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James Keen Ledger
Collection
Identifier: SC 01458
Scope and Contents
Medical ledger of James Keen, a physician in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Notes about visits to patients which include treatments, medicines dispensed, prescriptions, notes, calculations, and payment records. There are over 60 entries for the treatment of enslaved individuals and several are named. One entry notes the removal of a tumor from a "Negro Woman." The last page of the ledger lists births of foals and their lineage.A handwritten note is on page two, “James...
Dates:
1825-1836
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center
Dawson Warren Account Book
Collection
Identifier: SC 01099
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a medical account book written by Dawson Warren, M.D. (????-1850), who practiced medicine at Surry County, VA. This account book spans the period of 1844 to 1849 and contains information on patient visits (including slaves), charges for services rendered, payments made, and bonds payable to Dr. Warren.
Dates:
1844-1849
Found in:
Special Collections Research Center