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MS9 - Dr John B. King, 1832-1872

Collection Overview:
Chiefly a Case Book, recording symptoms and treatments of diseases and injuries of local and transient patients.

Historical Note: Dr. John B. King was born on May 23, 1808. He was a doctor for Nantucket residents and foreign seamen until his death on July 27, 1889.

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Dr. John B. King (1808-1889) Case Book 1852 - 1872. Detailed description of symptoms.and his treatment of diseases such as Typhoid Fever, Paralysis, Apoplexy, reactions to vaccine and of fractures cysts. His patients were residents of Nantucket or seamen who came into Nantucket on ships. Among those persons treated were: Charles Albert; William Henry, New York City, 2nd Mate; Mrs. Charlotte Andrews; Horace Hewitt; Mary Chase Barnard; Mrs. Sarah Kingsley; Obed Chase; Samuel Mitchell; George Coggeshall; George Parker; Benjamin Folger II; Stephen Parker; Moses Folger; Rebecca B. Swain; Mrs. Sarah Folger; Sarah Swain; Emily C. Gardner; Henry Swan; Temperance Green; Jared W. Tracy. Membership card in New England Protective Union, June 16, 1856.

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Character reference by Selectmen: Nantucket, 1848

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Certificate for degree of Doctor of Medicine and Surgery from New York University (document in Latin; difficult to decipher). Attached is a certificate registering Dr. King to practice in New York, 1832. Appointment as Resident Surgeon of the New York Hospital, 1833 Membership in Medical Society of City and County of N.Y., 1833 Membership in Medical Society of Massachusetts, 1842