Dr. Porcher's notes on alcoholism. Alcoholism,Capsicum,Table Spoon full 3 times a day in water. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Notes on anesthetics and their uses in various scenarios. Discusses administration of anesthesia, the use of cocaine and alcohol, and menthol as a local anesthetic, among others. A news clipping on Dr. Porcher's use of dogwood bark as a replacement for quinine is also included. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Handwritten notebook on antispasmotics and 2 prescriptions. Discusses digitalis, camphor, valerian, nux vomica, aconite, sage tea, cannabis, opium, belladonna, poke root, and others. Covers physiological effects as well as conditions to be used for. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Notes on astringents with 2 prescriptions, notes from a private lecture on materia medica, and 4 handwritten notebooks. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, MUSC, Charleston,SC.
Notes on heart auscultation. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Dr. Porcher's handwritten notes on various publications on heart sounds and auscultation. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Dr. Porcher's notes and clippings on blisters and various treatments for them, including a 'spice plaster' made from cloves, capsicum, ginger, and honey. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Dr. Porcher's handwritten notes and clippings related to bloodletting, cupping, and leeches. Covers general history, methods and instrumentation, and diseases and conditions these practices were to relieve. Also includes a reprint of Bloodletting: A Clinical Lecture by Prof. Dujardin-Beaumetz from The Medical News, Vol. XLIII, No. 14 October 16, 1883. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Dr. Porcher's drawings of acute Bright's disease, chronic Bright's disease, fatty kidney, and waxy kidney, and contracted kidney. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Dr. Porcher's clippings, reprints, and handwritten notes on cathartics. Covers calomel, sulphur, purgatives, laxatives, saline, epsom salts and others. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Dr. Porcher's handwritten notebook on cathartics. Covers calomel, magnesium citrate, podophyllum and others. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Dr. Porcher's handwritten notes for lectures and exams on the practice of medicine. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Dr. Porcher's handwritten notes and news clippings on digestion. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Dr. Porcher's handwritten notes on various diseases of the heart. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Dr. Porcher's handwritten notebook on diseases of the heart, including general considerations of structure and pathology, and improved knowledge causes of disease such as inflammation. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Dr. Porcher's handwritten notes on dosing and the action of medicines. Includes lecture 'Doses of Medicine'. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Miscellaneous handwritten notes on elephantiasis, typhoid fever, diabetes, and diseases of the eye. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Dr. Porcher's reprints, handwritten notes, and news clippings on emetics, including tartar. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Dr. Porcher's handwritten notes and clippings on emetics, including sanguinaria and lobelia. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
Dr. Porcher's handwritten notebook on emetics. Preferred citation: Francis Peyre Porcher Papers, MSS 299, Waring Historical Library, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston.
