Bibliography and Articles Regarding the Knoxville Academy of Medicine and the Tennessee State Medical Association
This collection consists primarily of two bibliographies related to the Knoxville Academy of Medicine and the Tennessee State Medical Association. One bibliography arranges medical articles alphabetically by the author’s last name and is typed on the reverse side of Knoxville Academy of Medicine and Knox County Tuberculosis Society letterhead. A second bibliography is arranged chronologically and lists articles published between 1832 and 1937. The articles, most dating from the last quarter of the nineteenth century, include such local medical topics as meeting transactions of the East Tennessee Medical Society, an article on the history of surgery in Tennessee, and the state of cholera in Knoxville in 1873. Both the chronological bibliography and the articles were typewritten onto carbon paper; the articles contain duplicates.
Dates
- circa 1940s
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Extent
0.2 Linear Feet
Abstract
This collection consists primarily of two bibliographies related to the Knoxville Academy of Medicine and the Tennessee State Medical Association. One bibliography arranges medical articles alphabetically by the author’s last name and is typed on the reverse side of Knoxville Academy of Medicine and Knox County Tuberculosis Society letterhead. A second bibliography is arranged chronologically and lists articles published between 1832 and 1937. The articles, most dating from the last quarter of the nineteenth century, include such local medical topics as meeting transactions of the East Tennessee Medical Society, an article on the history of surgery in Tennessee, and the state of cholera in Knoxville in 1873. Both the chronological bibliography and the articles were typewritten onto carbon paper; the articles contain duplicates.
Biographical/Historical Note
The Knoxville Academy of Medicine was founded in 1853 by the pioneer physicians of Knox County. It followed the creation of a state medical association in 1830 and a regional medical association in 1845. In 1853, local chapters were encouraged to form and by 1856 the state legislature gave power to the Knoxville Medical Society. In 1857, Otis F. Hill, MD became the first president of the Knoxville Medical Society, which would later take the name the Knoxville Academy of Medicine.
Arrangement
This collection consists of two folders.
Acquisition Note
These bibliographies and articles were donated to Special Collections.
Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository