Colonial North America: Countway Library of Medicine

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Barton, Benjamin Smith, 1766-1815. Benjamin Barton Smith notebook on materia medica circa 1796-1798. B MS b52.1, Countway Library of Medicine.674 pages; 99% complete (62% indexed, 100% transcribed)04/22/2022 at 12:50 PM
Dix, Elijah, 1747-1809. Formulary of Elijah Dix, 1768. B MS b61, Countway Library of Medicine.106 pages; 36% complete (21% indexed, 39% transcribed, 2% needs review)04/17/2024 at 10:28 AM
Hartshorn, John Denison, 1736-1756. John Denison Hartshorn papers, 1754-1786 (inclusive), undated. Hartshorn, John Denison, d. 1756, Poem: On James Gardiner, A.MS.; Boston?, undated. B MS c50 19, Countway Library of Medicine.2 pages; 100% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed)05/11/2021 at 03:21 PM
Hastings, Seth, 1745-1830, and Seth Hastings, Jr., 1780-1861. Commonplace books, medical records, and papers, 1772-1830 (inclusive), undated. Excerpts from Treatise on the Consumption of the Lungs by Edward Barry, undated. H MS c292 14, Countway Library48 pages; 100% complete (6% indexed, 100% transcribed)08/06/2021 at 02:44 PM
Heberden, William, 1767-1845. William Heberden papers, 1790-1837 (inclusive). Remarks upon the principles to be observed in the management and care of the sick, undated. H MS c25 Box 01, Folder 07, Countway Library of Medicine.32 pages; 100% complete (47% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/27/2022 at 01:59 PM
Holyoke, Edward Augustus, 1728-1829. Manuscript on smallpox inoculation by Edward Augustus Holyoke, undated. B MS Misc., Countway Library of Medicine.54 pages; 100% complete (48% indexed, 100% transcribed)06/11/2021 at 04:56 PM
Jeffries, John, 1745-1819. Small Pocks, 1775-1779 (inclusive). B MS b1.2, Countway Library of Medicine.44 pages; 100% complete (20% indexed, 100% transcribed)01/13/2022 at 03:00 PM
Little, David, 1740-1805. Smallpox account from David Little against the town of Newbury, 1794 February 3. B MS Misc., Countway Library of Medicine.20 pages; 45% complete (5% indexed, 100% transcribed, 55% needs review)03/03/2022 at 04:08 AM
Manuscripts on materia medica, 17th-18th century. 1976-77/m/21, Countway Library of Medicine.23 pages; 52% complete (22% indexed, 82% transcribed, 30% needs review)02/25/2024 at 07:09 PM
Massachusetts, Court of General Sessions of the Peace (Worcester County). Document permitting the erection of a smallpox hospital in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, 1776 August 16. B MS Misc., Countway Library of Medicine.1 page: 100% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed)05/11/2021 at 03:45 PM
Medical recipes, circa 1737. B MS Misc., Countway Library of Medicine.32 pages; 62% complete (38% indexed, 85% transcribed, 22% needs review)04/17/2024 at 10:27 AM
Newbury (Mass.), Selectmen. Vote of the Selectmen of Newbury (Mass.) regarding smallpox inoculation, 1773 November. B MS Misc., Countway Library of Medicine.2 pages; 100% complete (50% indexed, 100% transcribed)04/29/2021 at 09:58 PM
Phelps, Henry, 1766-1852. Botanical Memorandum of Henry Phelps, 1790. B MS Misc., Countway Library of Medicine.7 pages; 85% complete (0% indexed, 86% transcribed)02/26/2024 at 03:19 AM
Phelps, Henry, 1766-1852. Extracts from a Treatise on lying in women & their Management by Charles White. B MS Misc., Countway Library of Medicine.6 pages; 100% complete (17% indexed, 100% transcribed)06/15/2021 at 08:18 PM
Stearns, Samuel, 1747-1809. Medical notebook of Samuel Stearns, circa 1773. H MS b1.1, Countway Library of Medicine.171 pages; 100% complete (1% indexed, 100% transcribed)04/21/2023 at 08:34 PM
Suffolk Medical Society. Records, 1785-1789 (inclusive). B MS c76.4, Countway Library of Medicine.72 pages; 41% complete (4% indexed, 82% transcribed, 40% needs review)02/26/2024 at 03:20 AM
Throckmorton, Joseph. Petition to the Governor of the Province of New Jersey, undated. B MS Misc., Countway Library of Medicine.2 pages; 100% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed)02/22/2022 at 04:47 AM
Warren, John. Lectures upon anatomy :.254 pages; 66% complete (18% indexed, 100% transcribed, 33% needs review)01/19/2024 at 08:41 PM
Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846. Diary of diseases then at St. Thomas’s Hospital, London, 1775. B MS b10.3, Countway Library of Medicine.92 pages; 59% complete (28% indexed, 62% transcribed, 2% needs review)04/17/2024 at 10:39 AM
Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846. Letter book of Benjamin Waterhouse, 1790-1834 (inclusive). H MS b16.1, Countway Library of Medicine.98 pages; 24% complete (12% indexed, 48% transcribed, 24% needs review)04/26/2024 at 07:28 AM
Waterhouse, Benjamin, 1754-1846. Place book of Benjamin Waterhouse, circa 1790-1803 (inclusive). H MS b16.4, Countway Library of Medicine.62 pages; 100% complete (31% indexed, 100% transcribed)06/04/2021 at 12:29 PM
Williston, Thomas. Bill from Thomas Williston to the Provice of Massachusetts Bay, 1758 November 18. B MS Misc., Countway Library of Medicine.3 pages; 100% complete (0% indexed, 100% transcribed)05/14/2021 at 02:38 PM