Physician's treatment book (a), consisting of a rectangular fabric-bound blue-lined notebook, containing handwritten physician's notes detailing the treatment and prescriptions, and some accounts for various patients, as well as personal comments; the book also contains prescription slips (b,c); (b…
Physician's treatment book (a), consisting of a rectangular fabric-bound blue-lined notebook, containing handwritten physician's notes detailing the treatment and prescriptions, and some accounts for various patients, as well as personal comments; the book also contains prescription slips (b,c); (b) has machine-printed characters at the top and handwriting in the body; (c) is handwritten with an oval-shaped red and white sticker.
Number Of Parts
3
Part Names
a - treatment book - Size: Length 16.4 cm x Width 10.0 cm x Depth 2.0 cm
b - prescription - Size: Length 11.7 cm x Width 8.2 cm
c - prescription - Size: Length 11.0 cm x Width 10.2 cm
Provenance
Purchased by donor in a Toronto bookstore
Dates
1885
circa 1885
Date Remarks
Based on handwriting on inner cover
Material
paper: cream
ink: red; black; blue
leather: black
Inscriptions
"C. MOORE // SCHOOL SUPPLIES // STATION RY. // AND FANCY GOODS // NO. 232 WELLESLEY [illeg.] // 3 Doors East of Ontario [illeg.]" appears stamped in red ink on the front inner cover; on the next page, "25 00 // 5 11 // TOX // Doz [script]" is handwritten in pencil; "J. Gray // 259 Wellesley St. // Sept. 15th 1885" is handwritten in script in black ink underneath; above: "[illeg.] 480 (13 // 3C / 160"; the printing on prescription (b) reads, "DR. JENNIE GRAY, 263 Wellesley Street, Cor. Rose Avenue. // CONSULTATION HOURS, 1 TO 4 P.M. // TELEPHONE 3887 // For Mrs Laidlaw [handwritten] // Date . . . ."; the handwriting is difficult to read (see photograph); the red and white sticker on prescription (c) reads, "N.E. PHARMACY // ESTAB. 1879, 221 WELLESLEY ST // TORONTO" around a white crest flanked by a lion and a unicorn; "2 7177" is handwritten in the top right corner, followed by a handwritten prescription (see photo); on the back of prescription (c) "6.50 // 1.50 // 12 ___ // 2000" is handwritten in black ink.
Permanent Location
(a) Storage Room 2005
2005-5-3
(b,c) Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box #8
Condition Remarks
The paper components were all moderately yellowed, the fabric covering the spine was deteriorating; both prescriptions were creased and somewhat brittle
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book, websites
Reference Comments
From the Collection, Museum of Health Care at Kingston, http://artefact.museumofhealthcare.ca/?p=76
"Using community outreach to promote healthcare services", August 7, 2018, by Heather Gardiner, Women's College Hospital: https://www.womenscollegehospital.ca/news-and-events/Connect-2018/Using-community-outreach-to-promote-healthcare-services
Archeion, Archives Association of Ontario, "Women's College Hospital. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology": https://www.archeion.ca/womens-college-hospital-department-of-obstetrics-and-gynaecology
"FEMALE PHYSICIANS: A directory of short character sketches about female physicians who graduated from the Ontario Medical College for Women at Toronto", by Dr. Donald Brearley, Published by the Quinte Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 2017: Brearley_Female_Physicians_Toronto.pdf.
"Canadian woman's annual, and social service directory." --
by Weaver, Emily P. (Emily Poynton), 1865-1943; Weaver, A. E; Weaver, E. C., 1915, published by McClelland, Goodchild & Stewart in Toronto: https://archive.org/details/canadwomandirec00weavuoft/page/308
Research Facts
In the 1800s medical students and physicians often kept lecture notes and practical information in small bound notebooks. This particular volume contains handwritten recipes for medications, financial accounts, and personal comments. This book is also important for its association with its first owner. Dr. Jennie Gray Wildman (c 1863-1953) is a member of the first generation of women doctors in Canada. Born in Dundas, Ontario she was an early graduate of the Ontario Medical College for Women in Toronto in 1892. In 1898, the college opened the first clinic for women with Dr. Wildman as co-director which she did in addition to her teaching duties at the college. By 1911, this clinic had evolved into Women’s College Hospital, the only hospital in Canada staffed entirely by women; it served an exclusively female clientele until the 1920s. The hospital also provided positions for women doctors in an era when few existed in other institutions.
In 1915, Dr. Jennie Gray Wildman was president of the Toronto Women's Medical Association, Vice-President of the Canadian Purity-Education Association, and President of the Canadian Auxiliary of the Women's Christian Medical College in Lhudiana, India, a union training college for Indian girls. From 1920-1926, Dr. Jennie Gray Wildman was Chief of Gyneacology at Women's College Hospital. From October 31st, 1923, she was part of the newly founded Community Clinical Association (CCA), which Dr. Edna Guest was also part of.
"Jane ‘Jennie’ Gray was born at Dundas, Ontario on December 15, 1862 daughter of John Gray and Jane Head. She matriculated the O.M.C.W. along with her sister in 1892 and was a member of the consultant staff there. Dr. Gray was united in marriage to James Wildman on May 14, 1908. In 1898, Dr. Gray, with 2 others, founded a dispensary for poor women at the Toronto City Mission on Sackville Street which quickly moved to the Medical College for Women and in 1911 evolved into the Women’s College Hospital; this was the only hospital in Canada staffed entirely by women. Dr. Wildman attended the Woman’s Medical Society of N.Y. in Manhattan and read a paper about prenatal care; later she served as the chief of the gynaecology department at the Women’s College Hospital. Dr. Wildman removed to Barrie, Ontario in 1928 and there served as president of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Dr. Jennie Gray Wildman died on December 11, 1953 aged 90 years 11 months 26 days." (Dr. Donald Brearley, pg 30 of "FEMALE PHYSICIANS: A directory of short character sketches about female physicians who graduated from the Ontario Medical College for Women at Toronto.")