urn:taro:utexas.cah.02302 A Guide to the Medical History of Texas Collection, 1760-1942 Original EAD encoding by Lauren Algee according to TARO 2 EAD 2002 Editing Instructions. February 2011 Finding aid written in English. Descriptive Summary Medical History of Texas Medical History of Texas Collection 1760-1942 Materials are written in English. 1 ft., 11 in. Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austin The Medical History of Texas Collection, 1760-1942, comprises typed transcripts of letters, articles, biographies, minutes, book excerpts, newspaper clippings, journals, and legal papers, documenting the practice of medicine, epidemics, public health, physicians, and pharmacology in Texas. Scope and Contents

The Medical History of Texas Collection, 1760-1942, comprises typed transcripts of letters, articles, biographies, minutes, book excerpts, newspaper clippings, journals, and legal papers, documenting the practice of medicine, epidemics, public health, physicians, and pharmacology in Texas. Compiled jointly by the University of Texas Libraries and the Texas Medical Association, sources include correspondence from the Bexar Archives, early records of the Texas Medical Association, Thompson’s New Guide To Health, and Ashbel Smith’s History of Epidemics in Texas.

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 Index Terms Subjects (Organizations) Texas Medical Association -- History. Subjects Diseases -- Texas -- History Epidemics -- Texas -- History Hospitals -- Texas -- History Medicine -- Texas -- History Physicians -- Texas -- History Public Health -- Texas -- History Processing Information

Basic processing and cataloging of this collection was supported with funds from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) for the Briscoe Center’s History Revealed: Bringing Collections to Light project, 2009-2011.

 Detailed Description of the Papers Inventory: 2R344 Volume I, Bexar Archives, 1760-1807 2R344 Volume II, Bexar Archives, 1807-1808 2R344 Volume III, Bexar Archives, 1809-1836 2R344 Volume IV, Nacogdoches, 1804-1836 2R344 Volume V, cholera in Texas, 1833-1850 2R345 Volume VI, cholera in Texas, 1851-1877 2R345 Volume VII, smallpox in Texas, 1844-1869 2R345 Volume VIII, yellow fever in Texas, 1839-1858 2R345 Volume IX, yellow fever in Texas, 1859-1879 2R345 Volume X, miscellaneous articles on general health 2R345 Volume XI: 2R345 Birth and death 2R345 Strange diseases 2R345 Supended animation 2R345 Trances 2R345 Comas 2R345 Diseases of the brains and nerves 2R345 Insanity 2R345 Care of the eyes, ears, nose-bleed, and teeth 2R345 Surgery 2R345 Fever 2R345 Use of chloroform 2R345 Drownings and artificial respiration 2R345 Miscellaneous articles on disease 2R346 Volume XII, cures for cancer, poisons, snakebites, diarrhoea, skin diseases, burns 2R346 Volume XIII, miscellaneous cures 2R346 Volume XIV, cure for bone felons, infections, remedies, hygiene and sanitation 2R346 Volume XV: 2R346 Drugs and patent medicines 2R346 Trusses 2R346 Water cures 2R346 Volume XVI: 2R346 Miscellaneous 2R346 Articles on doctors, practices, etc. 2R347 Volume XVII: 2R347 Medical journals and publications 2R347 Journal of Dr. John S. Ford, extracts from Thompson’s New Guide To Health 2R347 Ashbel Smith’s History of Epidemics in Texas 2R347 History of Medicine in Houston Hospitals 2R347 Volume XVIII, public health in Texas, 1828-1870 2R347 Volume XIX, articles on medical association in Texas, 1837-1870 2R347 Volume XX, State Medical Association meetings, 1875, 1886, 1887, 1888 2R347 Volume XXI, State Medical Association meetings, 1893, 1894, 1899 2R347 Volume XXII: 2R347 Book on medical history 2R347 Miscellaneous articles 2R347 Volume XXIII, pioneer Texas physicians 2R348 Medical biographes 2R348 Volume XXIV, A-B 2R348 Volume XXV, C-D 2R348 Volume XXVI, F-H 2R348 Volume XXVII, I-L 2R348 Volume XXVIII, M-O 2R349 Volume XXIX, P-R 2R349 Volume XXX, S-T 2R349 Volume XXXI, U-Y