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	Caspar Wistar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Born a Quaker, Wistar was said to have been inspired to become a physician by the suffering he witnessed in the aftermath of the Battle of Germantown in 1777.
		Wistar also served as a staff physician at area hospitals, including Pennsylvania Hospital, the country's oldest, and became chair of the Department of Anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine in 1808.
		Wistar had many progressive ideas and was an early advocate of vaccinations against disease.
	daphne.palomar.edu /marguello/sum02/hist101/rosendahl280/wistar.htm (528 words)

	The Wistar Institute :: History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Wistar was cultivated in the humanities as well as the sciences and hosted the famous Wistar "parties" for leading intellectuals of the city as well as foreign visitors at his home at Fourth and Locust streets.
		Wistar scientists were among the first to develop monoclonal antibodies, protein molecules that are able to detect and destroy foreign invaders, including cancer cells.
		Wistar scientists have also identified significant genes associated with breast, lung, and prostate cancers, and a molecule known as human interleukin-12, which appears to have a profound impact on the body's immune response to cancers and infectious agents including HIV.
	www.wistar.upenn.edu /about_wistar/history.html (960 words)

	Richard Wistar
		He was the grandson of Caspar Wistar, who came to this country from Germany in 1717 and established near Salem, New Jersey, what is believed to have been the first glass-factory in the colonies, in the management of which his son was also associated.
		Wistar contributed papers to the "Transactions of the College of Physicians" and to the "Transactions of the American Philosophical Society," and was the author of "A System of Anatomy, for the Use of Students of Medicine" (2 vols., Philadelphia, 1814, originally published in parts).
		On the death of Dr. Benjamin Rush, Dr. Wistar succeeded to the presidency of the Society for the abolition of slavery.
	www.famousamericans.net /richardwistar (1383 words)

	Caspar Wistar (1761-1818)
		Wistar and Jefferson were friends and had worked together on the collection and identification of the bones of the megalonyx, as well as on several other scientific projects.
		Born in 1761 to a Quaker family, Wistar was inspired to become a doctor at the age of 16 as he attended the wounded during the War for Independence at the Battle of Germantown.
		Wistar graduated with the degree of M.D. from Edinburgh in 1786 and, after walking the Highlands of Scotland, returned to Philadelphia in 1787.
	www.lewis-clark.org /content/content-article.asp?ArticleID=2334 (965 words)

	Caspar Wistar (1761-1818), University of Pennsylvania Archives
		Caspar Wistar was born in Philadelphia, the son of Sarah Wyatt and Richard Wistar, a Quaker and a glass manufacturer.
		Wistar successfully recovered from his own bout with the fever, but afterward the friendship between the two doctors ended when Wistar criticized Rush's drastic use of bleeding and purging as a treatment.
		Wistar was a popular teacher, enlivened by large models and drawings so that the many students could follow his lectures.
	www.archives.upenn.edu /histy/features/1700s/people/wistar_caspar.html (530 words)

	The Academy of Natural Sciences - Museum - Thomas Jefferson Fossil Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In 1809, Dr. Caspar Wistar (f1) presented a talk on two fossil skull fragments donated to the American Philosophical Society by Thomas Jefferson; both skulls had been collected at Big Bone Lick by William Clark (f2).
		Wistar compared the deer skull to both those of the elk and moose; unfortunately, the snout and most of the antlers of this specimen were missing.
		1) Caspar Wistar (1761-1818) was a prominent Philadelphian physician and anatomist, and the leading authority of fossil vertebrates in the United States during the first two decades of the 18th century.
	www.acnatsci.org /museum/jefferson/otherFossils/cervalces.html (786 words)

	February 16-22, 1803
		His belief in heavy bloodletting and purges, formed during his experiences in the earlier epidemic of 1762, was known as “heroic therapy,” and did not meet the approval of all of Rush’s colleagues, but he was consistent enough to apply that treatment (successfully) to himself when he came down with the fever.
		Wistar was Rush’s assistant during the 1791 yellow fever epidemic, but disagreed with him on the regimen of “heroic therapy.” His anatomy classes at the university were so popular that they had to be subdivided.
		Wistar followed Rush as president of the Abolition Society, and he was also an advocate for prison reform.
	www.lclark.edu /org/bicprog/200/021603.html (692 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Caspar Wistar (physician)
		Caspar Wistar (1761–1818) was an American physician and anatomist.
		He was born at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the son of Thomas Wistar and Mary Waln Wistar and the grandson of Caspar Wistar (1696–1752), a German immigrant, Quaker and glassmaker.
		The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia is named for Caspar Wistar.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Caspar_Wistar_(physician) (223 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Caspar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Wolff, Caspar Friedrich WOLFF, CASPAR FRIEDRICH [Wolff, Caspar Friedrich], 1733-94, German biologist, a founder of observational embryology.
		Zeuss, Johann Caspar ZEUSS, JOHANN CASPAR [Zeuss, Johann Caspar], 1806-56, German philologist.
		Wistar, Isaac Jones WISTAR, ISAAC JONES [Wistar, Isaac Jones] 1827-1905, American financier, b.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Caspar (612 words)

