Arthur Howard Nichols papers, 1831-1923.

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Arthur Howard Nichols papers, 1831-1923.

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Boston physician Arthur H. Nichols's diaries (1852-1923); personal reminiscences of his life from 1840-1894 containing descriptions of trips to Europe in 1863-64, 1866-68, and 1894, and copies of letters from his wife Elizabeth F. Nichols from Europe (1878); and scrapbooks (1858-1905), including several with photographically illustrated descriptions of trips to Europe in 1896, 1898, 1901, and 1902, and a trip to Puerto Rico in 1905. Experiences noted throughout include Nichols's time as a student at the Boston Latin School and Harvard University (Class of 1862, Medical School Class of 1866); membership in Boston and medical societies and clubs; his profession as a physician; and his interest in public health issues. (Cont.) Also, a volume containing lists of Nichols's patients in Boston and during summers at Rye Beach, N.H., including each patient's disease or complaint (1868-1884); a few receipts for medical services issued by Jacob Bigelow (1831-1854); and a "Historical Sketch of Some of the Descendants of Richard Nichols of Ipswich" compiled by A.H. Nichols, 1880-1887.

5 boxes and 8 v.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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Nichols, Richard, -1674

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Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879

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Physician and botanist of Boston, Mass. From the description of Jacob Bigelow letter, 1822-1833, [Boston]. (Duke University). WorldCat record id: 34847536 Jacob Bigelow (Harvard University, A.B. 1806 and University of Pennsylvania, M.D. 1810) taught at Harvard Medical School from 1815-1855. With Dr. Francis Boott he began work on a flora of New England but this project was given up. From 1817-1820 he published American medical botany for which he drew many of the plates and ...

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