Medicine: Resources available in the Special Collections Research Center

An artificial collection of papers. Mostly letters, financial records, published material and official records of individuals in Virginia and elsewhere. Includes a page from a book about horse medicines in the journal of George C. Sheetz (circa 1902).

Diary, 1937, of Fred Beers, a county farm agent from Martin, South Dakota. Includes information about the weather, meetings which he attends, and his daily duties as a farm agent. The volume is entitled "DeLaval Diary for county agents, extension workers, vocational teachers, and cow testers." At the end of the volume there are weights and measures, how to measure the volume of a hay stack, how to mix concrete, how to mix lye, the benefits of skim milk for humans and farm animals, common diseases of cattle, and other farm related information.