| Antebellum Health Care, 1800-1860 |
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Letter, 1827 Calohill Mennis to Thomas Preston of Bedford |
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Letter, 1834 John D. Lewis of Kanawha Salines to Bowker Preston of Bedford |
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Letter, 1834 L.G. Cabell of Franklin County to Bowker Preston of Bedford |
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Herbal Medicine
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George White, c. 1937 Lynchburg Medicine Man |
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Sweet William Dianthus barbatus
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Mayapple Podophyllum peltatum
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Mullein Verbascum phoeniceum
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Foxglove Digitalis ambigua
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Midwifery 1800-1960 |
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Birth Certificate of Ruth Delacy Jones, 1914 |
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Mary Jett Austin Bedford and Campbell County Midwife |
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Midwife's Certificate of Retirement, 1955 |
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Scissors Used by Midwife Maude Watson Flood |
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Mary Jane Thornhill (1875-1949) Lynchburg Midwife |
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Julia Whiteley Branch (1850-1937) Lynchburg Midwife and Baby Nurse |
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Bettie Frances Slayton Waller Campbell County Midwife |
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Margaret Jones (1823 -1904) Lynchburg Midwife |
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Kitty Shelton Patterson (1840-1914) Lynchburg Midwife |
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Nurse for the Minor family, Amherst County, c. 1850 |
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Pieced Quilt, date and maker unknown |
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Some Central Virginia Midwives |
| The Civil War 1860-1865
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Tobacco Factories |
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Jefferson Street Tobacco Warehouse |
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After the Civil War 1865-1900
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