The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library

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Revolutionary War document describing arrest of the perpetrators of a Loyalist plot to spread smallpox & counterfeit currency among the rebellious colonies, signed by Dr. Josiah Bartlett, physician signer of the Declaration of Independence, April 1777
Revolutionary War document describing arrest of…
A contemporary photograph of vaccinated and non-vaccinated men with smallpox from 1904, demonstrating the effects of immunization
A contemporary photograph of vaccinated and…
Original photograph of Major William C. Gorgas with Joseph Yates Porter, first Florida health officer, & William Sherman Jennings, 18th Governor of Florida, discussing yellow fever at the Playa del Marianao, Cuba, December 18, 1902
Original photograph of Major William C. Gorgas…
Children outside the Barton Dispensary and Health Clinic
Children outside the Barton Dispensary and Health…
John B. Deaver surgical instruments
John B. Deaver surgical instruments
The official manuscript document from Napoleon establishing smallpox vaccination in 1813
The official manuscript document from Napoleon…
Hühnermensch, or “Chicken man."
Hühnermensch, or “Chicken man."
Abraham Flexner
Abraham Flexner
Graduates of the Woman's Medical College, 1915
Graduates of the Woman's Medical College, 1915
Necrosis of skull, likely due to syphilis infection
Necrosis of skull, likely due to syphilis…
Syphilis Wrecks Marriage
Syphilis Wrecks Marriage
Illustration of thoracopagus twins
Illustration of thoracopagus twins
Disfigurement from gunshot wound
Disfigurement from gunshot wound
Facial and cranial damage from syphilis
Facial and cranial damage from syphilis
Woman with ovarian cyst, profile
Woman with ovarian cyst, profile