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Medical care

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

Hamet N. Helms papers

 Collection
Identifier: L132
Scope and Contents This collection includes correspondence, papers, reminiscences, and account books from Hamet N. Helms and Mary A. Helms and others in Haddon, Indiana; Carlisle, Pennsylvania; Baltimore, Maryland; and Lansing, Iowa, ranging from 1823 to 1890, regarding family and professional business affairs.
Dates: 1823-1890

Harry G. Becker collection

 Collection — Folder S0089
Identifier: S0089
Scope and Contents The collection consists of a 30 page typed, hand-corrected photocopy of a speech presented to the Civil War Round Table, 29 pages of speech and a 1 page listing of names of sources, including Dr. George Worthington [Whittington] Adams, H.H. Cunningham, Otto Eisenshiml [Isenshimel], and Bruce Catton, some of whom he quotes extensively.The author begins with a brief definition of medicine. He mentions that the soldiers were faced with two medical problems; war wounds and diseases in...
Dates: 1968/02/12

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

Howard G. Osgood papers

 Collection
Identifier: L121
Scope and Contents This collection includes business papers, mortgages, deeds, indentures, insurance certificates, tax receipts, and daybooks and an account book from Osgood's physician practice, and tax receipts for various properties from Howard G. Osgood in Owen, Floyd and Monroe counties, Indiana, ranging from 1858 to 1912, relating to Osgood's personal life and business.

There is also a Osgood physician practice daybook, 1865-1866 (V216).
Dates: 1858-1912

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