Collection: John T. Carter prescription book | ArchivesSpace Public Interface

Scope and Contents

One volume (39 p. + 2 loose leaves) of narcotics prescriptions dated 10 March 1920 to 1 July 1933. Each entry contains date, name, narcotic and dosage. Loose leaves are 2 prescriptions for specific patients.

Dates

1920 - 1933

Creator

Carter, John T. (John Thomas) (Person)

Biographical / Historical

John Thomas Carter was born in 1850 in Triadelphia, West Virginia. He attended Washington and Jefferson College for two years before transferring to Princeton University, where he received his A.B. in 1871. He entered the Medical Department of the University of Cincinnati and graduated with an M.D. in 1874. After an internship and short appointment as house physician at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Cincinnati, Carter moved to Boston, Massachusetts, to become the Assistant Director of the state-run Lunatic Hospital in South Boston. Five years later (1880) Carter returned to Triadelphia to set up private practice and became a member of the West Virginia State Medical Association. After a two-week illness, Carter died at his home on 6 March 1936 of empyema of the gallbladder and chronic nephritis.