An Account of the Early History of Surgery in Texas
Date: 1932
Creator: Singleton, Albert O.
Description: This presidential address covers the early history of surgery in Texas, including the development of the specialty, early surgical procedures, the first medical associations and organizations, as well as discussions of notable Texas surgeons.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143533/
Constitution and By-Laws of the Texas Eclectic Medical Association of the State of Texas
Date: 1891
Creator: Texas Eclectic Medical Association
Description: This pamphlet contains the text of the Texas Eclectic Medical Association's constitution and by-laws, including the purpose of the Association, membership information, election of officers, resolutions, ethics, as well as other rules and regulations.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143550/
Coroner Inquest
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Ledger containing coroner's inquest information and related notes for deaths in Harris County, Texas.
Contributing Partner: Harris County Archives
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139680/
[Dallas Farmers' Market Scrapbook]
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Scrapbook of photographs, letters, newspaper clippings, and ephemera documenting various activities and events at the Dallas Farmers' Market. Some inserted materials (letters and photographs) are included at the end of the book.
Contributing Partner: Dallas Municipal Archives
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth118174/
A Frontier Doctor
Date: 1929
Creator: Hoyt, Henry Franklin
Description: This autobiographical account of Dr. Henry Franklin Hoyt chronicles his family's history, his upbringing on a small farm in Minnesota, his work as a surgeon in New Mexico, Chicago, California, Texas and the Philippines, along with many other miscellaneous adventures.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143532/
Inquest Proceedings
Date: unknown
Creator: unknown
Description: Ledger containing inquest proceedings and related notes for deaths in Harris County, Texas.
Contributing Partner: Harris County Archives
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139681/
Investigations into the Nature, Causation, and Prevention of Texas or Southern Cattle Fever
Date: 1893
Creator: Smith, Theobold
Description: This book serves as "a report on the nature, causation, and prevention of Texas cattle fever" (p. 9) or the infection of cattle by ticks. It includes statistical tables and illustrations of red blood corpuscles infected by ticks. Index begins on page 297.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143538/
[Lillian Gunter's Steno Book]
Date: 1903/1963?
Creator: Gunter, Lillian
Description: Notebook filled with notes written by Miss Lillian Gunter. The text appears to include speeches, mathematical notation, and other notes. Accompanying information suggests that some of the information may be related to the Cooke County Library bookmobile, and some speeches also seem to refer to World War I and city preparations.
Contributing Partner: Cooke County Library
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth121728/
The Menace, an Exposition of Quackery Nostrum Exploitation and Reminiscences of a Country Doctor
Date: 1914
Creator: Dixon, Chas. D. (Charles D.)
Description: This book serves to expose fraudulent doctors, practitioners and other professionals who treat individuals without the proper licenses. It includes detailed descriptions of malpractice, letters from a fake professor, newspaper advertisements for fake treatments and cures, as well as other miscellaneous prosecutions in Bexar County, Texas.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143569/
Notes on the Newer Remedies: Their Therapeutic Applications and Modes of Administration, Second Edition
Date: 1894
Creator: Cerna, David
Description: The book serves as a pharmacology reference text. It includes physical characteristics, modern therapeutic applications and recommended dosages for various synthetic and natural drugs. An index of diseases begins on page 229, and a general index begins on page 243.
Contributing Partner: University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries
Permallink:texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143542/