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Medicine -- Study and teaching.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:

Barnabas Wood Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3459
Abstract

This ledger houses the notes, essays, research, and observations of Dr. Barnabas Wood, a dental surgeon who lived in Nashville before the Civil War. His interests included (among other things) physiognomy, phrenology, slavery, spirituality, morality, botany, and zoology.

Dates: circa 1844-1850

College of Medicine Required Items List

 Collection
Identifier: AR-0305
Abstract

This collection houses lists of the books, instruments, and supplies required by the University of Tennessee's College of Medicine.

Dates: 1951 March

Francis Alexander Ramsey Diploma

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0105
Abstract

This manuscript, written in Latin, certifies that Frank A. Ramsey earned his M.D. at Transylvania University on March 10, 1842. It is signed by Robert Davidson, President of the University, and others.

Dates: 1842 March 10

Francis Alexander Ramsey Index Rerum

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1251
Abstract

An 1842 index rerum, or alphabetized notebook intended for creating a manual, given to Francis Alexander Ramsey by his friend Thomas Turner. The rerum includes a section describing how and why the pages may be used. Ramsey, who was likely a medical student at the time, used the book to create a manual of medical references and terminology.

Dates: 1842

Helen Mae Lennon Hospital Record Book

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3509
Abstract

This 248-page ledger book appears to be a nurse's patient record for the Helen Mae Lennon Hospital. Each entry includes the date, the patient's name, treatment instructions or progress, and a doctor's signature. Treatments are varied, but often feature castor oil, soda bicarb, soft diet, bed rest, and hot water bottles. Doctors' signatures include E. F. Lennon, M. L. Boyd, and S. M. Clark.

Dates: 1923 January 6-1928 November 11

Patricia Cornwell Collection of 19th Century Popular Culture

 Collection
Identifier: MS-3823
Abstract

This collection consists of materials author Patricia Cornwell collected as part of her extensive research for her publications. The collection primarily contains notebooks, pamphlets, and newspaper articles about the history and culture of 18th and 19th-century medicine and crime. Additionally, there are primary source documents about the abolitionist movement, suffragettes, Prince Albert Victor, and other 19th-century celebrities, education, and literature.

Dates: 1715-1976; Majority of material found within 1818-1915

Samuel Mainster Lecture Notes

 Collection
Identifier: MS-0712
Abstract

This book contains notes that Samuel Mainster took on lectures he attended while studying at the University of Maryland in Baltimore.

Dates: 1827-1834