"An Essay on Sickness and Health" 2nd Ed., 1775
This medical pamphlet was among the publications willed to George Mason IV by his uncle John Mercer.
Edward Strother, MD
https://books.google.com/books?id=uU5iAAAAcAAJ&source=gbs_navlinks_s
London: Charles Rivington
1725
"Slave Inspection," American South, 1861
"Slaves being inspected prior to sale."
Illustrated London News, Feb. 16, 1861, 138.
http://www.slaveryimages.org/detailsKeyword.php?keyword=heal&theRecord=13&recordCount=16
A System of Surgery, Volume VI, 1788
This publication was kept in George Mason's book collection.
Benjamin Bell, MD
https://archive.org/details/systemofsurgeryb06bell
Edinburgh: Charles Elliot
1788
A Treatise on The Diseases Of Children, 1789
This published work was among the medical books in George Mason IV's library.
Michael Underwood, MD
https://archive.org/details/b28771254_0002
London: J. Matthews.
1789
An Essay on Sickness and Health, 1725
" [W]herein are contain'd all necessary cautions and directions, for the regulation of diseas'd and healthy persons : In Which Dr. Cheyne's Mistaken Opinions in his late Essay, are occasionally taken Notice of. The second edition."
Cover image of an essay by Edward Strother, MD. This medical pamphlet shows the London-published sources circulating in 18th-century colonial America. George Mason IV (and probably John Mercer) owned quite a number of Strother's publications.
Edward Strother, M.D.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online
Coll. Christ. Cantab. & Coll. Med. Lond. Reg. Colleg. London
1725
Botanologia: The English Herbal, 1710
This book was among the science texts bequeathed to George Mason by his uncle John Mercer
William Salmon, MD
https://archive.org/details/mobot31753003488134
London: I. Dawks
1710
Court Case, Sarah Brooke vs Ann (Thomson) Mason, 1751
This 1751 court case focused on a dispute over property; proceedings involved the defendant Ann (Thomson) Mason (1699-1762) and plaintiff Sarah Brooke (1716-1768) of Essex County, Virginia.
Sarah Brooke and Ann (Thomson) Mason
Library of Congress
Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection (MSS2932), Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Washington, DC.
circa 1751
Photo taken by Elizabeth Perez-Garcia
Court Case, Sarah Brooke vs. Ann (Thomson) Mason, 1751
Ann (Thomson) Mason
This 1751 court case focused on a dispute over property; proceedings involved the defendant Ann (Thomson) Mason (1699-1762) and plaintiff Sarah Brooke (1716-1768) of Essex County, Virginia.
Sarah Brooke and Ann (Thomson) Mason
Miscellaneous Manuscript Collection (MSS2932), Library of Congress Manuscript Division
circa 1751
Photo by Elizabeth Perez-Garcia
Criticon Febrium: Or, A Critical Essay on Fevers, 1718
This work was among the medical books willed to George Mason by his uncle, John Mercer.
Edward Strother, MD
https://books.google.com/books?id=yg7K9v_byp0C&source=gbs_navlinks_s
London: Charles Rivington
1718
Domestic Medicine: Or, A Treatise on the Prevention and Cure of Diseases,11th Ed., 1790
This work was among the medical books willed to George Mason by his uncle, John Mercer.
William Buchan, MD
https://archive.org/details/domesticmedicin00buchgoog
London: A. Strahan
1715