Dr. Winthrop Butler's Accounts for Capt. Abner West's Family


Handwritten Notes: "Vineyard Haven. July 24, 1880. / Capt. Abner West / to Winthrop Butler M.D., Dr. / 1869 / August 1st - Obstetric visit to wife (Marion) - 10.00 / 1870 - Mch 8 - Extracting tooth for Fred. - .50 / Mch. 27 to Apr. 5 - 6 visits to child - 6.00 / ...*"


* ... "Aug. 25 + 28 - 2 visits to self[?] - 2.00 / '71 July 11 + 13 - 2 visits to baby - 2.00 / '72 July 31 - vaccinating Ernest + baby - 1.00 / Apr. 18 to 29 - 14 visits to Marion - 14.00 / June 3 + 15 - vaccinating Sadie + self - 1.00 / 1873 Apr. 2 - one visit to baby - 1.00 / Dec. 5 to July 7 1874 - 67 visits to self (cut foot) - 55.50 / 1875 July 17 + 18 - 2 visits to Saidee - 2.00 / 1875 July 19 to July 24 - 7 visits to Marion - 7.00 / Mch. 1 to 6 - 6 visits to self - 6.00 / Mch. 7 to 17 - 9 visits to self - 9.00 / '76 May 8 to 10 - 4 visits to wife - 4.00 / June 25 to July 2 - 3 visits to self - 3.00 / Sept. Ext. teeth for Ernest - 1.00 / 1877 May[?] 17 - Ext. tooth for Saidee - .50 / 1869 - Medicine | Apr. 10, 1880 - 1 visit to..."


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Date: 1880
Location: Vineyard Haven - -

People: West, Abner, Capt.; Butler, Winthrop, Dr.; West, Marion (Hodge); West, Fred M.; West, Saidee; West, Ernest
Keywords: doctors; bills; medicine; medical care; pregnancies; pregnancy; dentists; dentistry; vaccinations; sick