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Box 1

Volumes and Documents (Approx. 1575-1822)

HM 83505 Muzio, Giovam Batista. Trattato del Nascimento et Generatione dell Huomo ([approx. 1575])

Bound volume, (236 p.). In Italian, with three Zodiacal diagrams on p. 74-75.

HM 83506 [Unknown author]. Des Accouchements ([approx. 1750])

Bound volume, (80 p.). In French.

HM 83507 [Dolce, Francesco, 1724-1809]. De Morbis Mulierum (1757)

Bound volume, (104 p.). In Latin, in the hand of Saverio de' Savi da Matera, a student of Dolce's. With a note in Greek on first page.

HM 83508 Day, Thomas, 1749 or 1750-1818. Abstracts of Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Midwifery from Collin Mackenzie M.D. (1772)

Bound volume, (123 p.). With some damage to leather spine. Subject: Mackenzie, Colin, -1775.

HM 83509 [Unknown author]. Midwife's Account Book (1803, Jan. 5-1813, Nov. 26)

Volume, (57 p.). This small vol. is made up of pages sewn together between two sets of marbled covers, with some damage. The midwife was based in Towcester, a market town in southern Northamptonshire, England)

HM 83510 Fraser, Alex. Certificate in favour of Mrs. Janet Henderson Midwife (1822, Feb. 12)

(2 p.) A.D.S., (Aberdeen, Scotland); signed by the Regimental Surgeon. Please note: fragile, handle carefully.

Box 2

Volumes, Documents, Manuscripts and Correspondence (1843-1931)

HM 83511 Butler, Samuel Worcester, 1823-1874. Letter to Leroy Milton Yale, 1802-1847 (1843, Mar. 2)

(4 p.) A.L.S., (Boston, Mass.)

HM 83512 Mandigo, James William, 1819-1887. Notes on lectures, anatomy, obstetrics and surgery, with a collection of medical recipes (1844, Sep. 9)

Paper bound volume, (95 p.), (White Pigeon, Mich.). With damage to covers and some pages, Fragile. With a typewritten biography pasted down to inside front cover, prepared by W.R. Mandigo, son of J.W. Mandigo.

HM 83513 Jeannin, [Viviane]. Quelques Notes sur Les Accouchements ([approx. 1860])

Bound volume, (154 p.), (Paris, France). In French, notebook kept by Madame Jeannin, Sage-Femme.

HM 83514 Spaulding, Joseph. Doctor's Account Book (1868-1870)

Bound pocket account book, (198 p.), (La Fayette, Indiana). In leatherette case, with printed pages in front and back of volume; descriptions of childbirth on pages 167-188.

HM 83515 Owen, Richard, 1804-1892. Letter to R.H. (Richard H.) Horne, 1802-1884 (1873, Feb. 18)

(4 p.) A.L.S., (London, Eng.), with envelope; fragile, please do not remove from mylar. A letter replying to various questions relative to human anomalies.

HM 83516 Playfair, W.S. (William Smoult), 1836-1903. Letter to Robert P. (Robert Patterson) Harris, 1822-1899 (1879, Nov. 29)

(3 p.) A.L.S., (London, Eng.), with envelope.

HM 83517 Playfair, W.S. (William Smoult), 1836-1903. Letter to Robert P. (Robert Patterson) Harris, 1822-1899 ([approx. 1880], July 18)

(2 p.) A.L.S., (London, Eng.)

HM 83518 Playfair, W.S. (William Smoult), 1836-1903. Letter to Robert P. (Robert Patterson) Harris, 1822-1899 (1881, Apr. 21)

(1 p.) A.L.S., (London, Eng.)

HM 83519 [Howard, William Travis, 1821-1907]. Notes of Lectures on Diseases of Women (1882, May 23)

Bound notebook (58 p.), (Baltimore, Maryland). With very loose marbled boards, pages very brittle, with a large section numbered but blank. In the hand of Edward E. Mackenzie, 1858-.

HM 83520 Playfair, W.S. (William Smoult), 1836-1903. Card to Robert P. (Robert Patterson) Harris, 1822-1899 (1885, July 31)

(2 p.) A.N.S. on a card, (London, Eng.), with envelope.

HM 83521 Ballantyne, J.W. (John William), 1861-1923. Letter to Robert P. (Robert Patterson) Harris, 1822-1899 (1891, Oct. 26)

(3 p.) A.L.S., (Edinburgh, Scot.), with envelope.

HM 83522 Ballantyne, J.W. (John William), 1861-1923. Letter to Robert P. (Robert Patterson) Harris, 1822-1899 (1892, May 2)

(2 p.) A.L.S., (Edinburgh, Scot.), with envelope.

HM 83523 Playfair, W.S. (William Smoult), 1836-1903. Letter to Robert P. (Robert Patterson) Harris, 1822-1899 (1898, Jan. 15)

(3 p.) A.L.S., (London, Eng.), with envelope.

HM 83524 Williams, J. Whitridge (John Whitridge), 1866-1931. (1922, Dec. 26)

(1 p.). Signature pasted down on a notecard.

HM 83525 Peachey, George Charles, 1862-1935. Letter to Francis R. (Francis Randolph) Packard, 1870-1950 (1925, Apr. 27)

(1 p.) A.L.S., (London, Eng.). Fragile, please handle carefully.

HM 83526 [Unknown author]. Duplicate Prescription Form for Medical Liquor (1928, Nov. 11)

(1 p.) Printed form, filled in. Form issued under the authority of the National Prohibition Act for a patient living in Pennsylvania. Originally laid into RB 649507, "Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences," v. 4.

HM 83527 Peachey, George Charles, 1862-1935. Letter to Francis R. (Francis Randolph) Packard, 1870-1950 (1930, Jan. 28)

(1 p.) A.L.S., (London, Eng.), with pencil notations on verso. Fragile, please handle carefully.

HM 83528 Peachey, George Charles, 1862-1935. Letter to Francis R. (Francis Randolph) Packard, 1870-1950 (1930, Nov. 8)

(1 p.) A.L.S., (London, Eng.). Fragile, please handle carefully.

HM 83529 [MacCullum, W.G. (William George), 1874-1944]. Johns Hopkins University Obituary of John Whitridge Williams (1931)

(2 p.) A.MS., also enclosed: typewritten copy (2 p.). Subjects: Williams, J. Whitridge (John Whitridge), 1866-1931 ; Johns Hopkins University. School of Medicine.

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Volumes and Documents (Approx. 1575-1822)

Volumes, Documents, Manuscripts and Correspondence (1843-1931)