Notebooks of Montmarquet from his time as a student at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia College in New York City, 1887-1889.
There are eight volumes and a few fragments of class notes covering the practice of medicine; surgery; obstetrics and gynecology; physiology; and hygiene. Lecturers include William T. Bull, John G. Curtis, Francis Delafield, Charles McBurney, and Thomas M. Markoe.
History and Biography
Joseph Didier Montmarquet (1860-1906) was born in New Jersey of French Canadian parents. He attended Yale before entering the College of Physicians and Surgeons from which he received his MD in 1889. He married Wilhelmina Zecher in 1891; they had 9 children. Montmarquet practiced in Cohoes, N.Y. He was a founding medical staff member of Cohoes City Hospital, a member of the Board of Health, served as Coroner's physician and was active in fraternal societies and the Catholic Church. He was a member of the AMA, the Medical Society of the State of New York, and the Albany County Medical Society of which he was vice president at the time of his death.
Organization
| Box | Folder | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Index to Materia Medica, Index to Practice of Medicine [1887-89?]: including some notes from John G. Curtis's physiology class, l888. |
| 2 | Practice of Medicine, 1887-89: vol. I and II (large) taken at Prof. Francis Delafield's lectures. Vol. 2 is loose (2 v.) | |
| 3 | Practice of Medicine 1887-89: vols. I & II and V (small) taken at Prof. Francis Delafield's lectures. These appear to be the rough notes taken in class which were used to create the more polished version in folder 3 (2 v.). | |
| 4 | Surgery 1888-89, vol I. | |
| 2 | 1 | Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1889: notebook and fragments. |
| 2 | Hygiene, 1889 |
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Administrative Information
Gift of F. H. Montmarquet, grandson, Dec. 1967.
Removal: An obituary and memorial statement for Montmarquet from the Albany Medical Annals, February 1907, has been transferred to the Archives & Special Collection Biographical Files.