Charles A. Burritt Ledger

1907
The Country Doctor Museum Manuscript Collection, CD01.119
Creator(s)
Burritt, Charles A., 1872-1963
Physical description
0.06 Cubic Feet
Preferred Citation
Charles A. Burritt Ledger (CD01.119), The Country Doctor Museum, at The William E. Laupus Health Science Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
Repository
Laupus Library History Collections
Access
No Restrictions

Ledger belonging to Dr. Charles A. Burritt of Toledo, Ohio.


Biographical/historical information

Dr. Charles Amos Burritt was born in Canton, Illinois on 1872 October 9 to Dr. William Harvey Burritt and Julia Elizabeth (Reed) Burritt. He attended the University of Michigan and graduated with a Doctor of Medicine degree in 1895. In July 1895 he opened a practice at 319 South St. Clair Avenue in Toledo Ohio. He worked as an obstetrician for most of his career.

Dr. Burritt served as a surgeon in the Naval Brigade of the Ohio National Guard and was commissioned on 1899 December 14. He also served as a captain in the army medical corps in World War I. He was a member of The Ohio State Medical Society and its auxiliary chapter, the Northwestern Ohio Medical Association. On 1904 November 1, he married Edith Eleanor Emrick of Wooster, Ohio. Burritt still practiced medicine in Toledo until 1948 when he retired at the age of 76. Dr. Burritt died on 1963 March 31.


Scope and arrangement

Physician's Daily Memorandum belonging to Dr. Charles A. Burritt. The ledger contains patient account information for the year 1907. Dr. Burritt practiced in Toledo, Ohio.


Administrative information
Custodial History

2018 May 3: one ledger. Gift of Trish Worthington Cobb.

Source of acquisition

Gift of Trish Worthington Cobb.

Processing information

Processed by Layne Carpenter, 2019.

Copyright notice

Literary rights to specific documents are retained by the authors or their descendants in accordance with U.S. copyright law.


Language of material

English

Key terms
Topical
Medicine--Formulae, receipts, prescriptions

Container list
Box 1 Folder 1 Dr. Burritt's Ledger, 1907