Title	Receipt of doctor visit from a Dr. Vitalis to Henry Shaw for enslaved person Bridgette. Reciept is in French and dated September 17, 1842.
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Subject	African Americans Bridgette (Enslaved Person) Enslaved People Enslaver French language Medical doctors Missouri Physicians Receipts Shaw, Henry, 1800-1889 Shaw, Henry--Papers Slave owners Slavery St. Louis (MO) United States Vesication Vitalis
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Description	St. Louis, Missouri September 17, 1842 To: Mr. Henry Shaw [???] hotel / Doctor Vitalis takes the liberty of giving below to Mr. Henry Shaw, the detailed account of medical care to be given during his absence, of the slave Brigitte and her little mulatto son. To Know: 1844 May 22. Visit to Brigitte’s child for worm fever, and, returned measles. Pursuit of a wrongly given purgative $2.00 [May?] 23. Prescription and medication visit, at the same time very badly $2.50 [May?] 24. Vesication and medication given [???] $3.00 [May?] 25. [?] [??] Dressings $2.50 [May?] 27. [?] [??] [and? al?] $2.00 [May?] 28. [?] [??] [and? al?] [red wax mark] [May?] 29. [?] prescription for convalescence $2.00 / July 1st Visit, prescription, vesication (blister treatment) behind the ears, and incision of the gums to the same child, for difficult dentition and original dysentery. ey. $4.00 [July?] 7. Visit to the mother for false pleurisy and fevers [etc.] $2.00 [July?] 9. Visit to the same for verification. (recovered) $2.00 Total: $24.00 (Vesication is a form of treatment which causes blistering on the skin which is no longer is used.) See PHO2020-0035.
Publisher	Missouri Botanical Garden
Contributor	Missouri Botanical Garden
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Identifier	PHO 2020-0034
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