Dr. Jerome Cochran medical account book

Collection

Identifier: MS 0236

Staff Only

Finding aid note: Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Scope and Contents of the Papers

The account book contains an alphabetical listing of Dr. Cochran’s medical patients in Alabama, followed by individual records of visits and accounts. Patients’ addresses or occupations are often given as are the methods of payment (cash, services, goods, etc.). Also included is a promissory note dated 18 July 1877, from Eagle Lake, Texas, for $100.00 from J.B. Armstrong, for medical attention given his family in Mobile, 1874-1875.

Dates

Creation: 1870 - 1878

Creator

Cochran, Jerome (Person)

Restrictions on Access

This material is open for research.

Conditions Governing Access

Stored onsite at the Woodson Research Center.

Restrictions on Use

Permission to publish from the Dr. Jerome Cochran medical account book, 1870-1878, must be obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Jerome Cochran, a native of Holly Springs, Mississippi, came to Mobile, Alabama, in 1865. He served as Alabama’s first state health officer from 1879 to 1896, gaining a reputation as the state’s foremost medical figure in the post-Civil War period and national recognition as a quarantine physician.

Extent

0.1 Linear Feet (1 bound volume)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The account book contains an alphabetical listing of Dr. Cochran’s patients in Alabama, followed by individual records of visits and accounts. Patients’ addresses or occupations are often given as are the methods of payment (cash, services, goods, etc.).