An account of the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia 1788-1906.

  • Charles Perry Fisher
Date:
[1906]
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Credit: An account of the Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia 1788-1906. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    was at l)r. Hodge’s office, and that the Library was very little used. Drs. Bond, Condie, Parrish, and Wood had presented 137 volumes during the year. It was ordered, August 5, that the Library should be open from 11 o’clock A.M. until 2 o’clock p.m. Most of the medical periodicals published in the Lnited States, and one trom Canada, were received in exchange for the Trans- actions of the College. 1 he Philadelphia Mediail Society deposited its library in the College Decem- ber 1,184G, and claimed its restoration December 7, 1859. During this period the books were accessible to the Fellows of the College. The committee reported, March 6, 1849, that the Library continued “to steadily increase,” and “was entitled to more attention than it received.” June 6, 1855. The committee reported that soon after the removal to Spruce Street the Library had been rearranged and catalogued, and that 350 volumes had been added during the past year. December 5. Mrs. Moreton Stills presented 119 volumes as a “memorial of her late husband.” January 2, 1856. SI 25 was appropriated for binding, and the same sum for the use of the Library January 7, 1857. November 4. The committee reported the receipt of more than 900 volumes from Dr. Thos. F. Betton, including some rare and important works; and December 1, 1858, that the Library contained about 3560 volumes, and during the past year had been much more frequently consulted. The Betton collec- tion numbered 1265 volumes. ]\Iay 4, 1859. Ordered that the Library be open one evening in the week. June 1. A selection of books from the library of Dr. Bond, bequeathed by him, had been received. December 7. The committee reported that Mrs. Mutter had deposited forty works; that 397 volumes had been contributed during the year, and that the Library contained about 4000 volumes, besides pamphlets. December 3, 1862. The State Medical Society presented a complete set of its Transactions, and Fellows of the College 192 volumes of French theses. January 7, 1863. The executors of Dr. Isaac Remington presented ninety works, including 195 volumes, and 188 numbers of ten periodicals. The Library Committee was authorized to move into the new building. November 4. Ordered that cases be prepared to receive books to be pre- sented by Dr. Samuel Lewis. The Librarian reported the receipt of a large number of books from Dr. Thos. F. Betton. The mo.st important epoch in the hi.story of the library was the founding of the Lewis Library, in 1864, which at once added to it more than 2500 volumes of the choicest works, in the finest condition. This collection had the constant care and attention of Dr. Lewis, and by the additions made through his own generosity, and the gifts of his many friends, had increased to 11,205 volumes at the time of his death, November 26, 1890.