Early 1900s Ledger DR NW Clark ROSSVILLE INDIANA Physician Surgeon Doctor 571pgs

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Based on the receipts found in this ledger (not included, posted on another listing), this was the personal ledger of Dr. N W Clark of Rossville, Indiana, (Carroll County). This is a large ledger, with over 500 pages FULL of names of patients of local citizens. There is a section in the front that is missing some pages to show what page each patient is on. Only ABCD is included. It's organized by patient. Some pages have lots of entries, some have very few. There's a few scrap pieces of paper included that notes and numbers were taken on. As you can see, the binding is in really rough shape and this book is just sort of hanging together at this point. Ledger measures 13" by 8" by nearly 2" thick. Dates, when found, are from the early 1900s. 571 pages.
Here is a short biography found online of Dr. N W Clark:
CLARK, N. W. (M.D.) The medical profession of Clinton county has an able and very promising representative in the person of Dr. N. W. Clark, physician and surgeon, of Rossville, a man yet young in years but who has practiced in this locality long enough to prove himself to be the possessor of the necessary qualifications to make a success in this particular field of endeavor. Not only was he seemingly singled out by Mother Nature for this special vocation, but he has put forth every effort to advance himself, is a profound student and is enamored of his work, deeming it a privilege to bring succor to the diseased and the sick in general. Dr. Clark was born August 29, 1870, in Carroll county, Indiana, a son of Joseph B. CLARK, a well known citizen of that section of the Hoosier state, now living in retirement in the town of Flora. He was born in Union county, Indiana, where he was reared and educated. During the Civil war he served as a member of the One Hundred and Fifty-fourth Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He married Mary EIKENBURY, who is now deceased. To them four children were born, two sons and two daughters; Dr. N. W., of this sketch; Albert M., a farmer living near Flora; Mrs. Nellie HODSON, of Moreland, Indiana, and Fanny (deceased). Mr. Clark married for his second wife Anna EATON and had one child, Scott, who is a farmer near Flora, Indiana. The Clark family came to Indiana in 1830 and entered government land in Union county, beginning life there like the other pioneers of the state. Joseph B. Clark went to Carroll county in early manhood and there became a highly respected and successful man. He belonged to the Grand Army of the Republic, and the United Brethren church. Dr. Clark was reared on the farm in his native county and received a common school education, later attending the State Normal, after which he followed teaching for several years in Carroll county. He began the study of medicine while still teaching, and in order to properly qualify for practice he spent three years in the Indiana Medical College at Indianapolis, where he made an excellent record, and from which institution he was graduated in 1904. He had also spent one year in a medical college in Chicago. He located in Rossville in 1906 and has since been engaged here as a physician and surgeon, building up a large, lucrative and constantly growing practice and taking his place in the front rank of his professional brethren in this county. He is a close student of new methods of treatment. Dr. Clark was married December 25, 1909, at Flora, Indiana, to Rose CLINE, of that city, where she grew to womanhood and was educated. She is a daughter of Henry CLINE, a well known citizen there. Dr. Clark is a Republican and has been active in party affairs. He is a member of the Masonic Order and the Knights of Pythias. He is a member of the Clinton County Medical Society and the Indiana State Medical Society. Source: Pages 862-863 History of Clinton County, Indiana.... With Historical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records of Many of the Old Families. By Hon. Joseph Claybaugh. Published 1913 by A. W. Bowen & Company - Indianapolis, Indiana