Physicians -- Pennsylvania -- Bradford (county) -- Nineteenth century

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.

Scope and Contents This collection of twelve of Thomas F. Madill's daybooks (1857-1892) spans almost his entire professional career and gives a comprehensive view of the daily practice of a country physician in the towns of central Bradford County, Pennsylvania. The daybook entries are chronological and provide each patient's name, a brief description of the medical work, and the charge involved. Many entries refer to pages in a ledger which has not survived as part of the collection. An interesting...