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Discourses on the nature and cure of wounds. : In two volumes

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1807.
Call number: 623195
Creator: Bell, John (1763-1820)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: On long-term loan from the Los Angeles County Medical Association, 1992.
Dimensions: 23 cm
Associated people: Hinds, Justin, (1770-1840,); Nichols, George W., (1782-1855,)
Associated organizations: Thomas & Thomas (Walpole, N.H.),; Los Angeles County Medical Association,

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The collection contains 330 items. The manuscripts and diaries are arranged alphabetically by author and consist of 13 items including John Bell's account of his ocean voyage from New York to Central America, his overland journey by train from Indiana to California and his stay in London. The correspondence is also arranged alphabetically by author and consists of 27 letters, most of which were written to either John or Hannah B. Cooper Bell. The ephemera is arranged alphabetically by type and consists of 219 items, most of which are receipts and statements for property taxes in both the states of New York and California. The ephemera includes the publications: "California Prune Surprise: 100 Recipes for Delicious Prune Dishes" published by the California Cured Fruit Association; "Divine Protection through Extraordinary Dangers, During the Irish Rebellion in 1798" by Dinah Wilson Goff who was John Bell's great-aunt; "An Appeal for the Ancient Doctrines of the Religious Society of Friends," written in 1847; "The Testimonies of Friends," written in 1860; and two insurance manuals. Other ephemera relate to John Bell's business and family life in San Jose. There are 71 items in the volume section arranged alphabetically by title and then chronologically. Forty-nine of these items are volumes relating to John Bell's business in both San Jose (Calif.) and Richmond (Ind.). The other items are notes included in the volumes.
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