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Register Of Births Of Dr. Isaac Pearson, Kevin L. Greenholt
Register Of Births Of Dr. Isaac Pearson, Kevin L. Greenholt
Adams County History
Born June 6, 1824 in Huntington Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania, Isaac William Wierman Worley Pearson was the son of Isaac and Mary (Wierman) Pearson. By the time he was fourteen years old both of his parents had passed away. In 1848 he began the study of medicine under the tutelage of Dr. Hiram C. Metcalfe of York Springs, Adams County. He completed his medical education at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia during the winter of 1849 – 1850.
He returned to Adams County in 1850 and when the federal census was taken on September 25, 1850, the now Dr. Pearson …
Statistical Analysis Of Dr. Elderdice's Ledger, Sheryl Hollis Snyder
Statistical Analysis Of Dr. Elderdice's Ledger, Sheryl Hollis Snyder
Adams County History
It is doubtful that obstetricians today could take the time to keep meticulous records of each obstetric case of their career, but Dr. Robert B. Elderdice did just that. Inside the front cover of his ledger he wrote "attended my 1st case at age of 21." His ten - column register listed case number, age, name (birth mother), number of labor, date, sex, PPn, fee, remarks, and pay in the doctor's consistently-legible handwriting. (For an illustration of Dr. Elderdice's handwriting, see the vaccination certificate in Appendix 1.) [excerpt]
A "Typical Country Doctor": Robert B. Elderdice, Mcknightstown, Kevin L. Greenholt
A "Typical Country Doctor": Robert B. Elderdice, Mcknightstown, Kevin L. Greenholt
Adams County History
The drive home from the Cashtown area home of the Kuhn family was cold and dark, but the twenty-one-year-old medical student was exhilarated. It was after four o'clock on a Monday morning, December 16, 1867. He had just assisted Mrs. Abner (Rebecca) Kuhn deliver her third child, a 14-pound son, the first of over one thousand such deliveries during his medical career. Arriving back at his lodging in the McKnightstown area, he would make the first entry in his obstetrical journal. This neat, detailed journal would eventually hold the record of 1026 cases, most involving families in the Franklin township …