The Intellectual Culture of Physicians in Late 18th Century Philadelphia: Research Update

The Intellectual Culture of Physicians in Late 18 th Century Philadelphia

Why Physicians?

Why Philadelphia?

Why the Late 18 th Century?

Intellectual Culture
Education
Business Practices
Scholarly Communication
Sharing of Ideas

The Physicians William Shippen (1712-1801) Thomas Bond (1712-1784) John Redman (1722-1806) John Kearsley, Jr. (1724-1777) The Old Guard Thomas Cadwalader (1708-1799)

The Physicians John Morgan (1735-1789) Adam Kuhn (1741-1817) William Shippen, Jr. (1736-1808) The New(er) Guard Benjamin Rush (1745-1813)

Observations
Education
Pre-medical studies at a College (New Jersey)
Apprenticeship
Books… a few
Clinical studies in London and/or Paris
Theoretical studies (and M.D.) in Edinburgh or Leyden

Observations
Business Practices
Pennsylvania Hospital (1751)
House visits on foot
Fees
Lectures, for a price (1762)
Later, professorships (1765)

Observations
Scholarly Communication
Few publications
In Europe, salons
Consultations
In-fighting
College of Physicians (1786)
First professional medical assn in America
Yellow Fever

Observations
Specialization
Physic
Anatomy
Surgery
Apothecary
Obstetrics

Observations
Politics and Public Relations
Revolution kind to most
Kearsley seized at bayonet point
Dissections
“ Man-Midwife”

Sources
Autobiographies, diaries, papers
Histories of PA Hospital and College of Philadelphia
History of Philadelphia
History of medicine

The Intellectual Culture of Physicians in Late 18th Century Philadelphia: Research Update

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