Certificate of Examination card issued by the Virginia State Health Department
date: label: Date
content: 1950-1980
name: label: Created by
content: Virginia Department of Health, American
label: Used by
content: Amanda Carey Carter, American, 1909 - 2007
notes: label: Description
content: A blank, unused Certificate of Examination card printed by the Virginia State Health Department and used by the midwife Amanda Carey Carter.
label: Description
content: The small pink card has pre-printed black text with spaces to be completed by hand. At the top [CERTIFICATE OF EXAMINATION]. The rest of the card reads [Name (space) / Has been examined during this pregnancy and may be deli - / vered by a midwife if no complications develop. / Blood tested (space) / Date / Date (space) Signed (space) / M.D. / Va. State Health Dept. / MCH-214 / (OVER)].
label: Description
content: The back of the card is printed with instructions for both doctor and patient: [Doctor: Present this card to the patient after 8th month of / pregnancy. / Patient: Give this card to the midwife when she is called for / delivery.]
place: label: Place used
content: Farmville, Prince Edward County, Virginia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Communities
label: Topic
content: Families
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Health
label: Topic
content: Labor
label: Topic
content: Medicine
label: Topic
content: Midwifery
label: Topic
content: Rural life
label: Topic
content: Women
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Documents and Manuscripts
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Fannie Mae Carter Silver
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2011.75.2.70
objectType: label: Type
content: cards
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 2 1/2 x 4 in. (6.4 x 10.2 cm)