Manuscripts

Lewis Grant Wilson notebook

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Description: This notebook, which was kept by Dr. Wilson from 1952 to 1954, contains notes on various medical topics, medical publications, information about other doctors, personal appointments and some information about his patients and treatments.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1952-1954.
Call number: mssHM 76715
Creator: Wilson, Lewis Grant(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: On long-term loan from the Los Angeles County Medical Association, 1992.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Contains Protected Health Information (PHI) restricted under Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). "Individually identifiable health information of a person who has been deceased for more than 50 years is not protected health information under the Privacy Rule."

Lewis Grant Wilson papers

Manuscripts

This collection contains a few personal notes of Lewis Grant Wilson. The majority, however, consists of legal documents regarding Dr. Wilson's estate after his death on January 30, 1980.

mssWilson, Lewis Grant

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This notebook contains Jonathan Bliss's notes on medical practice; the notebook was kept by Bliss in 1723 and 1724. The volume contains excerpts from the following prominent 17th and 18th century medical texts: Giorgio Baglivi's, The practice of physick; Ysbrand van Diemerbroeck's Anatome corporis humani; and Thomas Fuller's Pharmacopoeia extemporanea among others. The excerpts teach the medical theory of humorism, and occasionally include direct quotes from Hippocrates and Galen. They also describe numerous common medical problems and diseases from apoplexy and cancer to toothache and wounds, and also include treatments. The treatments usually include instructions for preparing herbal or other compounds as prescriptions, naming many ingredients from mercury to spearmint to vinegar. Often the excerpts feature "clinical" case studies of a patient with the relevant problem, and testify to the effects of the recommended treatments. It is believed Bliss lived in the United States at the time he kept the notebook; perhaps Massachusetts.

mssHM 74094

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David Cox notebook

Manuscripts

The notebook contains David Cox's notes regarding his medical education and his experiences under the tutelage of Dr. Walter Buell. Along with medical notes, Cox records his thoughts, the weather, his travels, and poetry. There is also a note with a short history of Cox's family.

mssHM 74483

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Nellie Vance Wilson notebook

Manuscripts

The notebook contains short essays and sketches from zoology class, with a focus on fish anatomy.

mssHM 74825

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John T. B. McMaster ledger of the medical practice of John T. B. McMaster and John L. Hearn

Manuscripts

This bound-volume is a ledger kept by Dr. John T. B. McMaster and his partner Dr. Hearn regarding their medical visits to citizens of New Town, Worcester County, Maryland from 1850 to 1852. The doctors include name of patient (some of the time), reason for visiting, treatment, date of visit, and the fee paid to them for services. The doctors treated both whites and blacks (free blacks, fugitives and slaves). In their ledger, if the patient was black, they would write "Negro" after the patients' name (although it is expected that not every black is identified as such). The patients include a slave at Beverly, a large estate owned by John Upshur Dennis.

mssHM 71482

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Surgical notes: notebook

Manuscripts

This notebook contains handwritten surgical notes (30 pages) by a Dr. Carmen (first name is unknown), probably in California. The notes are undated but the approximate date is 1856. The subjects vary and include: colds, burns, blood vessels, aneurysms, small pox, cancer and many others. There are also a few pages of "General Remarks." The volume also contains a 12-page index near the back of the notebook. Most of the volume is blank. On the inside front cover is a note about the provenance of the notebook.

mssHM 80415

Lewis Grant Wilson notebook

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