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Finding Aid to the Joseph Roby Papers, 1840-1853

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Descriptive Summary

Biographical/Historical Note

Collection Summary

Index Terms

Administrative Information

Restrictions

Series Descriptions

Speeches and Lectures


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Descriptive Summary

Collection Number:MS C 30
Creator:Roby, Joseph, 1807-1860
Title:Joseph Roby Papers
Dates:1840-1853
Quantity:1.05 linear feet

Biographical/Historical Note

Joseph Roby, 1807-1860, held the professorship of anatomy and surgery at Bowdoin College, 1838-42; of theory and practice of medicine and pathological anatomy at Dartmouth College, 1841-49; and of anatomy and physiology at the University of Maryland, 1849-59.

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Collection Summary

Lectures and speeches (1840-53) delivered by Joseph Roby in Hanover, NH and in Baltimore, MD on a variety of medical subjects.

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Restrictions

Restrictions

Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access. For online customer service, please visit http://www.nlm.nih.gov/contacts/custserv-email.html.

Copyright

Copyright was not transferred to the public domain. Contact the Reference Staff for details regarding rights. For online customer service, please visit http://www.nlm.nih.gov/contacts/custserv-email.html.

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Index Terms

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MeSH Subjects
Anatomy
Education, Medical
Medicine
Genre Terms
Speeches

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Roby, Joseph. Joseph Roby Papers. 1840-1853. Located in: Modern Manuscripts Collection, History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, MD; MS C 30.

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Series Descriptions

 

