New York Medical Prescription Scrapbook
name: label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
label: Names
content: Willliam B. Parkin and Company
topic: label: Topic
content: Drugs
label: Topic
content: Medicine
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
creator: label: Collector
content: National Museum of American History (U.S.). Division of Medical Sciences
abstract: label: Summary
content: A pharmaceutical perscription scrapbook from New York City, New York containing perscriptions from William B. Parkin and Company and other companies and inidividual physicians.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Cubic feet (1 box)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1878-1879
container: label: Container
content: Box 1
custodhist: label: Custodial History
content: Collection transferred to the Archives Center from the Division of Medical Sciences (now the Division of Medicine and Science), 12/6/84.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives Center, National Museum of American History
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NMAH.AC.0131
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Prescriptions
label: Type
content: Scrapbooks
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: Collection processed by NMAH Staff, undated
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Prescriptions -- 19th century
label: Genre/Form
content: Scrapbooks -- 19th century
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This Prescription Scrapbook form New York City contains drug prescription receipts, Sept. 27, 1878-Feb. 18, 1879. The receipts are chronologically organized, starting with 46,089 to 48,850. The William B. Parkin & Co. is particularly well represented, along with many other companies and individual physicians.