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A COUNTRY DOCTOR'S ACCOUNT BOOK (MANUSCRIPT.) [Physician's ledger.]manuscript in english, written in cursive script in brown ink on paper. 154 leaves. 388x160 mm, contemporary 1/2 sheep, spine worn, missing portion at bottom; contents generally clean. Pennsylvania, 1851-56
Itemized record of the income and expenses of a doctor who appears to have divided his practice between Bendersville and Petersburg in south central Pennsylvania, attending to some 270 patients from 1851 to 1856. The ledger includes a patient index and a list of the 26 books in his working library.
