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Briggs, James A., 1831-1900 (Sc 1504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Briggs, James A., 1831-1900 (Sc 1504), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1503. Dissertation titled "Medical topography and diseases of Warren County, Ky." written by James A. Briggs at the University of Nashville in 1851. He describes his belief in the causes of malaria, and discusses cholera and other maladies that struck Bowling Green and Warren County, Kentucky prior to 1850.
Carter, Tim Lee, 1910-1987 (Mss 80), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Carter, Tim Lee, 1910-1987 (Mss 80), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 80. Correspondence, photographs, audiotapes, film, clippings, general office files, and records of legislative proceedings relating to the political career of Tim Lee Carter, U.S. Representative (Republican) for Kentucky's Fifth Congressional District, 1965-1981.
Mccormack, Joseph Nathaniel, 1847-1922 (Sc 1005), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Mccormack, Joseph Nathaniel, 1847-1922 (Sc 1005), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1005. Letter addressed to “Dear Doctor”, sent by secretary Joseph Nathaniel McCormack of the Kentucky State Board of Health, Bowling Green, Kentucky, extolling the merit of the Rosenow-Mayo vaccine for the prevention of influenza and pneumonia. Dr. Lillian South is noted as the one in charge of the vaccine distribution.
Coombs, Samuel Williams, 1830-1882 (Sc 2602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coombs, Samuel Williams, 1830-1882 (Sc 2602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2602. Bound photocopy of the holographic personal diary of Samuel Williams Coombs, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, detailing medical school, and his day-to-day life.
Lewis, John Alexander, B. 1841 (Sc 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Lewis, John Alexander, B. 1841 (Sc 520), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 520. Printed pamphlets and typescripts, one with holographic corrections, or speeches and papers read before the Kentucky State Medical Association and the Kentucky State Medical Society by John Alexander Lewis, a physician of Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky.
Anderson, Oliver Hazard Perry, 1813-1845 (Sc 185), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Anderson, Oliver Hazard Perry, 1813-1845 (Sc 185), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 185. Photostat of letter 12 January 1843 written by Anderson, Three Forks, [Barren County], Kentucky, to Henry Wingate, Frankfort, Kentucky, describing his stay at Mammoth Cave in hopes of being cured of consumption. He also remarks about traveling conditions. Includes typescript as part of a June 1946 letter from Anderson’s great grandson, Warren County, Kentucky native Lockwood Barr, relating more information about him.
South, Lillian Harreld, 1879-1966 (Sc 2180), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
South, Lillian Harreld, 1879-1966 (Sc 2180), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2180. Application to secure historical highway marker for Bowling Green, Kentucky native Lillian H. South, a female physician with a distinguished career as State Bacteriologist with the Kentucky State Board of Health. Includes application and supporting material.
Barclay, David Porter, 1826-1862 (Sc 1914), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Barclay, David Porter, 1826-1862 (Sc 1914), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 1504. Dissertation of David P. Barclay, submitted to the University of Nashville for the Doctor of Medicine degree and entitled "Dysentery of Warren and Simpson Counties, Ky., 1854.” He offers his hypothesis about the cause of a dysentery epidemic in 1854 in Simpson and Warren counties in Kentucky.