He was the first to describe spinal arthropathies in 1831. In 1822 Mitchell married Sarah Matilda Henry, a union that produced 9 children including the eminent physician, S. Weir Mitchell. He was elected a Fellow of the College of Physicians in 1827. On 14 Apr. 1858, Mitchell died in Philadelphia. Scope and Contents One volume of 22 sketches of mental patients at the Pennsylvania Hospital.
Most sketches give the patient s name.
Provenance Given to the College of Physicians by S. Weir Mitchell, M.D., with autograph presentation card affixed to the first leaf.