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Tag Archives: health

Colby 94: Casualties

Mounting casualties feed anti-war sentiment at the North …

Posted byMarek13 December, 201418 December, 2014Posted in1860s, 39th MA, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHSTags:10th Vermont Regiment, civil war, Freeman Colby, health, hospital, Hugh Connolly, newspapersLeave a comment on Colby 94: Casualties

Colby 93: Medicine Enough

Colby’s health woes continue, but he returns to duty at last …

Posted byMarek11 December, 201413 December, 2014Posted in1860s, 39th MA, bread, Civil War, Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, food, medicine, NH history, SOURCE=HHS, weatherTags:civil war, Freeman Colby, health, hospital, MarylandLeave a comment on Colby 93: Medicine Enough

Paying the Doctor (Nelson, c. 1750)

Nelson’s own Ezra Carter accepts a rather unusual means of payment…

Posted byMarek5 August, 201226 September, 2012Posted in1750s, colonial, medicine, Nelson, SOURCE=HSCCTags:cats, doctor, health, kittens, medicine, povertyLeave a comment on Paying the Doctor (Nelson, c. 1750)

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