- Series
- Open Collections Program at Harvard University
Colonial North American Project at Harvard University - Repository
- Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
- Record ID
- 990006034370203941_HMS.COUNT:1204519
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