Annual address of the president of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia / by G.E. de Schweinitz.

  • De Schweinitz, G. E. (George Edmund), 1858-1938.
Date:
1911
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Credit: Annual address of the president of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia / by G.E. de Schweinitz. 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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    To only a few of these gifts is it possible for me to make refer- ence in the present address. Our incunabula, now numbering 151, have been increased through the generosity of Dr. George Fales Baker, and represent a notable collection and compare favor- ably with those owned by the great libraries of Europe. Our art gallery has been enriched by the portrait of Dr. Nathaniel C. Chapman, a fine Sully, presented by Mrs. Henry C. Chapman; by one of Dr. Adam Kuhn, presented by Mr. C. Hartman Kuhn; by one of our honored former President, Dr. Arthur V. Meigs; and by one of Dr. Joseph Parrish, presented by Mrs. Susan Parrish Wharton. In the coming months admirable portraits of the late Dr. William Goodell and of Dr. James Tyson will be presented, and soon thereafter a portrait of our late Vice- President, Dr. Wharton Sinkler, and one of Dr. George C. Harlan. To Dr. John B. Roberts we are indebted for a marble bust of iEsculapius; to Messrs. Craige, Walter, and J. Bertram Lippincott for a marble bust of Dr. George B. Wood; to Messrs. George Wood and George Wood Bacon for a bronze bust of Dr. Horatio C. Wood; and to Mrs. S. Weir Mitchell for the splendid marble bust of Dr. S. Weir Mitchell, which so fittingly stands in this the great Hall of the College of Physicians, named for, and dedicated to, our most distinguished and beloved Fellow. In the near future, as the College has already heard, through the interest of Dr. Abbe, of New York, we will, under certain conditions already presented to the College, become the custodians of the watch of Dr. Benjamin Rush. Concerning the Business Transactions of the College. In- March of the last year the President of the College was approached by the officers of the Free Library of Philadelphia with an offer to lease the property at Thirteenth and Locust Streets. The Committee in charge of the disposal of these proper- ties (Dr. J. C. Wilson, Dr. Richard H. IJarte, Dr. John B. Roberts, and the President), after a thorough investigation of this matter, in consultation with Mr. Frank P. Prichard, recommended at a special meeting of the College, held on February 4, 1910, that a lease should be drawn on the following terms: Beginning July 1, 1910, for five years, the rental was to be $7000 per annum,