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Surgical notes: notebook

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: approximately 1856.
Call number: mssHM 80415
Provenance: On long-term loan from the Los Angeles County Medical Association, 1992.
Dimensions: 26 cm :

George E. Blakeslee notebook

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George E. Blakeslee's notebook contains transcriptions of lectures on the diseases of children and the practice of midwifery. The lecturers were Doctors Eli Ives and Nathan Smith. The lectures also included surgical practices for obstetrics. The lectures are indexed, however, notes for the first lecture actually begins on page 307.

mssHM 74092

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Richard Bentley notebook

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It is conjecture that the author of this notebook is Richard Bentley ("R. Bentley" appears on the verso of the second flyleaf). The volume includes several essays including "Sanderson's Hydrostaticks," "De Microscopiis," "De Telescopiis," and "Demonstrations of the 6th Axiom in Dr. Isaak Newton's Opticks." There are also 8 pages of notes regarding mathematics.

mssHM 72871

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Jack London notebook

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Although this was originally Jack London's high school geometry notebook, London used it as a scrapbook after the original use. Most of the notebook pages have bits of paper glued onto them with quotes, lists of names (surnames, female names, male names, etc.), as well as lists of words in their vernacular such as "White Southern Vernacular," "Low Irish Vernacular," "California Spanish Vernacular," etc. Most of that material is typewritten but there is also handwritten material by London in the notebook. There are still several pages with mathematical equations in London's hand. Handwritten on the cover: "Jack London - Geometry" and "A.U.A.-'96."

mssHM 80607

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Surgical papers

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Halsted never wrote books so these papers remain his lasting monument. He developed the modern system of residency training and was the greatest of all surgical innovators and teachers. He was the first to use rubber gloves in surgery. He became addicted to cocaine hydrochlorate while experimenting with it as a surgical anaesthetic in 1884.

656375

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Field notes for survey of Mount Vernon :

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Pages from a book of field notes of a survey of Mount Vernon, including Ferry Plantation, Muddy Hole farm, and River farm. With attached typed note regarding provenance.

mssHM 74696

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John Tyndall notebook

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The notebook contains two catalogues of Tyndall's books, listed alphabetically by author, and several pages of miscellaneous notes.

mssHM 72507

Surgical notes: notebook

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