Physicians -- Vermont -- Nineteenth century

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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Ledger documenting medical practice of J. F. Miles in Hinesburgh, Vt., 1848-1860. Includes accounts with Town of Hinesburgh and payment of medical fees with goods and services.

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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 The collection contains an autographed signed letter dated 11 Jan. [18]43 from Reverend John Clark to Otis Jones. The letter descibes an epidemic among the populace of Burke, [Vt.]. Reverend Clark describes the symptoms suffered by the afflicted and the mounting death toll. He observes that women seemed more susceptible than men to the illness and notes those sections of the town most affected by the epidemic. Reverend Clark also describes the work of the physicians and the treatments they...