Daybooks

Scope and Contents Chronological record of Gamaliel Bradford’s medical practice, 1819 Sept. 12-1822 Dec. 31 (gap, 1821 Mar. 11-Aug. 1) in Boston, 1819-1820, and Cambridge, Mass., 1820-1822. Entries list patient attended, reason for visit or procedure, and fee charged with notes on settlement of the account. Includes monthly summary of accounts. Includes occasional notes from Gamaliel Bradford, including one, dated July 1821, where he specifies accounts which, in the event of his death, are not to be pursued by...

Scope and Contents One volume of remedies and recipes compiled by George B. Green, 1823-1862, with notes on sources of information or use of recipes. Includes recipes for medical ailments such as croup, hydrophobia, and dysentery, and household substances such as varnish, shoe polish, and ink. Several remedies prescribed by Vermont physician E. E. Phelps for Mrs. George B. Green. Newspaper clippings and other printed items laid in.One-volume daybook of farm and personal accounts, 1852- June...

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Chronological record of G. D. Peck’s medical practice in Milford, Mass., 1832 Oct. 24-1834 Mar. 31. Entries list name of patient, reason for visit, fee charged, and ledger account number. Several patent medicines prescribed. Monthly summary accounts for 1832 and 1833 included. Also includes recipes and notes, including a reference, dated 1833 Jan. 1, to taking E. W. Carpenter as a medical student.

Scope and Contents Volume documents Henry G. Wagoner’s medical practice in Somerville, N.J., 1862. Bulk of volume contains chronological visiting list of patients in Somerset County. Each entry, listed by name, assigned symbol; explanation of symbols on p. 4. Most of Wagoner’s practice lay in Somerville or Raritan. Daybook entries contain personal and professional accounts. Volume also contains list of Wagoner’s obstetric appointments during 1862 with names and address of parents, date of birth, sex of child,...

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Ledgers of accounts from medical practice of Henry Pleasants in Hamiltonville [West Philadelphia], Pa., 1835-1858. Lists reason for visit and fee charged.

Scope and Contents The collection contains eight daybooks, 1855-1894, and one ledger, 1872-1904, documenting the medical practice of Israel Parsons in Marcellus, New York, and surrounding Onondaga County. The daybooks list patients, services or prescriptions, and amount charged; occasional descriptions of cases are included. The final three volumes in the series have occasional marginal notes in shorthand. The ledger, organized by name of patient with references to pages in the corresponding daybooks,...

Scope and Contents One volume documents medical practice, 1847-1861, of J. H. Marsden, homeopathic physician in Adams County, Pa. Lists charges and payments, made often with goods or services, for each patient and information concerning occupation of each patient; bulk spans 1847 to 1861 with occasional entries through 1870s. One folder of material laid in ledger contains bills, receipts, promissary notes, and miscellaneous financial papers, 1851-1881. Index to ledger account names included.A...

Scope and Contents The collection contains four daybooks, 1824-1873 (Bulk 1837-1852), and two account books, 1826-1850, documenting the medical practice of Jason Howard Ames in Bradford, N.H. and the surrounding area. Items found interleaved in the volumes were removed and placed in folders. The daybooks list the patient and the services rendered and their cost. A brief description of the service provided is included. One daybook, (dates), has a name index. Notable services rendered include reduction of a...

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Volume documenting medical practice of Job Leonard in Windham Co., Vt., 1814-1821; some accounts settled as late as 1823. Begins in ledger format, then changes to daybook format in Dec. 1817. Lists patient name, reason for visit, prescriptions, and settlement of accounts. Includes supplementary folder of receipts and miscellaneous financial papers, 1818-1843.

Scope and Contents This collection consists of two daybooks, 1835 Feb. 1-1839 Aug. 25, and 1839 Aug. 26-1845 Dec. 31, describing the medical practice of John A. Hyde in Freeport, Maine. The daybook entries are chronological and provide the patient's name, a brief description of the medical treatment, and the charge involved; for a birth, the sex of the child is also provided. At the end of the entries for each year, Hyde lists his annual earnings and the number of births for that year. Receipts,...