An inquiry into the difficulties encountered in the reduction of dislocations of the hip.

  • Allis, Oscar H. (Oscar Huntingdon), 1836-1921.
Date:
1896
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An inquiry into the difficulties encountered in the reduction of dislocations of the hip. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    1429 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, February 5. 1895. Oscar H. Allis, M.D. My dear Doctor : As Chairman of the Trustees of the S. D. Gross Fund and Library of the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery, I have the pleasure to inform you that the prize of one thousand dollars has been awarded you for the best original essay among those entered for competition January 1, 1895. Permit me to offer my congratulations upon the success you have achieved, and believe me Very truly yours, J. EwixG Mears, Chairman. J. EwiXG Mear-S, W. W. Keen, John Ashhurst, Jr., Trustees of Gross Fund aud Library. The conditions annexed by the testator are that the prize shall be awarded every five years to the writer of the best original essay, not exceeding one hun- dred and fifty printed pages octavo in length, illustrative of some subject in surgical pathology or surgical practice, founded upon original investigations, the candidates for the prize to be American citizens. It is expressly stipulated that the successful competitor shall publish his essay in book-form, and that he shall deposit one copy of the work in the .Samuel D. Gross Library of the Philadelphia Academy of Surgery.