Perley Barker casebook
Collection — Volume: 1
Identifier: MSS 2/063
Scope and Contents
Volume documents Perley Newel Barker’s medical practice in Troy, Pa., and Bradford County area,
18971903.
Entries list patient’s name, age, notes on examination, and prescription; many cases have
followup
notes. Letters, 1897, from physicians Edward Jackson and Willis T. Davison inserted in volume
on page 70.
Dates
- 1897 - 1903
Creator
- Barker, Perley Newel (Person)
Biographical / Historical
Perley Newel Barker, Troy, Pa., physician was born in 1856. He received an M.D. from the MedicoChirurgical
College of Philadelphia, 1887; by 1890, he was practicing in Troy. Barker specialized in
otorhinolaryngology. He was a medical examiner for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, the
Northwestern Mutual Life Association, and the Western Mutual Life Insurance Company. Barker died of
chronic endocarditis on 4 Apr. 1934.
Extent
1 volume
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
Purchased through a gift from Sheldon G. Cohen in memory of George I. Blumstein.
Creator
- Barker, Perley Newel (Person)
- Title
- Perley Barker casebook
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Repository
