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John G. Brown Notebook

 Collection
Identifier: SpC MS 0885-sc

Scope and Content Note

A physician's handwritten notebook dated January 1, 1825, Waldoborough, Maine, which includes notes on diagnosis of diseases of the chest with a stethoscope, prescriptions for diseases, medicinal recipes, and a drawing of areas of the skull.

Dates

  • 1825

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Access Restrictions

No restrictions on access.

Use Restrictions

Information on literary rights available in the repository.

Biographical Note

Dr. John G. Brown, son of Dr. Benjamin Brown, was born in Providence, R.I. in 1797. He received an academical course at Lincoln Academy and studied medicine with his father and was graduated from Bowdoin Medical College in 1826. He practiced his profession several years in Waldoboro, Maine and married Bertha Smouse. He moved to Bangor, then to Roxbury, Massachusetts. From Roxbury he moved to Reading where he died in 1866.

Extent

1 folder (1 item : 27 cm.)

Abstract

A physician's handwritten notebook dated January 1, 1825, Waldoborough, Maine, which includes notes on diagnosis of diseases of the chest with a stethoscope, prescriptions for diseases, medicinal recipes, and a drawing of areas of the skull.

Title
Guide to the John G. Brown Notebook
Status
No Additional Box Or Folder List For This Small Collection
Date
2012
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English.

Repository Details

Part of the Raymond H. Fogler Library Special Collections Repository

Contact:
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University of Maine
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