	Wistar - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wistar rat - an inbred strain of albino laboratory rats
		Wistar Institute - a biomedical research center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
		This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wistar (89 words)

	Caspar Wistar Papers, American Philosophical Society
		Caspar Wistar (1761-1818), was a prominent American physician and man of learning, born in Philadelphia of Quaker stock.
		These materials were selected by Esther F. Wistar and presented to the APS in 1893 in honor of her late husband, Dr. Mifflin Wistar, Caspar Wistar's son.
		[Wilhelm Gottlieb Tilesius von Tilenau] to Caspar Wistar.
	www.amphilsoc.org /library/mole/w/wistar.htm (1102 words)

	Catherine Wistar Bache Papers, American Philosophical Society
		Daughter of the physician Caspar Wistar, in November 1797 she married Dr. William Bache, who was the son of Richard Bache and the grandson of Benjamin Franklin.
		Daughter of the physician Caspar Wistar, she married the grandson of Benjamin Franklin, Dr. William Bache in November 1797.
		The papers of Catharine Wistar Bache consist of 114 letters written by and to Catharine Wistar Bache, wife of Dr. William Bache of Philadelphia.
	www.amphilsoc.org /library/mole/b/bachecw.htm (390 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Lewis also visited Caspar Wistar, a popular professor in the medical school at the University of Pennsylvania who was considered the nation’s leading expert on human anatomy.
		For many years Wistar’s home was a gathering place for the city’s cultural elite, who were charmed by their urbane and gracious host.
		Wistar is immortal in another form, too, for the purple-flowering vine called "Wisteria" was named in his honor.
	www.explorepahistory.com /hmarker.php?markerId=587 (684 words)

	The Wistar Institute :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Wistar Institute, an independent nonprofit biomedical research institute, is located on the University of Pennsylvania campus at 36th and Spruce streets.
		The Wistar Institute is an independent nonprofit biomedical research institution dedicated to discovering the causes and cures for major diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease, autoimmune disorders, and infectious diseases.
		Discoveries at Wistar have led to the development of vaccines for such diseases as rabies and rubella, the identification of genes associated with breast, lung, and prostate cancer, and the development of monoclonal antibodies and other significant research technologies and tools.
	www.wistar.upenn.edu /news_info/pressreleases/pr_rush.html (720 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Wistar, Caspar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Philadelphia, M.D. Univ. of Edinburgh, 1786; grandson of Caspar Wistar (1696-1752), early Pennsylvania glassmaker.
		He taught (1789-91) at the College and Academy of Philadelphia, then at the Univ. of Pennsylvania organized (1791) by a merger of the college and academy with another institution.
		He was president (from 1815) of the American Philosophical Society, and his home was the weekly meeting place of students and scientists.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/W/Wistar-C1.asp (297 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Caspar Wistar died of serous apoplexy in Philadelphia on 4 April 1867.
		The undated letter from Wistar to [Caspar?] Morris describes the concern Wistar feels for his brother's failing eyesight, while the letter from S. Waln to Wistar, 10 January 1859, relates the efforts made to locate Wistar's son, Caspar, who disappeared in Australia in 1859.
		Provenance The Caspar Wistar family letters and poetry were donated to the Historical Collections of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia by Anna S. Morris of Newtown, Pennsylvania, in 1988.
	www.collphyphil.org /FIND_AID/hist/histcw1.htm (433 words)

	The Academy of Natural Sciences - Museum - Thomas Jefferson Fossil Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Wistar, a physician by training and an excellent anatomist, provided detailed descriptions and illustrations of the fossils.
		Wistar considered the illustration and short abstract of the 1796 Monthly Magazine article to be insufficient for a definitive conclusion as to whether Megatherium and Megalonyx were identical.
		In 1807, Jefferson—then president of the United States—requested Wistar's expertise in evaluating a roomful of fossils collected by William Clark at Big Bone Lick (f2).
	www.acnatsci.org /museum/jefferson/megalonyx/history-02.html (1006 words)

