Prescriptions
Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Peter Turner ledger
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: MSS 2/068
Scope and Contents
Volume documenting medical practice of Peter Turner in East Greenwich, Kent County, R.I., and
surrounding area, 17901794.
Some accounts settled as late as 1812. Ledger lists charges, prescriptions,
and payments often made with goods or services. Many later entries made by Peter Turner’s son, Henry
E. Turner. Entries often include brief information on individual patients’ occupation, race, progress. and
consultations with other physicians. Ledger lacks several pages, including 1-2, 110-120;...
Dates:
1790 - 1794
Pharmaceutical prescription cards
Collection
Identifier: MSS 393
Content Description
This small collection consists of 16 manuscript pharmaceutical prescriptions with occasional typescript comments. The cards and the comments were attributed to Battin and Lunger Pharmacists, Philadelphia, by the donor. The physicians who signed the prescriptions include J. Harold Austin, Radcliffe Cheston, J. Clinton Foltz, Alvin R. McCarthy[?], John F. McCloskey, Frank M. Ramsey, Edward G. Rhoads, Fred A. Sutcliff, and Josephus T. Ullom.
Dates:
1917
Records of Charles H. Clark, Apothecary
Collection
Identifier: MSS 5/003
Scope and Contents
The Charles H. Clark, Apothecary, Collection contains prescriptions
written by many physicians of the Center City and West Philadelphia
areas which were filled by Charles H. Clark at his Philadelphia
pharmaceutical firm. The prescriptions are filed in sequence
by number assigned as filled; the sequence approximates chronological
order. The prescriptions date from February through December,
1878, and February, 1906, through October, 1908.
Dates:
1878; 1906-1908
Samuel Sturgis Booth ledger
Collection — Volume 1
Identifier: MSS 2/084
Scope and Contents
Volume documents Samuel Booth Sturgis’ medical practice and work as proprietor and physicianinchief
at Foot Hills Sanitorium, Lenoir, N.C., 19151917.
Each account entry contains reason for visit,
charge, and payment received. Many patients identified by profession; index to account names included.
Related bills and prescriptions inserted. Several visits made in consultation with Sturgis’ wife, Margaret
Castex Sturgis, a gynecologist. Notes in ledger indicate volume was superceded by patient...
Dates:
1915 - 1917
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