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Medical care

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 23 Collections and/or Records:

Henry W. Jones account book

 Collection — Volume V052
Identifier: V052
Scope and Contents This collection includes the account book of Dr. Henry W. Jones and contains entries regarding his medical practice ranging from 1900 to 1915. Two pages in the back of the book were used to record information regarding tax levies of Portales and Roosevelt County, New Mexico for 1915-1916; a note about the incorporation of the Llano Irrigation Company from the Portales Times on January 20, 1916; and directions for a "Brooder for little chicks" from the...
Dates: 1901-1915

Hugh D. Gallagher papers

 Collection — Folder S0498
Identifier: S0498
Scope and Contents This collection contains typewritten copies of correspondence and military papers of Bernard F. Mullen and Hugh D. Gallagher from the U.S. Civil War. Ranging from November 20, 1863 to February 1, 1865, the copies include circulars, special orders, and a partial letter sent by Col. Mullen to Gallagher; a letter from Assistant Surgeon G. A. Kunker regarding Mullen's illness; 2 letters sent by Gallagher to his brother and sister; and military orders sent to Gallagher by Lt. Col. A. G. Tassin from...
Dates: 1863-1865

Indiana State Board of Nurses registration certificates

 Collection — Folder S3326
Identifier: S3326
Scope and Contents This collection includes payment receipts and nursing certificates for nursing licensure of Ruth Evelyn (Gates) Henley, with the Indiana State Board of Nurses ranging from 1933 to 1973.
Dates: 1933-1975

John Martin Walker collection

 Collection — Folder S0849
Identifier: S0849
Scope and Contents This collection comprises a biographical document entitled, “You Will Not Cut My Leg Off,” which describes John Martin Walker’s life, from the beginning of the U.S. Civil War until his death on June 25, 1929. It details the state of medical care during the war, including battle wounds, sanitation, malnutrition, and hospital conditions. There are also copied materials such as an a certificate and pages from the The Annual Report of the Adjutant General, volume 2,...
Dates: 1861-1929

Josephine Long prescription book

 Collection — Folder S2621
Identifier: S2621
Scope and Contents This collection comprises a small, 164-page ledger book from Josephine L. Morris in Rockville, Indiana, dated January 20, 1879. The first 38 pages contain remedies for various health problems, such as: “For Rhumitisem” on page 20; “For Broncal trouble or cough” on page 21; and “To relieve cloudy condition in urine” on page 24. It also contains two advertisement clippings, one for Jeculin made by the Upjohn Company, and one for Parke-Davis Haliver Oil. From page 95 through the inside back cover,...
Dates: 1879-1938

Levi Gustin account book

 Collection — Folder S2407
Identifier: S2407
Scope and Contents This collection includes an account book used by Dr. Levi Gustin of Indianapolis, Indiana. Ranging from 1859 to 1864, entries include patient name, date of treatment, condition treated and the amount charged. The book was also used as a scrapbook to hold various recipes that were clipped from newspapers and pasted onto the pages. A large number of the account entries are obscured by the clippings and by water damage. At some time previously, an unsuccessful attempt was made to remove the...
Dates: 1859-1864, undated

Marion County Tuberculosis Association photograph collection

 Collection
Identifier: P059
Scope and Contents This collection includes photographs from the Marion County Tuberculosis Association in Indianapolis, Indiana ranging from 1914 to 1965 and undated regarding Christmas seal campaigns, Sunnyside Sanitorium, fresh air schools, chest x-ray programs, and other activities of the organization and others in support of the treatment and prevention of tuberculosis in Marion County.
Dates: 1914-1965, undated

Rebecca Parrish collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: S1041
Scope and Contents This collection includes three letters, poems, and a manuscript belonging to Dr. Rebecca Parrish ranging from 1908 and 1947. The first letter dated November 25, 1908 was sent to Dr. Rebecca Parrish from A.J. McLaughlin, Acting Director of Health of the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Health for the Philippine Islands, thanking the Mary J. Johnston Memorial Hospital for assisting the department with the cholera outbreak. In a second letter dated November 10, 1947 Dr. Parrish wrote...
Dates: 1908-1947, undated

Robert Thomas Mayhill collection

 Collection — Folder S1899
Identifier: S1899
Scope and Contents This collection includes photocopies of three items from Dr. Benjamin F. Elder: a lecture card from Starling Medical College (Columbus, Ohio) for "Lectures. Materia Medica and General Pathology" by H.L. Thull, M.D. (circa 1855-1856); a February 27, 1858 recommendation for the degree of Doctor of Medicine for Elder from the Medical College of Ohio (Cincinnati, Ohio); and a March 4, 1858 notice of appointment of Dr. Elder as a resident physician at St. John's Hospital (Cincinnati). The...
Dates: 1855-1858;1932

Sister John Francis Hilleke papers

 Collection — Folder S659
Identifier: S0659
Scope and Contents This collection includes speeches and other papers from Sister John Francis Hilleke in Indiana ranging from 1910 to 1968 regarding nursing.
Dates: 1910-1968