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Palmer, A. W., fl. 1851-1852. A. W. Palmer books, 1851-1852 and undated [manuscript].

Title: A. W. Palmer books, 1851-1852 and undated [manuscript].

Notes, 1852-1853, made by Palmer at the Medical College of the State of South Carolina, Charleston, S.C., on lectures by Drs. Samuel Henry Dickson (1798-1872), founder of the school, and Eli Geddings, and undated medical notes of Archibald L. McQueen, also presumably made at the Medical College of South Carolina.

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Bird, B. L. (Benjamin L.). Lecture notes from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1835-1836.

Title: Lecture notes from the University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1835-1836.

B. L. Bird's notes on lectures at University of Maryland School of Medicine, 1835-1836. Lecturers are: Robley Dunglison on therapeutics; Eli Geddings on physiology; Nathaniel Potter on practice of medicine; and N. R. Smith on surgery, particularly gunshot wounds. Includes recipes.

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Geddings, E. (Eli), 1799-1878. Eli Geddings Letter.

Title: Eli Geddings Letter. 1861.

Eli Geddings Letter, March 22, 1861, consists of a hand-written letter to Mr. Harllee concerning the treatment for Mrs. Harllee's illness. Ingredients include potash, cod-liver oil, tincture of bark, quinine, nitrate of silver, calomel, subnitrate of bismouth, and others. Included with the recipes are instructions for administering the preparations.

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McKie, Thomas Jefferson, 1828-1898. Thomas Jefferson McKie papers, 1844-1878.

Title: Thomas Jefferson McKie papers, 1844-1878.

Chiefly correspondence of Dr. T.J. McKie and his wife "Meg" [Margaret Lanham McKie], with other papers from family and friends re health and medical news, and other activities. Letter, 29 Nov. [18]51, from Frank A. Lumkins, Charleston, S.C., re his studies at the medical school in Charleston, with comments re his professors Eli Geddings, who lectures like a "Methodist circuit rider" and Dr. Moultrie, who "turns his back upon you and mumbles away"; letter, 23 Dec. 1853, from cousin A.H. McKie, Charleston, S.C., reporting an outbreak of smallpox and complaining of the difficulty of maintaining his medical studies while quarantined at a hotel. Physician's letter of consultation, 11 June 1855, from Dr. H.H. Steiner, Augusta, Ga., forwards his diagnosis and suggested treatment for a patient who had "a stricture in the prostatic portion of the urethra"; newspaper advertisement for the National Circus, 8 Nov. 1855. Letter, 23 Nov. 1863, written from a site called "Lotts" [possibly Lotts Creek near Statesboro, Ga., or Lotts Grove near Johnston, S.C.] from E.W. Horne to T.J. McKie (Augusta, Ga.), listing certain tracts of land with number of acres in each; contract, 1 July 1864, between TJMcK and the Confederate government; letter, 14 July [1864] (Oxford, Ga.), to MLMcK, stating that he was unable to return home "as I would not like to ask any one of them [i.e. his fellow surgeons] to take charge of my 80 or 90 cases in addition to their own," advising her re harvesting of wheat and peas, hoping to sell flour to buy salt, re state of his health, uncertainty of his location, and instructing her re discipline and management of African American slaves, "as for Dave... let Mc take him till he is thoroughly humbled." Letter, 18 Nov. 1864, Hood Hospital (Cuthbert, Ga.) to MLMcK, re the grim prospects for the Confederacy and sending Jerry home with some of his baggage, advising on course of action if Union Army should approach in regards to the slaves, the house, the mules and money, cautioning her, "let not your secrets be known to your most trusty negro - do your own hiding as far as possible," discussing prospects for his return home, and sending "bulbs of the Tuberose by Jerry" to be planted the next spring. Letter, 15 Jan. [1865] (Dalton, Ga.), to MLMcK, re his activities and situation, requesting that she send a slave to assist him, either Jerry or Jack, and noting that Jerry "is intelligent enough to take care of himself; but if Jack comes, you must send him in charge of the [Southern] Express co."; and letter, 15 Feb. [18]65, Woodlawn [Edgefield District, S.C.] from MLcK, stating that no one in the neighborhood was making preparations to evacuate, "D.H. Hill thinks the crisis is passed." Letter, 2 May 1870, from F. Lilisucron, Riel, Germany, re procurement of foreign laborers and warning that German immigrants would not be satisfied with impoverished living conditions customarily provided for sharecroppers; and notice, Mar. 1878, to veterans of the War of 1812 and their widows. Medical writings include a 21 sheet essay on "female trouble" and issues related to the uterus [undated, folder 5]

