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Ms021: Texian Loan Certificate, Robert Triplett

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Texian loan certificate No. 286 in the amount of $320, received of Robert Triplett for financing the war for Texas independence, signed by Stephen F. Austin, Branch T. Archer, and William H. Wharton.See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Ms021: Probate Claim, Shields Booker

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Claim filed against Hiram Thompson for unpaid medical services and treatment on an enslaved person by Dr. Booker in Columbia, TX, approved by D.J. Holt, Justice of the Peace. . See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Ms021: Receipt For Medical Services, Medications Rendered, Charles B. Raines Jr

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Receipt for medical services, medications, drugs rendered to Margaret Jones, paid in full by H. Jones, guardian of patient. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Ms021: Legal Document Authorizing Permission To Sign Third Party Names As Security For Debt, Branch Tanner Archer, John Austin Wharton, William S. Fisher

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Legal authorization given by John A. Wharton and B.T. Archer to William S. Fisher to sign their names as security to W. Fisher's loan. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Ms021: Promissory Note, D. Gallaher

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Promissory note from D. Gallaher to G? Adams to pay ten dollars, See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Ms021: Restitution Authorization, Robert Anderson Iron (1804-1861)

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Authorization to pay Don Manuel Carabajal twelve hundred dollars, per a restitution of Congress, for delivering the laws of Coahuila and Texas to the Secretary of State, signed by R.A. Irion, See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Ms021: Probate Claim, Robert Peebles (1798-1852)

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Claim for medical services, medications rendered to James Miles, deceased paid in full by J. Burnam, administrator of Estate of Miles. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Ms021: Rental Agreement, Nicholas Descomps Labadie

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Rental agreement by Dr. Labadie leasing J. Morgan use of his lot for the year. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Ms021: Reflecciones: Prevention And Cure Of Cholera Morbus, John P. Mcgovern

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Pamphlet by Cristóbal Ignacio Sánchez Aparicio y Romero, published in Chihuahua in Spanish, title and subtitle roughly translates to "Reflections: Doctor Cristobal Sanchez de Aparicio takes measures to prevent and cure cholera morbus and presents findings to the Health Board Commission of this Capital." See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Ms021: Receipt For Medical Services, Medications Provided, Henry J. Munson

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Itemized bill for medical services, medications rendered to William Lockridge, deceased received payment in full by Rebecca Lockridge, Executrix for Estate of Lockridge. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Ms021: Correspondence, Nicholas Descomps Labadie

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Letter to Captain Logan requesting assistance in recovering Dr. Labadie's horse, unlawfully taken by a Mr. Grigsby, Lake Charlotte, Trinity River. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Ms021: Colonization Contract, Goerge Curtis

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Certificate No. 3817 from Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company conveying one labor of land to George Curtis for colonization. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Ms021: Colonization Contract, David Gouverneur Burnet

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Certificate No. 479 from Galveston Bay & Texas Land Company conveying one labor of land to David Burnet for colonization.. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Ms021: Instruccion Formada Para Ministrar La Vacuna, Como Único Preservativo Del Contagio De Las Viruelas, Y En Defecto De Su Fluido Inocular Con El Pus De Esta (Spanish), John P. Mcgovern

John P. McGovern, MD Collection

Instruction manual printed in Spanish by Rubio A. Serrano in Spanish of two case studies regarding how to distinguish natural methods to cure smallpox in children. Printed in Mexico City, 25 pages. See more at John P. McGovern, MD Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents and its finding aid.

Rb005: Anatomia In Qua Tota Humani Corporis Fabrica... Amstelodami, Ioannes Ianssonius, 1617, Andreas Vesalius 1514-1564, Thomas Geminus D. 1562

Anatomical Texts

A paper affixed to the rear free endpaper of the item states that is edition contains “fine reproductions of the Gemini plates.”

“Thomas Geminus was a a pseudonym for Thomas Lambrit, an engraver and printer…shown as active from about 1540; he died in May 1562.” http://www.arsanatomica.lib.ed.ac.uk/geminus.html accessed 11/20/2012. Geminus (Lambrit) printed Compendiosa totius anatomiae delineation aere exarata in 1545 copied from Vesalius’ 1543, De humani corporis fabrica . (Wellcome Library catalog, accessed 11/20/2012.)

This book is a 1617 reproduction of the engraved copperplates which Lambrit himself copied from the original woodblock prints of the Vesalius’ book.

Because the illustrations were …