(William and Ida McKINLEY) Admiral Presley Marion RIXEY (1852-1928) Surgeon General of the U.S. Navy fro 1902-1910, personal physician to Presidents William McKinley (1897-1901) and Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909). He attended to McKinley after he was shot by American anarchist Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, New York in 1901.
Eleven Autograph Documents Signed “R.“, 1 page each, 85 x 124 mm. (3 3/8 x 4 7/8 in.), 3 January 1899 to 12 June 1900, prescriptions for President McKinley (1) and Mrs. McKinley (10), on U.S. Naval Dispensary prescription paper. The prescription for President McKinley for Glyco-Thymoline (mouthwash) was issued on 12 June 1900, a week before he diverted troops from the Philippines to spearhead the China Relief Expedition, a multi-national military rescue mission sent to liberate U.S. Citizens and European nationals trapped in China during the Boxer Rebellion.
Light soiling and edge wear, some creasing, overall fine condition.
(EXA 6001) $950
(Early 19th Century Medicine) A group containing ten (10) billing statements and receipts of Dr. Ezra Gustin* (1788-1818) of Meriden, New Hampshire, for medicinal purchases made by Dr. Gustin from the pharmacies Hutchinson, Chaney & Farnsworth of Newport (8), Green & Wardner of Windsor, Vermont (1), and Samuel Horton Jr. of Boston (1), between 1815 and 1817, almost the full extent of Dr. Gustin’s career, as he died at the age of 30 in 1818.
Purchases include “… Emat Tart, Lapis Catamannus… Juniper… Rod Valarian… Nitri Dulsis… Gum Manna… 1/2 Gal. Mosases… Aloes…“, among many other items.
Paper used for 1815-16 receipts are irregularly cropped, usual folds with light separation at folds, light toning and creasing, edge wear, slight ink feathering overall very good to fine condition. Together, the ten items.
(EXA 5921) $125
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* Studied medicine with Dr. Elias Frost of Plainfield, practiced for three years in Meriden before meeting his untimely death in Croyden, New Hampshire.
(19th Century Medicine) A wonderful poster, 575 x 360 mm. (22 3/4 x 14 1/8 in.) on thick card stock, (Philadelphia: Queen & Co., 1891). Queen & Co. were Philadelphia oculists and opticians located on the corner of 8th and Arch streets. The chart, illustrating twelve styles of prosthetic eyes in shades of blue and brown, was designed to be cut vertically into seven pieces.
Edge wear and losses to corners minor surface abrasions, else very good.
(EXA 5250) $150
