Manuscript Resources on the History of Medicine
This guide describes collections documenting the history of medicine in the Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections (LLMVC) at LSU. It includes the papers of physicians; surgeons; dentists; nurses; medical orderlies; and druggists and pharmacists. It also contains records of hospitals and asylums. There are a number of collections containing records of nursing associations.
The guide also contains remedies and recipes for medical treatments like medicinal tea; materials on medical education; prescriptions; descriptions of medical treatments; and doctors' record books with patient information, treatments, and fees. There are also materials on such diseases as yellow fever and cholera; plantation records that include information on the health of family members and slaves; materials on veterinary medicine; and medical advertisements. Finally, there are materials relating to illnesses and wounds suffered during wartime, particularly during the Civil War, World War I, and World II. Most of the collections are from Louisiana, but there are also materials from other parts of the Lower Mississippi Valley.
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Eager, William Blake. Papers, 1848-1863-1865, 1874-1900. 21 items. Location: B:64. Surgeon in the 162nd New York Volunteers in the Civil War. Letters concern service in military hospitals in Carrollton (now part of New Orleans) and Franklin, Louisiana; the siege of Port Hudson; and the Red River campaign. Other materials deal with Eager's medical education and a European tour in 1877. Mss. 2826. Referenced in Guides: New Orleans to 1861, New Orleans in the Civil War, New Orleans 1866-, Medicine
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East Feliciana State Hospital. Papers, 1848-1852. 21 items. Location: E:53. Hospital established by an act passed by the Louisiana legislature (1847). Papers of the Board of Administration of the Insane Asylum of the State of Louisiana for the period immediately following its establishment, dealing with the work of the board in organizing and planning for the institution. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1353. Referenced in Guides: Medicine
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Egan, J. S. Family Papers, 1850-1893. 28 items. Location: UU:118; OS:E. Resident of New Orleans. Papers contain Civil War letters from Virginia and Port Hudson, Louisiana, commenting on the people of New Orleans immediately prior to the surrender of the city and Union Sympathizers during the Union occupation. Included are antebellum letters telling of social conditions in San Francisco, California, following the Gold Rush; medical practice in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana; and travel in Europe. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1467. Referenced in Guides: New Orleans to 1861, New Orleans in the Civil War, New Orleans 1866-, Civil War, Medicine
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Erwin, Isaac. Diary, 1848-1868. 1 volume. Location: W:16. Sugar and cotton planter of Shady Grove Plantation, Bayou Gross Tete, Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Diary (photocopies of a typescript) records plantation, personal, and family activities, and mentions local aspects of the Civil War, Reconstruction, epidemic diseases, floods, levee maintenance, and sugar and cotton production. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2933. |
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Estorge, Joseph Leonard 18 -1880. Papers, 1866-1877. 34 items (enlargement prints). Location: 41:15. Medical doctor of Opelousas, Louisiana. Papers consist of bills and statement of accounts for services. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2422. Referenced in Guides: Medicine
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Estorge, Joseph Leonard 18 -1880. Papers, 1866-1911, undated 371 items and 6 ms. vols. Location: W:21. Medical doctor of Opelousas, Louisiana. Business papers consist largely of bills and receipts for professional services and supplies. The collection includes ledgers (1868-1880) recording services rendered to patients. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2946. Referenced in Guides: Medicine
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Evans, H. Letter, 1864. 1 item. Location: Misc.E. Private, 9th Louisiana Infantry, Stafford's Brigade. Letter from H. Evans commenting on the activities of his friends in the Confederate army and in particular the courtesies received by a soldier in a hospital at Richmond from the wives of staff officers. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1063. |
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Evans, Simeon A. Letters, 1861-1864. 93 items. Location: U:239. Union assistant surgeon in the 14th Maine Regiment. Letters relate to Evans' experiences in the Civil War in Mississippi, Louisiana, and the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. His assignments included New Orleans (1862-1863), Port Hudson (1863), and Camp Bisland (1863). For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 1845. |
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Eversol, Samuel. Letter, 1833 June 2. 1 item. Location: Misc. Letter mentions outbreak of Asiatic cholera in New Orleans and along the Mississippi River. For further information, see online catalog. Mss. 2873. Referenced in Guides: New Orleans to 1861, Medicine
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Ewing, Inc. American Red Cross nurses at Louisiana's Old State Capitol photograph, circa 1910-1930. 1 panoramic photograph. Location: 104:-105:. Group shot of American Red Cross nurses outside of the Old State Capitol. African-American nurses are standing at the right side of the group. Mss. 5372. |