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Morrow, James, 1820-1865. Letter, 1846 June 3, Charleston, S.C., to John B. Bull, Bordeaux P.O., Abbeville Dist[rict], S.C.

Title: Letter, 1846 June 3, Charleston, S.C., to John B. Bull, Bordeaux P.O., Abbeville Dist[rict], S.C.

Letter signed by Ja[me]s Morrow and addressed to his step-father, John Baxter Bull, and his mother, Sarah Dunn Morrow Bull, written in response to their letter of 29 May and reporting that he was not sick and felt as strong as ever and was able to go about his business as usual despite the fact that he had been troubled with a cough that was similar to one which he had the previous spring and summer. Medicine had given him no permanent relief from the cough and he was beginning to have pain and soreness in his chest. Dr. [Eli] Geddings had told him his cough was caused by a combination of the heat and dust and could be cured by a short stay in a cooler climate, just as Morrow had learned the previous summer during his sojourn with his uncle John. It did not suit Morrow to leave Charleston for any length of time since, however, since he felt it his duty to be on call to attend to the needs of Charleston's citizens during what he feared would be a sickly summer season due to the extreme heat. While Morrow thought the afternoon sea breezes in Charleston beneficial, he asked his parents for their advice and council and would set out by sea to stay with his uncle John if they thought advisable. The letter also reports that a college classmate, now a practicing dentist, had applied to Morrow to study medicine with him and states that he had seen "the Revd. Mr. Furman & Family when on their way to the Gen[era]l Assembly." A postscript notes that Morrow had determined to spend several days at Sullivans Island, in Charleston harbor, where friends were living for the summer and where "the air & breeze is pure & cool." If that locale suited his health, he thought it almost as good for business as the city.

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Kellers, Edward Henry, 1836-1906. Edward Henry Kellers papers, 1852-1893.

Title: Edward Henry Kellers papers, 1852-1893.

Consists chiefly of autographs, 1852-1893, including those of presidents, cabinet officials, and teachers; letter, 9 Feb. 1856, from Sarah J[osepha Buell] Hale, giving information on the Ladies' Mount Vernon Association; letter, 13 Feb. 1856, from Horace Greeley in reply to Keller's request for his autograph; and letter, 7 June 1860, from I[saac] Toucey, U.S. Secretary of the Navy, sending copy of regulation for admission and promotion in the Medical Department of the Navy. Includes Kellers' student diary, April-May 1853, while enrolled at South Carolina College; volume, 1849-1859, containing notes on lectures by Francis Lieber, Maximillian LaBorde, and [Eli] Geddings. Journal, 24 May 1864 - 16 Feb. 1865, re Kellers' work as a Confederate surgeon stationed at Charleston, S.C., including description of shelling of the hospital and removal of patients to area churches on 16 Aug. 1864, comments on patients and treatments, fellow officers, personal affairs, trip to Pocataligo, S.C., with a Georgia unit, transportation, supplies, service at Fort Sumter, and preparations for evacuation of the city, "My old home is to be left in the hands of strangers and they my enemies. What a sad thing...."; and 2 volumes, 1878 and 1883 medicinal and other recipes. Also includes photocopies of Edward H. Kellers' student and Civil War journals, transcribed by Frances Crutchfield Kellers, 1986.

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De Saussure, Henry W., 1843-1897. Notes, 1866-67.

Title: Notes, 1866-67. 1866-67.

Notes taken from lectures of Eli Geddings on the theory and practice of medicine; R.A. Kinloch, on materia medica; and Julian J. Chisolm on surgery during the session of 1866-67 at the Medical College of the State of South Carolina.

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