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Abstract
Letters addressed to Dr. A. W. Smith, appearing to give a history of the eclectic medicine movement. Except for one item, all letters were written between 1904-1908.
Dates
- Creation: 1881-1908 (bulk 1904-1908)
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Creator
- Wilder, Alexander, 1823-1908 (Person)
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Language of Materials
Collection materials primarily in English
Restrictions
Collection is not restricted. Contact the Reference Staff for information regarding access.
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Biographical Note
Alexander Wilder was president of the Eclectic Medical College, 1867-1877, and professor of psychology, U. S. Medical College, 1878-1883.
Wilder wrote History of medicine. A brief outline of medical history and sects of physicians, from the earliest historic period; with an extended account of the new schools of the healing art in the nineteenth century, and especially a history of the American eclectic practice of medicine, never before published (1901).
Collection Summary
Letters addressed to Dr. A. W. Smith, appearing to give a history of the eclectic medicine movement. Except for one item, all letters were written between 1904-1908.
Abstract
Letters addressed to Dr. A. W. Smith, appearing to give a history of the eclectic medicine movement. Except for one item, all letters were written between 1904-1908.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Provenance
Purchase, Doris Harris Autographs, 9/22/1978. Accession #281.
General
- Processed by
- HMD staff
- Processing Completed
- c.1978; 2003
- Encoded by
- Jim Labosier
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Alexander Wilder Papers, 1881-1908 (bulk 1904-1908)
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- HMD staff; Jim Labosier
- Date
- c.1978; 2003
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latn
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Edition statement
- 1.0
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