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Donated by Dr. John P. McGovern, John P. McGovern Collection of Texas Historical Medical Documents collection includes medical ledgers, bills, apothecary receipts, legal documents, colonization contracts, a book about effects of climate and weather changes on disease and death, correspondence, legislative and government records, official government seals and Republic-era currency. These records created primarily by Texas-based physicians and surgeons during the pre-Republic era to the beginning of the 20th century, making it the oldest collection of historical documents in the McGovern Historical Center repository.

See more at the blog post entitled, Health, Medicine, and Politics in 19th Century Texas and John P. McGovern Museum of Health and Medical Science Collection.

Items from this exhibit are from the McGovern Historical Center at The TMC Library, on view June- November 2023.

  • Receipt For Medical and Post-Mortem Services

    Receipt from Dr. Greensville Dowell

  • The Climate of Texas In Relations to the Distribution of Diseases and the Effects of Climate and Weather Changes in Causing Diseases and Deaths

    The Climate of Texas in Relations to the Distribution of Diseases and the Effects of Climate and Weather Changes in Causing Diseases and Deaths

  • Colonization Contract

    Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company Colonization Contract, October 16, 1830

  • 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)

    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

  • Yellow Fever Quarantine Proclamation

    Yellow Fever in Texas

  • Certificate Of Election

    Certificate and Notice to Unknown Elected Recipient to Represent the Conservative Union Citizens at the National Union Convention

  • Ledger Of Medical Services, Prescriptions Provided

    Itemized Bill Medical Services, Prescriptions Provided by Dr. M.G. Durham, c. 1845-1846

  • Receipt For Medicine Purchased

    Receipt for Medicine Purchased from Dr. John T. Patterson, c. 1839-1840

  • Leather box with empty medicine vials

    Doctor' Travel Bag containing Glass Vials of Medicine, c. 1870s

  • Correspondence

    Letter from Plantation and Slave Owner to A? Powell, June 15, 1843

  • Receipt for the Capture of Fugitive Enslaved Person

    Receipt for the Capture and Release of Ruben, an Enslaved Man, February 22, 1860

  • Receipt for Medical Services, Medications Provided

    Receipt for Medical Services, Medications Provided by Dr. J. Munson, c. 1843-1844

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