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    • Author/Creator:Siveter, Thomas, 1800-1893.
    • Title:Dr. Thomas Siveter papers, 1872-1882 (inclusive).
    • Physical Description:1.5 linear feet (1 box)
    • Links:View a description and listing of collection contents in the finding aid

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    • Notes:The materials are in English.
      Gift of Bert Hansen 2016, 2017.
    • Organization:Arranged by format and date.
    • Access and use:The collection is open for research.
    • Biographical / Historical note:Thomas Siveter was born in England in 1800. Between the ages of fifteen and twenty-one he was "bound out" to surgeon John Abernathy in London, England, who was a successor of John Hunter. In 1824 Siveter married Lydie Bridgewater of Edinburgh, Scotland and in 1826 they moved to the United States, settling in Cayuga County, New York and Ohio before taking up residence in Salem, Iowa in 1845. Siveter had joined the Quaker Society of Friends in 1844.
      Dr. Siveter became a prominent physician in Salem and in 1850 was a charter member of the Iowa Medical and Chirurgical Society. He served as president of the society in 1856, when the name changed to The Iowa State Medical Society, and again in 1858. Siveter continued practicing medicine in Salem until his death in 1893.
    • Summary:The collection includes materials from Iowa physician Thomas Siveter (1800-1893), a prominent surgeon in Salem, Iowa from 1845-1893 and a founding member of the Iowa State Medical Society. The collection includes a patient logbook, advertisements for medications and medical products, correspondence, and a few items of ephemera.
    • Format:Archives or Manuscripts
    • Indexes/Finding aids:Finding aid available in repository and on Internet.
    • Cite as:Dr. Thomas Siveter papers. Historical Library, Harvey Cushing / John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University.
    • Subjects:Siveter, Thomas, 1800-1893.
      Advertising--Medicines, patent, proprietary, etc.
      Advertising--Medicine.
      Medicine--19th century.
      Medicine--United States.
      Patent medicines.
    Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/16559415