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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
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia / Benham family papers

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
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia / E. Powell ledger

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
Found in: Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia / James Oliver ledger and notes on lectures from Rutgers Medical College

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