Original Civil War era Physician's Hand-Book of Practice 1859, owned by Dr. Smith Ely of Newburgh, New York.
Includes entries from 1860-1866, covering the entire US Civil War (1861-65).
-- bills and accounts and a Register of Treatment, plus personal notes by the doctor.
-- includes 13 handwritten receipts for 1866
-- also two business cards of Dr. Ely.
[6 1/2" H x 3 3/4" W].
Smith Ely, M. D. was a resident of Newburgh, New York where he practiced medicine for his entire career. In 1859, Edwin D. Morgan, Governor of New York appointed Ely a surgeon of the 19th Regiment in the 7th Brigade in the 2nd Division of the New York State Militia. He was also appointed by the Governor in 1862 as a member of the Special Corps of Volunteer Surgeons.
