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MS14 - Dr. John Shackford Grouard's Medical Record Book, 1915- 1916

BOOK 1
Collection Overview: Book contains doctor's records of the course of births, influenza and other diseases of residents of Nantucket and Siasconet, Mass. from Nov. 11, 1915 until May 31, 1916. Names are included. Two or three cases are recorded by Dr. [Frank] Lewis (first name not given).

Historical Note: Dr. John Shackford Grouard (1867-1927) was a physician and surgeon who trained at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Grouard came to Nantucket in 1891 where he was Medical Examiner and practiced at the Nantucket Cottage Hospital.