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Medicine, Rural--Practice

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

S. B. Barham Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 00467
Scope and Contents

Bills and accounts, 1904-1910, of Dr. S. B. Barham, Runnymede, Surry Co., Va. Includes a letter, 26 January 1907, to Barham concerning the rebuilding of the Surry County Courthouse.

Dates: 1904-1910

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

John L. Bosworth Ledgers

 Collection
Identifier: MS 00275
Scope and Contents 28 ledgers ranging from 1891- 1948 tracing Bosworth's medical practice and house calls in and around Randolph County, West Virginia. In addition, there are bank receipt books, several letters, newspapers clippings, and a scrapbook of news clippings. Most of the ledgers are indexed by patient and household and include notes and relevant charges for his services, including the dispensation of medicines. Bosworth was the County Health Officer for Randolph County for some years and as such...
Dates: 1891-1948

S. B. Barham Account Book

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ad18
Scope and Contents

Account book, 1896-1915, of Doctor S. B. Barham, of Runnymede, Surry County, Virginia, kept while practicing medicine.

Dates: 1896-1915

S. B. Barham Diaries

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. MsV Ad13-MsV Ad17
Scope and Contents

Five Diaries, 1903-1905, 1907, and 1915, of Doctor S. B. Barham of Runnymede, Surry County, Virginia, which discuss his medical practice and events in his neighborhood.

Dates: 1903-1915