Speeches and Lectures

BoxFolder
11 Lect. II - symptoms, causes, treatments, Aug. 11, 1840
12 Lect. III - external characteristics, Aug. 12, 1840
13 Lect. IV - external characteristics, digestive functions, Aug. 13, 1840
14 Lect. V - pharaynx, abdomen, Aug. 14, 1840
15 Lect. VI - diarrhea, defecation, signs derivable from the respiratory apparatus, Aug. 17, 1840
16 Lect. VII - laborious respiration, cough, Aug. 18, 1840
17 Lect. VIII - expectoration, percussion, Aug. 19, 1840
18 Lect. IX - manner of percussing, regions of chest, auscultation, Aug. 20, 1840
19 Lect. X - vesicular and bronchial respiration, Aug. 21, 1840
110 Lect. XI - auscultation of respiration, auscultation of voice, signs furnished by circulatory system, Aug. 22, 1840
111 Lect. XII - heart, arterial system, Aug. 24, 1840
112 Lect. XIII - pulse, venous system, capillaries, blood, Aug. 25, 1840
113 Lect. XIV - signs derived from nervous system, Aug. 26, 1840
114 Lect. XV - headache, Aug. 27, 1840
115 Lect. XVI - disturbances of motion, disturbances of intellect, Aug. 28, 1840
116 Lect. XVII - mental aberration, Aug. 29, 1840
117 Lect. XVIII - genito-urinary system, Aug. 31, 1840
118 Lect. XIX - causes of disease, Sept. 1, 1840
119 Lect. XXI - remedial medication, bloodletting,nomenclature, blod, Sept. 2, 1840
120 Lect. XXII - irritability, Sept. 3, 1840
121 Lect. XXIII - inflammation, Sept. 4, 1840
122 Lect. XXIV - effects of inflammation, Sept. 6, 1840
123 Lect. XXV - inflammation of tissues, effects of inflammation, Sept. 7, 1840
124 Lect. XXVI - effects of inflammation, effects produced, causes, Sept. 9, 1840
125 Lect. XXVII - congestion, kinds of inflammation, Sept. 10, 1840
126 Lect. XXVIII - processes of inflammation, formative and adhesive, Sept. 11, 1840
127 Lect. XXIX - suppuration, ulceration, Sept. 12, 1840
128 Lect. XXX - restorative process, treatment of inflammation, Sept. 14, 1840
129 Lect. XXXI - remedies for inflammation, bloodletting, Sept. 15, 1840
130 Lect. XXXII - dropsy, Sept.16, 1840
131 Lect. XXXIII; Sept. 18 - Lect. XXXIV - water canker, glossitis, cancre oris, Sept. 17, 1840
132 Lect. XXXV - treatment of glossitis, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, Sept. 19, 1840
133 Lect. I - materia medica, Sept. 21, 1840
134 Lect. XXXVI - gastritis, esophagitis, Sept. 21, 1840
135 Lect. II - materia medica, Sept. 22, 1840
136 Lect. XXXVII - gastritis, Sept. 22, 1840
137 Lect. XXXVIII - inflammation, treatment of gastritis, Sept. 23, 1840
138 Lect. XXXIX - chronic gastritis, Sept. 24, 1840
139 Lect. III - materia medica, Sept. 24, 1840
140 Lect. IV - materia medica, Sept. 25, 1840
141 Lect. XI - enteritis, coecitis, Sept. 26, 1840
142 Lect. V - materia medica, Sept. 28, 1840
143 Lect. VI - materia medica, Sept. 29, 1840
144 Lect. VII - materia medica, Sept. 30, 1840
145 Lect. VIII - materia medica, Oct. 2, 1840
146 Lect. IX - materia medica, Oct. 2, 1840
147 Lect. X - materia medica, Oct. 5, 1840
148 Lect. XI - materia medica; respiratory system expectorants, Oct. 6, 1840
149 Lect. XLVIII - peritonitis, laryngitis, Oct. 6, 1840
150 Lect. XII - materia medica; narcotics, Oct. 7, 1840
151 Lect. XIII - materia medica; opium, Oct. 8, 1840
152 Lect. L - laryngitis, bronchitis, Oct. 8, 1840
153 Lect. LI - pneumonia, Oct. 9, 1840
154 Lect. XIV - materia medica, Oct. 10, 1840
155 Lect. LIII - pneumonia, Oct. 10, 1840
156 Lect. XV - materia medica; poisoning, Oct. 12, 1840
157 Lect. LIV - pneumonia, Oct. 12, 1840
158 Lect. XVI - materia medica, Oct. 13, 1840
159 Lect. LV - pneumonia, Oct. 13, 1840
160 Lect. XVII - materia medica, Oct. 14, 1840
161 Lect. LV & LVI - rheumatism, Oct. 14, 1840
162 Lect. XVIII - materia medica, Oct. 15, 1840
163 Lect. LVII - peri & endocarditis, Oct. 16, 1840
164 Lect. LVIII - synovial rheumatism, Oct. 17, 1840
21 Lect. XX - materia medica, Oct. 19, 1840
22 Lect. LIX - chronic rheumatism, meningitis, Oct. 19, 1840
23 Lect. XXI - materia medica, Oct. 20, 1840
24 Lect. LX & LXI - cerebritis, Oct. 20, 1840
25 Lect. XXII - materia medica, Oct. 21, 1840
26 Lect. LXII - rubeola, scarlet fever, Oct. 22, 1840
27 Lect. LXIII - consecutive anasarca, Oct. 23, 1840
28 Lect. LXIV - anasarca, Oct. 24, 1840
29 Lect. LXV - apoplexy, Oct. 26, 1840
210 [introductory comments], 1841, n.d.
211 [introductory comments], Aug. 9, 1841
212 Lect. XXIII - hemorrhage, Sept. 2, 1841
213 Lect. XXIV - epistaxis, hemoptysis, Sept. 3, 1841
214 Lect. XXV - hemoptysis, Sept. 4, 1841
215 Lect. XXVI - hemorrhage from the stomach, Sept. 6, 1841
216 Lect. XXVII - intestinal hemorrhage, Sept. 7, 1841
217 Lect. XXVIII - hematuria, Sept. 8, 1841
218 Lect. XXIX & XXX - apoplexy, Sept. 9, 1841
219 Lect. XXXI - apoplexy, Sept. 11, 1841
220 Lect. XXXIII - dropsy, Sept. 15, 1841
221 Lect. XXXIV - cardiac dropsy, renal dropsy, Sept. 16, 1841
222 Lect. XXXV, XXXVI & XXXVII - dropsy, Sept. 16, 1841
223 Lect. LIX & L - dyspepsia, Sept. 28, 1841
224 Lect. LI - dyspepsia, Sept. 28, 1841
225 Valedictory, introductory comments, 1843
226 Valedictory, introductory comments, 1843
227 Speech, 1844
228 Valedictory, introductory comments, 1845
229 Lect. IV - on scientific method, Aug. 11, 1845
230 Lect. XXIV (or IVI) - on mental disturbance, Aug. 11, 1845
231 Valedictory, lecture, 1846
232 Lect. XLII through XLVI - typhoid fever, Aug. 1846
233 On medicine and science, Aug. 4, 1846
234 On scientific method, Sept. 1846
235 Lectures on pneumonia, Sept. 1 - 6, 1846
236 Rheumatism and rheumatic endocarditis and pericarditis, Sept. 4, 1846
237 Valedictory, 1847
238 Introductory, Oct. 28, 1847
239 Valedictory, Feb. 28, 185?
240 Introductory, Oct. 1, 1851
241 Lecture on croup, Dec. 29, 1851
242 Valedictory, 1853
243 Antecedents to inflammation, n.d.
244 Introductory comments, n.d.
31 On scientific method, n.d.
32 On medical science, n.d.
33 On scientific method, n.d.
34 Introductory, n.d.
35 Tubercle, n.d.
36 Aneurysm, n.d.
37 Dysentery, n.d.
38 Hernia, n.d.
39 Cancer, n.d.
310 Injuries of the head, n.d.
311 Lecture notes - unsorted, 1841-1846, n.d.
312 Knowledge, industry & character, n.d.
313-14 Introductory, n.d.
315 On knowledge, n.d.

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