Collection: Perley Barker casebook | ArchivesSpace Public Interface

Scope and Contents

Volume documents Perley Newel Barker’s medical practice in Troy, Pa., and Bradford County area, 18971903. Entries list patient’s name, age, notes on examination, and prescription; many cases have followup notes. Letters, 1897, from physicians Edward Jackson and Willis T. Davison inserted in volume on page 70.

Dates

1897 - 1903

Creator

Barker, Perley Newel (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Perley Newel Barker, Troy, Pa., physician was born in 1856. He received an M.D. from the MedicoChirurgical College of Philadelphia, 1887; by 1890, he was practicing in Troy. Barker specialized in otorhinolaryngology. He was a medical examiner for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, the Northwestern Mutual Life Association, and the Western Mutual Life Insurance Company. Barker died of chronic endocarditis on 4 Apr. 1934.