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December 13, 2006

A(n) Historical Discovery

In a gift book entitled"The People's Common Sense Medical Advisor in Plain English," our Anne discovered a loose, folded intake application for a medical examination, a History & Physical form, published in the late 1880's. I posted a copy on the bulletin board on 4 if you are interested in looking at it. It has a section for "Ladies" and a section for "Gentlemen," covering a multitude of personal physical details. (I assume that this book is sort of a 19th century equivalent of current versions of "Medical Care from A-Z" or "Medical Care for Dummies" and similar titles.) Anne has sent the book out for some repairs because the cover is not in the best possible shape. This is the Mirlyn record:
Pierce, R. V. (Ray Vaughn), b. 1840.:
The people's common sense medical advisor in plain English :or, Medicine simplified /by R.V. Pierce..
Buffalo, N.Y. : World's Dispensary Printing Office and Bindery, 1888, c1886..
1008 p. : ill. (some col.), map, port., plates ; 21 cm..

Owning Location Taubman Medical | RC 81 .P261 1888

Posted by schnitzr at December 13, 2006 07:45 AM

Comments

We have asked Book Repair to mend the tears in the application form and to make a pocket for it inside the book so, the original form will be available for users.

Posted by: annepz at December 13, 2006 03:44 PM

How about take a digital picture of the interesting page and post it? I'll help if needed.

Posted by: pfa at December 19, 2006 09:37 PM

Thanks for idea/offer, Patricia. I used some old-time technology, copied the application, and pinned it on the 4th floor bulletin board, as I mentioned above, but a digital photo posted on the blog would certainly be a better way to go.

Posted by: schnitzr at December 20, 2006 10:59 AM

It's not a digital photo, but I created a pdf of this just now from the copy and put it share space in the Access folder (physicexamform.pdf). If someone has a good idea for a place to put it on a website, we could link to it.

Posted by: wfield at December 27, 2006 11:37 AM