George J. Martz Collection
Scope and Contents
The George J. Martz Medical Notebook for the Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, Ohio, consists of one hard-bound notebook and three folders containing miscellaneous information found loose in the notebook. The notebook contains detailed notes, written in longhand, on a variety of medical ailments and treatments. Each lecture is dated and includes the name of the professor teaching the class. Included in the back of the notebook is a list of prescriptions for various ailments including their ingredients. Found loose in the back of the notebook was a lengthy note on Typhoid Fever, presumably written by Dr. G. Jamieson Martz of German Township, Darke County, Ohio in May 1897. Also found loose were items cut out of newspapers or magazines on Dr. Finkler’s preparation of Papoid and an article on “Diseases of the Uric Acid Diathesis.” Materials in the notebook date between 1890 and 1897.
Dates
- Creation: 1890-1891, 1897
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1890-1891
Creator
- Martz, George Jamieson, 1867-1923 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright restrictions may apply. Unpublished manuscripts are protected by copyright. Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder.
Biographical / Historical
Dr. George Jamieson Martz was born on August 21, 1867, in Greenville, Darke County, Ohio. After completing high school in 1887 he initially taught school in Darke County before taking up the study of medicine under the direction of Dr. W. H. Matchett of Greenville, Ohio. Dr. Martz later graduated from the Ohio Medical College in Cincinnati, Ohio, in March 1891. He began his medical practice in Palestine, Darke County. After eight years he moved his practice to Greenville, Ohio. He was a charter member of the Darke County Medical Society and the Ohio State Pediatric Society. On October 31, 1898 he married the former Miss Bitha Cassatt of Greenville. They had a son, Cassatt Martz, who was born in 1902 in Minnesota. Dr. George J. Martz died December 20, 1923, in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Extent
0.25 linear feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Dr. Martz graduated from the Ohio Medical College in Cincinnati, Ohio in March 1891. He began his medical practice in Palestine, Darke County, and eight years later moved his practice to Greenville, Ohio. The notebook contains detailed notes from his course work in Medical School. Written in longhand, notes are on a variety of medical ailments and treatments. Included in the back of the notebook is a list of prescriptions for various ailments including their ingredients. Included is a lengthy note on Typhoid Fever, presumably written by Dr. G. Jamieson Martz of German Township, Darke County, Ohio in May 1897.
Arrangement
The collection consists of a single bound notebook in its original order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The collection was purchased by Wright State University Libraries, in August 2005.
- Title
- Guide to the George J. Martz Collection (FSC-42)
- Status
- Completed
- Date
- 2021 July 22
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2020: The finding aid was revised according to DACS standards by Lisa Rickey, April 2020.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092
library-archives@wright.edu
