About This Item
Title
One of the earliest handwritten Colonial medical documents: A 1709 handwritten medical bill for services performed, including bloodletting, by Dr. Samuel Law from Concord, Massachusetts
Subject
Bloodletting
Invoices
Knight, Ebenezer
Patients--North America--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Invoices
Knight, Ebenezer
Patients--North America--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Description
A very early handwritten colonial medical bill from the turn of the 18th century. This original document is thrice dated 1709, Concord, Massachusetts, where Dr. Samuel Law has signed as giving medical service to Ebenezer Knight, including drugs and blood letting, signed at the lower right by Dr. Samuel Law Phisican.
Creator
Law, Samuel, 1680-1727
Publisher
Digitized by the rights holder
Date
September 25, 1709
Language
English
Type
Invoices
Identifier
law_invoice
Provenance
Andy Anderson
Temporal Coverage
Eighteenth century
Spatial Coverage
Concord, Mass.
Rights Holder
Anonymous. Name available upon request.
Citation
Law, Samuel, 1680-1727, “One of the earliest handwritten Colonial medical documents: A 1709 handwritten medical bill for services performed, including bloodletting, by Dr. Samuel Law from Concord, Massachusetts,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed November 27, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/8153.