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Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:

Bacon-Schneeloch family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 707
Abstract: The papers consist of family correspondence, autograph albums, diaries, notebooks, financial records, photographs and memorabilia, principally of Leonard Woolsey Bacon, a physician, and of his first wife, Emma Waleska Schneeloch. The largest part of the papers is made up of Bacon's prescription books (1892-1937) containing diagnosis, prescriptions, and name, age and occupation for each patient. Also in the papers are the financial records of his practice (1907-1919) which, together with the...
Dates: 1875-1935

Bidwell family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 79
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, legal and financial documents, and other papers of six generations of Bidwell family members. Principal figures include Barnabas Bidwell (1763-1833), lawyer and politician in Massachusetts and Kingston, Ontario; and his son, Marshall Spring Bidwell (1799-1872), lawyer and politician in Kingston and New York City.

Dates: 1750-1952, bulk 1782-1915

Charles Cheney Foote papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1304
Abstract:

The papers of Charles Cheney Foote consist of medical school lecture notes, an account book, and an index of medical conditions and medications.

Dates: 1820-1860

Hall-Benedict Drug Company logbooks and ledgers

 Collection
Call Number: Ms Coll 66
Abstract:

The collection documents the business activities of the Hall-Benedict Drug Company, a pharmacy in New Haven, Connecticut, from 1909 to circa 1980. The collection contains prescription logbooks, financial ledgers in bound volumes and loose pages, customer account/address cards, and a newspaper article.

Dates: Circa 1909-1980

William Griswold Lane memorial collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 189
Abstract: A collection of documents on the early history of Connecticut assembled by Wolcott Griswold Lane as a memorial to his father, William Griswold Lane. The original bequest consisted of approximately 1,000 letters and papers (1670-1866) of the Lane and Griswold families of Connecticut and Ohio. Families represented in the correspondence include: Daggett, Dana, Edwards, Ellsworth, Fish, Goodrich, Hillhouse, Huntington, Lanman, Sherman, Stiles, Swayne, Swift, Trumbull, Waite, Whittlesey,...
Dates: 1670-1947

John Lounsbury papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1300
Abstract:

The papers consist of medical notes, notebooks, school materials, prescriptions, and poetry of John and Mary Lounsbury.

Dates: 1813-1895

Medical manuscripts collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 346
Abstract:

This artificial collection is composed of correspondence, journals, account books, manuscripts, scrapbooks, and printed material relating to the study and practice of medicine, primarily in Connecticut and New York, primarily in the nineteenth century.

Dates: 1774-1971

William Priest papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1036
Abstract:

Correspondence and William Priest's medical day book detailing medical services provided to patients (1807-1810) and the fees charged. The letters also relate to medicine: one from a doctor describing his diagnosis and prescription for a patient with liver trouble and another concerning the uses of a variety of medicines.

Dates: 1799-1810

Talman family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 662
Abstract:

Deeds, leases, miscellaneous documents, and some correspondence of the Talman family, early settlers of Guilford, Connecticut.

Dates: 1683-1866

Trowbridge family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1154
Abstract:

Three branches of the Trowbridge family of New Haven, Connecticut are represented in these papers: the Stephen Trowbridge family, Francis Trowbridge, and Thomas Rutherford Trowbridge. Included are deeds and financial papers of the Stephen Trowbridge family, a notebook of medicinal and household prescriptions kept by Francis Trowbridge, and a scrapbook of Thomas Rutherford Trowbridge.

Dates: 1726-1911