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Document Certifying Medical Services And Treatment Provided To Enslaved Persons, John T. Patterson Dec 1842

Document Certifying Medical Services And Treatment Provided To Enslaved Persons, John T. Patterson

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Document written by Dr. Patterson certifying medical treatment was rendered to enslaved persons with secondary syphilis, who were subsequently cured (according to Dr. Patterson), at the request of plantation owners, Jacob and Liza Thomas. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.