Bill from John Clark to Boston (Mass.), 1745 December 8

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Creator
Clark, John , 1698-1768
Type
Invoices.
Language
English
Origin
Massachusetts
Description
1 manuscript.
Date
1745
Repository
Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Identifier
colonialnorthamerica.library.harvard.edu/990061630350203941
Subjects
Delivery of Health Care--history
Medicine--Massachusetts--History
Smallpox--Massachusetts--History
History of Medicine
Smallpox--history
Smallpox--therapy
Boston (Mass.)
Massachusetts

Content Notes

Contains a bill rendered to the town of Boston, Massachusetts, for medicines administered by Dr. John Clark (1698-1768) to five smallpox patients at the Rainsford Island Hospital in November 1745.

Biographical Notes

John Clark (1698-1768) was a physician and apothecary in Boston, Massachusetts. He was the son of Dr. John Clark (1667-1728), A.B., 1687, Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Clark family produced seven physicians, beginning with John Clark (1598-1664), who emigrated to America from England in circa 1635.