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A Guide to the R.D. Huffard Physician Account Book, 1893-1901 Huffard, R.D., Physician Account Book, 1893-1901 1130053

A Guide to the R.D. Huffard Physician Account Book, 1893-1901

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Barcode Number 1130053


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Repository
Library of Virginia
Barcode number
1130053
Title
R.D. Huffard Physician Account Book, 1893-1901
Physical Characteristics
1 vol. (508 p.)
Language
English

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions.

Use Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

R.D. Huffard Physician Account Book, 1893-1901. Local Government Records Collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

This item came to the Library of Virginia in a transfer of court papers from previous hit Tazewell  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

Historical Information

R.D. (Robert Davidson) Huffard was born in Wythe County  next hit in 1850. He studied medicine at the Medical College of Virginia and established a practice in Smyth previous hit County  next hit. In 1891, he moved to previous hit Tazewell  next hit previous hit County  next hit where he practiced until his death in 4 Novemebr 1898.

The account book was used as an exhibit in the chancery suit Foote and Johnson and others versus Administrator of R.D. Huffard and others heard in the previous hit Tazewell  next hit previous hit County  next hit Circuit Court.

Scope and Content

R.D. Huffard Physician Account Book, 1893-1901, records the accounts of individual patients including African-Americans. Each account lists dates of transactions, charges and payments for visits to patients, medication, and medical services such as setting broken bones, obstetrical surgery including abortions, and treatments for sexually transmitted diseases such as syphilis and gonorrhea.

Related Material

For additional information see the previous hit Tazewell  next hit previous hit County Chancery Cause, Foote and Johnson and others versus Administrator of R.D. Huffard and others, available electronically. Search the Chancery Records Index at the web site of the Library of Virginia. The index number is 1903-043.

Access Terms

    Personal Name

  • Huffard, R.D. (Robert Davidson), 1850-1898.

    • Subject Terms

  • Abortion--Virginia-- previous hit Tazewell  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Gonorrhea--Virginia-- previous hit Tazewell  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Medicine--Virginia-- previous hit Tazewell  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Physicians--Virginia-- previous hit Tazewell  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Syphilis--Virginia-- previous hit Tazewell  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

    • Geographic Terms

  • previous hit Tazewell  next hit previous hit County  next hit (Va.)--History--19th century.

    • Record Type

  • Account books--Virginia-- previous hit Tazewell  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Business records--Virginia-- previous hit Tazewell  next hit previous hit County  next hit.
  • Local government records--Virginia-- previous hit Tazewell  next hit previous hit County  next hit.

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Significant Places Associated With the Collection

  • Tazewell County (Va.)--History--19th century.
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