Dr. James H. Conway medical ledger

Access and use

Location of collection:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Cabell Library
James Branch Cabell Library
Virginia Commonwealth University
P.O. Box 842003
901 Park Avenue
Richmond, VA 23284-2003
Contact for questions and access:
POC: SCA Staff
Phone: (804) 828-1108
Fax: (804) 828-0151
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

There are no restrictions.

Preferred citation:

James H. Conway medical ledger, Accession #87/Jul/25, Special Collections and Archives, Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

Summary

Extent:
1 Items
Creator:
Conway, James H. (d. 1821)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

James H. Conway medical ledger, Accession #87/Jul/25, Special Collections and Archives, Health Sciences Library, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Va.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of a medical ledger book dated 1817-1822. It includes a listings of patients, services rendered, as well as payments received. There are several notations within the ledger by William Barksdale, who is the executor of Conway's estate. These notations concern settlements of accounts and occur as late as 1822.

Biographical / historical:

Dr. James H. Conway earned his MD at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School in 1814. Conway was a general doctor who practiced in Amelia County, Virginia. He regularly made house calls to plantations, farms and houses treating anyone injured, even pulling teeth and performing surgery on occasion. Conway died suddenly in 1821. His son, James H. Conway, would graduate from the Medical College of Virginia in 1841, and become its obstetrics professor for the next twenty four years.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Dr. and Mrs. B. Randolph Allen.
Arrangement:

There is only a single item in the collection.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard