Physicians -- New York -- Nineteenth century
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Benham family papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/333
Booksellers' description
Account book collection, Thomas Benham, M.D., John Benham, M.D., and others. (Broome, Conesville, and Windham, NY; 1796-1863, and later) Comprises approximately twenty single thick wrappered account books (some bound with multiple gatherings) and several hundred items of miscellaneous paper ephemera, primarily 1840s-1870s, of related interest. Apparently representing three generations of doctors in one family, serving a very rural area of New York State, some 35 miles southwest of Albany.
Dates:
1796 - 1905
E. Powell ledger
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/283
Scope and Contents
Ledger documenting medical practice of Elijah Powell in Richford, N.Y., and surrounding Tioga and Cortland counties, 1839-1845; some accounts settled as late as 1858. Lists patient name, reason for visit, prescriptions, and settlement of accounts.
Dates:
1839 - 1858; Majority of material found within 1839 - 1845
James Oliver ledger and notes on lectures from Rutgers Medical College
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/286
Scope and Contents
Notes taken by James Oliver, 1829, on lectures at Rutgers Medical College. Includes notes on David Hosack on institutes and practice of medicine, William MacNeven on materia medica, and Valentine Mott on surgery. Also includes ledger of Ulster Co., N.Y., farm accounts, 1853-1861.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1829 - 1861; Majority of material found within 1861
