Fonds Acc2927 - Reverend Doctor John Knox fonds : 187-?

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Reverend Doctor John Knox fonds : 187-?

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CA PCA Acc2927

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  • Copied 1976 (Reproduction)
  • 187-? (Creation)
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    Knox, John

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.015 m of textual records

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Knox, John (1817-1892)

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Reverend Doctor John Knox was born in Edinburgh in 1817. He was educated and began his professional life in London in 1839. He apparently did not complete the full medical course at this time. He came to Prince Edward Island in 1842 and became the Pastor of the Disciples of Christ First Baptist Church in Crossroads, Prince Edward Island from 1842 until 1882. With this charge, he also became the First Baptist Pastor for East Point and Summerside. John Knox married Margaret Ferguson [ ?-1867], daughter of Malcom Ferguson of Lot 48, Prince Edward Island, on 29 May 1855. Following her death he married Catherine Dewar on 28 January 1878. John Knox was licensed to practice medicine on 3 January 1872, after having received his degrees of Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Laws from an American College. He died on the 16 November 1892 and is buried at the Crossroads Church Cemetery.

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This fonds consists of a 135 page prescription book for numerous prescriptions such as: Itch, spitting blood, toothache, bronchitis, dysentery, diphtheria, constipation, chronic sore throat, acute rheumatism, chronic laryngitis, sore throat, croup, consumption, chronic inflammation, consumption, wasting of the lungs, hoarseness, epilepsy, cancer, loss of appetite, dropsy, Gonorrhea, fevers, hydrophobia (rabies), smallpox, drunkenness, intoxication, scurvy, goiter, earache, chronic diarrhea, lock jaw, cholera, sun stroke, boils, ulcerated womb, tumors, heart, chronic bronchitis, acute bronchitis, kidneys, sleepnessess, indigestion, whooping cough, chafing, liver complaint, scarlet fever, typhoid fever, corns and nails, hives, cataract, chapped lips and hands, diabetes, enlarged prostrate, vomiting in pregnancy, sea sickness, eruptions on face, chapped nipples, hysteria/mania, nasal polyps, wasted lungs, gall stones, pneumonia, bleeding of lungs, dandruff/baldness, ring worm, asthma, and the measles. The prescription book also contains instructions for washing flannels and a recipe for cottage pudding.

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NO RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS

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PERMISSION FOR USE AND REPRODUCTION IS REQUIRED FROM THE PUBLIC ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OFFICE; QUESTIONS REGARDING COPYRIGHT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER

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NO FURTHER FINDING AID AVAILABLE

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See also: Acc2840; Acc2853; Acc4304

For more information of the history of medicine on Prince Edward Island see: "History of the Practice of Medicine in Prince Edward Island" by Dr. R.G. Lea (Charlottetown: Prince EdwardIsland Medical Society, 1964, Vol. 1, 111 pages), located in Acc4423

For history relating to the First Baptism Church in Crossroads, PEI, see Acc2753/2

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