	Caspar Wistar
		Caspar Wistar, was a prominent American physician and man of learning.
		He was born in Philadelphia, the son of Thomas Wistar and Mary Waln Wistar.
		He was named for his grandfather, Capsar Wistar, an early Pennsylvania glassmaker, who was born near Heidelberg, Germany.
	daphne.palomar.edu /marguello/sum02/Hist101/HENLEY074/caspar_wistar.htm (568 words)

	wistarc10a_12
		Caspar Wistar, anatomist, was born in Philadelphia on 13 Sept. 1761 to Richard and Sarah (Wyatt) Wistar.
		Wistar was a member of the Philadelphia Medical Society and was very active in the American Philosophical Society, where he served as Curator (1792-1794), Vice-President (1795-1814) and President (1815-1818).
		Joseph Black, chemist and physician, was born on 16 April 1728 in Bordeaux, France to John and Margaret (Gordon) Black.
	www.collphyphil.org /FIND_AID/W/wistarc10a_12.htm (573 words)

	Wisteria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The seeds are produced in pods similar to those of laburnum, and, like that genus, are poisonous.
		The genus was named after Dr. Caspar Wistar (1761-1818), a professor of anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania.
		As a consequence, the name is sometimes given as "Wistaria", but the spelling Wisteria is conserved under the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wisteria (665 words)

	Caspar - CGFA- Bio: Caspar David Friedrich (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Caspar Netscher [Dutch Baroque Era Painter, ca.1635-1684] Guide to pictures of works by Caspar Netscher in art museum sites and image archives worldwide.
		Caspar W. Weinberger January 21, 1981 - November 23, 1987 Caspar W. Weinberger, President Ronald Reagan's choice to be the fifteenth secretary of
		Caspar David Friedrich was an outstanding 19th-century German romantic painter whose awesome landscapes and seascapes are not only meticulous observations
	lookforlink.com /?q=caspar (370 words)

	Century Baby Names - Century Names
		Walburga, Weslee, Wistar, Wisteria, Zilla, Zilpha and Zinnia are uncommon Century baby names.
		Usually used as homage to John and Charles Wesley, the founders of the Methodist church in the 18th century.
		Caspar Wistar was a prominent doctor in late 18th century Philadelphia, and taught at what became the University of Pennysylvannia.
	www.thinkbabynames.com /search/0/century/21 (271 words)

	Shippen-Wistar House
		In 1798 the house was sold to Dr. Caspar Wistar (1761-1818).
		Another of Philadelphia's famed physicians, he was one of the early exponents of vaccination.
		Wistar's open houses for fellow members of the American Philosophical Society and their guests, transient dignitaries of the learned, scientific and artistic world, started the long tradition of "Wistar Parties" which continued after the doctor's death.
	www.ushistory.org /districts/societyhill/shipp.htm (189 words)

	ZoomInfo Web Summary: Caspar Wistar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Caspar Wistar (1761-1818) was another Quaker physician from Philadelphia who received his medical education in Edinburgh.
		Wistar was later chosen as president of the Society for the Abolition of Slavery.
		The Wistar Institute in Philadelphia perpetuates the name of this humanitarian.
	www.zoominfo.com /directory/Wistar_Caspar_77043302.htm (140 words)

	October 5-11, 1803
		Thomas Jefferson and Caspar Wistar had both impressed upon Lewis the importance of paleontology, thus before departing for Big Bone Lick Lewis wrote of the bones Dr. Goforth had shown him at his home in Cincinnati.
		Lewis states in his letter that he would be shipping some of the specimens to Jefferson; unfortunately these specimens were lost.
		Peale's skeleton", a famous mammoth skeleton that Jefferson, Wistar, and Peale were instrumental in excavating atShawangunk, New York in 1801.
	www.lclark.edu /org/bicprog/200/100503.html (237 words)

	HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The local sponsor is the Philadelphia Chapter of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation.
		A noted physician, Wistar (1761-1818) was one of the most prominent physicians and medical professors of his day.
		Wistar was professor of anatomy at the University of Pennsylvania and President of the American Philosophical Society.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:67536192&refid=ink_tptd_nw (159 words)

	Adams & Wistar Letter Book An inventory of their item(s) at Syracuse University
		Thomas Wistar (or Wister), 1764-1851, was a Philadelphia merchant.
		The Wistars were members of the Society of Friends.
		The collection consists of a leatherbound letter book containing copies of a hundred or so business letters from the firm to various customers and suppliers between 1785 and 1793.
	libwww.syr.edu /digital/guides/a/adams_wistar.htm (147 words)

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