West Virginia and Regional History Center
John Frissell Papers
Frissell, John, Dr., 1810-1882
A&M 0932
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0.25 Linear Feet
Summary: 3 in. (2 folders, 2 in.; 1 unboxed ledger, 2 in.)
ca. 1858-1888
A scrapbook and clippings, advertisements, letters, manuscripts of speeches, and notes on medical practice, compiled by Dr. John Frissell (1810-1882), a physician at the Wheeling Hospital and medical superintendent of military prisoners and soldiers in Wheeling during the Civil War. The scrapbook is a folio volume, Register of the Sick and Wounded, U.S.A. General Hospital. There is also information on the Medical Society of the City of Wheeling, the West Virginia Medical Society, medical conventions in West Virginia, and Wheeling local history.
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Wheeling (W. Va.)
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Hospitals and sanitariums.
Medicine. SEE ALSO Folk medicine.
Physicians - letters and papers.
Medical Society of the State of West Virginia
Wheeling Hospital
Wheeling Medical Society
Frissell, John.