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Account book for the medical practice of Alfred C. Trull, first in Baltimore (Sept. 1909-Nov. 1910) and then in Haverhill, Mass. (Jan., 1911-Oct. 31, 1918).
History and Biography
Physician. Alfred Chase Trull was born Oct. 10, 1874 in Norway, Maine, to Alanson and Laura Ann Chase Trull. The 1900 U.S. census shows him residing in Haverhill, Massachusetts, with his widowed father and two siblings and working as a drugstore clerk.
Trull received his medical degree in 1909 from the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. He began practicing in Baltimore, but in January 1911 returned to Haverhill where he practiced medicine for the rest of his career. He died there on May 7, 1962.
This biographical note was based on information from the 1923 edition of the American Medical Directory; census and birth records accessed via Ancestry.com accessed Sept. 26, 2012; and from documents found in the volume.
Organization
NOTE: Loose material from the volume has been removed to Miscellaneous Manuscripts, Box 4: 4.
Account book for the medical practice of Alfred C. Trull, first in Baltimore (Sept. 1909-Nov. 1910) and then in Haverhill, Mass. (Jan., 1911-Oct. 31, 1918). There he practiced first at 48 White Street and later at 3 Washington Square.
Expenses recorded include payments for office rent and telephone service; drugs; medical supplies; and equipment. Each patient Trull attended is identified by name and sometimes includes an address. While the volume never includes diagnoses, Trull often notes his treatment: “dressing hand”, “treating burn,” “confinement,” “vaccinating baby.”
Inserted in the volume are a large number of envelopes, letters, and advertising flyers that Trull used as scrap paper on which to calculate sums and to draft birth and death registrations.
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