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Mostly ALS. W.D. Alexander writes on Hawaiian history and refers to Goodhue's book. Drs. Fontoynont, Miyajima, Jeanselme, Montizombert, Nemorin and Anpeville write in reply to Goodhue's requests for information on literature on leprosy in their respective countries. M.F. Obregon writes regarding an appointment. Drs. Lie and Hansen of Bergen writes with reference to the Second International Leprosy Congress held in 1909. Among the letters is a typed manuscript, with answers to question on leprosy, signed by an unknown person.

Dinner invitation (ANS).

Holograph, signed. Attests to the state of mental health of a patient of the "Maison royale de Charenton."

ALS. Expresses his thanks for help given one of his students.

ALS. Inquires about an occurrence of yellow fever.

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Busse's holograph translation of sections from Alois Eduard Kornmuller's "Einfuhrung in die klinische Elektrenkephalographie," whose focus is electroencephalography. Accompanied by an 11-page typescript of holograph translation. Both were received as part of Busse's gift of a copy of Kornmuller's book to the History of Medicine Collections. Acquired as part of the History of Medicine Collections at Duke University.

Holograph document, signed. Payment received of Thomas Walley for twine.

ALS. Requests copies of the minutes of those committee meetings of the Antislavery Society to which Mr. Price and Mr. Thompson refer.

ALS. Prescribes a course of treatment for a child patient.

Correspondence of both Felix Hippolyte Larrey and his father, Dominique Jean Larrey. Includes notes from Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal and from Marie Guillaume Alphonse Devergie.

ALS. Argues that his proposals regarding the stocks and stockholders of the New York Horticultural Society have been misconstrued.

ALS. Asks if papers submitted for contests of the Societe de medecine are returned after the announcements of the awards.

Collection comprises two letters written by Garrison. In the first, he writes to Dr. Lewis S. Pilcher about George Jackson Fisher as a pioneer in medical history. In the second, he responds to Professor Frederic Lee's inquiries after English and/or German translations of the Mount Ebers Papyrus.

Papers include letters to William Howell Reed, thanking him for the gift of his Hospital life in the Army of the Potomac; to Lady Marian Alford, relating to the Lord Stratford de Redcliffe Memorial Fund; and a series of personal and very affectionate letters to Miss A.P. Lemon, later Mrs. L. Roscoria, a colleague and personal friend, regarding her health, as well as the illness of her mother, and affairs of the hospital. Other items are newspaper clippings about Nightingale and a postcard bearing her portrait.

F. Norman Phelps was a Chevrolet sales executive in various cities, including Milwaukee, Wisc.; Detroit, Mich., Davenport, Ia.; Kansas City, Mo.; and Los Angeles, Calif. Full name: Fredrick Norman Phelps; b. 20 March 1895 in Bucyrus (Crawford County), Ohio; d. 23 January 1974 in Piedmont, Calif. Collection comprises a scrapbook (about 54 pgs) documenting Phelps' career as a Chevrolet sales executive. Includes primarily newspaper clippings and black-and-white photographs, although there are also such items as letters, telegrams, news releases, programs (including those for national auto exhibits, sales conventions, and other events), menus, song lyric sheets, a medallion name tag, and other ephemera, all housed in a leather "Chevrolet Sales Speeder" three-ring binder. The newspaper clippings and letters document Phelps' various transfers and promotions; other items cover topics such as company-sponsored hunting events, meals, outings, vintage cars, and skits. There is only one unrelated item: a newspaper clipping from 1926 tells of Phelps' escape from a house fire.

4 notes (ANS). One note thanks Mr. R.H. Simpson for the invitation to hear Edward Everett. Another note informs Mr. Lipton that Barker will be unable to attend a meeting of the Bowdoin Alumni Association.

ALS. Fuente submits two recipes which he has found to be effective in the alleviation of yellow fever and asks that his findings be reported to the U.S. Consuls in Mexico and the Antilles and to the authorities in Vera Cruz, Havana and Philadelphia. Fuente understood the yellow fever to be a kind of colic, a disease of the digestive organs.

Holograph, signed. Attests to the health of John Wright, who was being tried for murder. Reports that his physical health is good, but that he suffers from mental illness. Document is also signed by Thomas Webb Greene, surgeon of Litchfield.

Letter (ALS) and a document, signed. Both related to military matters. Includes translation of the letter.