Physicians -- China -- Nineteenth century
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    Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
    
    
     Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
D. Heber Plank papers
     Collection 
  
    
      Identifier: MSS 2/277-01
    
Scope and Contents
             The collection contains ten volumes of financial papers documenting 
the Morgantown, Pa., medical practice of D. Heber Plank, 1868-1908; 
there are two ledgers and two combined ledger and cash books, 
six daybooks, and associated financial papers.The ledgers and cash books, 1868-1908, are organized by account 
name and list the service performed, date, and fee charged; 
there are occasional notes on cases, patients, and settlement 
of accounts.  Each volume includes an index to...
          
      
          Dates: 
        1868 - 1908
      
      
   Silas Weir Mitchell papers
     Collection 
  
    
      Identifier: MSS 2/241-03
    
Scope and Contents note
             The S. Weir Mitchell Papers, spanning 1788 to 1949, contain Mitchell's correspondence, travel journals, diaries, literary notebooks, and manuscripts of his speeches, poems, and unpublished autobiography.  The bulk of the collection concerns Mitchell's family life and literary career, but also present is material pertaining to Mitchell as a physician, such as correspondence with his British and American colleagues and records of his studies of patients with nerve injuries.  The collection also...
          
      
          Dates: 
        Majority of material found within Bulk, 1850-1928; Bulk, 1850-1928 1788-1949
      
      
   

