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

  • Fisher, Charles Perry, 1857-1940.
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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    cards had been revised and type-written at this time, not quite one-half of the entire catalogue. The following table shows the increase in the Library at intervals of ten years iifter the commencement of its steady growth in 1866: Year. 1866 1876 Volumes. 9,513 17,765 Pamphlets. Dissertations. 1886 36,442 16,026 1896 51,175 31,005 1906 82,305 56,116 20,978 THE LIBRARY AS IT APPEARS TO-DAY. The foregoing is a fairly complete chronicle of events in the history of the Library of the College of Physicians. It may appear strange that such familiar names as Drs. C. W. Dulles, R. J. Dunglison, H. A. Hare, W. W. Keen, S. Weir Mitchell, F. R. Packard, John B. Roberts, H. C. Wood, and others, whose gifts amount to hundreds of volumes, have not been mentioned; this is the case merely from the fact that their generosity has continued through many years. The same reason applies to the omission of the names of the Medical Pub- lishers of Philadelphia, and the Editors of practically all the medical journals published in Philadelphia during more than half a century. The following details are taken from the annual report of the Library Com- mittee, for 1906, and show an accurate account of the contents of the Library at this time: Unbound Unbound Unbound Bound. Unbound. reports. theses. pamphs. General Library 53,267 34.39 8798 20,978 56,116 Lewis Library . 13,329 44 S. D. Gross Library 3,207 4 Library of the Obstetri- cal Society of Phila- delphia . . . . 217 327 periodical publications are subscribed for by the Library. 62 periodical publications received in e.xchange. 61 periodical publications received from the Editors or Pub- lishers. 278 exchanges of periodicals published in Philadelphia and sent to the Library at .stated intervals. Total of 728 current periodicals upon the journal racks of the Library.