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John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents
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John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents

  • MS 021
  • Collection
  • 1814-1921

The John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents includes historical deeds, medical records, bills, and receipts from the pre-Republic era to the beginning of the 20th century. 117 Texas medical personnel, primarily physicians, were the creators of these 146 digitized documents. The documents are listed alphabetically by the last name of the primary medical person associated with the item. The city and county shown for each individual are the Texas area where they lived the longest, were most active in their profession, or where the document originated. References are provided for as many personnel as possible. Each document is given a genre and a subject heading. A list of documents classed under each heading can be accessed through the lists below. Other Personnel contains names referred to in the documents. If there are no other names in a document, none is shown; if the name is incomplete or illegible, a dash is shown.

McGovern, John P.

Correspondence

  • Correspondence written by Dr. William R. Smith to Judy? offering sympathy and condolences for the death(s)? Of family members
  • also writes of his own illness from yellow fever in Galveston and talks about the medical care he has provided to victims, namely soldiers, of the yellow fever epidemic, Dickson Bayou, TX

Smith, William R.

Instruccion formada para ministrar la vacuna, como único preservativo del contagio de las viruelas, y en defecto de su fluido inocular con el pus de esta del modo de conoscer y distinguir las calidades de las naturales, y el metodo de curarlas.

Instruction manual printed in Spanish by Rubio A. Serrano in Spanish of two case studies regarding how to distinguish natural methods to cure smallpox in children. Printed in Mexico City, 25 pages

Hospital ledger

Hospital ledger created by Island City Hospital staff, in the County of Galveston. Ledger lists all patients (first and last names, age, nativity, diagnoses, date admitted, date discharged, and date of death, if applicable). These patients were treated at Island City Hospital during the month of August 1869, at the rate of one dollar per day.

Island City Hospital

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