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Medical books removed from Beekman Bank. All apparently owned by Charles Brooks who operated a hospital

Medical books removed from Beekman Bank.  All apparently owned by Charles Brooks who operated a hospital in

   Jacksonville in the 1850s.  He died on 21 Nov 1875:

1.  The Institutes of Medicine; Martyn Paine; 1854

2.  Dictionary of Practical Medicine, vol 1 and 2; James Copeland

3,  A Dictionary of Medical Science; Bobley Dunglison; 1846

4.  The Financier's Government and Municiple Bond Value Supplement; 1900

5.  Elements of Medical Jurisprudence, vol 1 and 2; Theodrick Beck and John Beck; 1850

6.  Treatise on Human Parturition; H. Miller; 1849

7.  The History, Diagnosis, and Treatment of the Fevers of the United States; Elisha Bartlett; 1847

8.  The Elements of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, vol 1; Jonathan Pereira; 1846

9.  The Cyclopaedia of Practical Medicine, vol 1 to 4; John Forbes, Alexander Tweedie, and John Conolly; 1847

10.  A System of Human Anatomy; Erasmus Wilson; 1848

11.  A Complete Practical Treatise on Venereal Disease; William Acton; 1850

12.  A Dictionary of Practical Surgery, vol 2; Samuel Cooper; 1848

13.  The Principles of Surgery; James Miller; 1848

14.  Envelope: 

     a.  "Pumping Apparatus for Deep Wells and Mines" U.S Patent Office, 

          Patent #278019 - designed by John Huffer of Jacksonville; 1883 (5 copies)

     b,  Information on opening a combination lock

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Mezzanine 88 B 2
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