Collection ID: M-0059
Collection context
Summary
- Creator:
- EVANS, JAMES M. (James McFarland), 1841-1912
- Abstract:
- Physician James M. Evans account book from practice in Salem, Iowa
- Extent:
- 1 volume and 273 pages
- Language:
- English
- Preferred citation:
James McFarland Evans Account Book, Archives & Special Collections, Columbia University Health Sciences Library.
Background
- Scope and Content:
Accounts with patients’ and others. Also found in the volume are advertisements for medicines; newspaper clippings describing remedies; recipes for medicines; descriptions of remedies for various medical conditions; household bills; a letter, 1900, from a patient asking for a statement; and a letter, 1901, relating to the sale of land owned by Evans.
- Biographical / Historical:
Physician. Evans practiced in Salem, Iowa.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchase, Argosy Book Store, New York, N.Y., 1952.
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed Terms
- Subjects:
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Medicine--Practice
Physicians
medical records
Account books - Places:
- Iowa
Access
- RESTRICTIONS:
-
Open for research.
- PREFERRED CITATION:
-
James McFarland Evans Account Book, Archives & Special Collections, Columbia University Health Sciences Library.
- LOCATION OF THIS COLLECTION:
- CONTACT:
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212-305-2862