Medical Care at School

Richard Henry Pratt requests 250 smallpox vaccines be sent to Carlisle or that he be authorized to purchase them on the open market.

Major Richard H. Pratt requests 150 points of vaccine virus.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the Civil Service application of Luella Cunningham as well as the applications of Lizzie James, Jennie Wolf, and Ella Albert.

Richard Henry Pratt indicates that this previous letter requesting authority to buy vaccine viruses was not answered immediately. Pratt notes that he will purchase the vaccines without authority if there is a further delay.

Richard Henry Pratt notifies the Office of the Indian Affairs that Ella Rickert was delayed in her transfer to Fort Shaw due to a quarantine at the Carlisle Indian School

Richard Henry Pratt requests that 100 vaccine points be sent to the Carlisle Indian School to vaccinate incoming students.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of a report from the school physician regarding the smallpox vaccine sent to the school. In addition, he notes a minor outbreak causing him to use the farm house as a hospital and purchasing different vaccine points from a local druggist.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay student Fred Hare for caring for three smallpox patients at the school farm house.

Richard Henry Pratt recommends continuing the arrangement of having S. L. Diven continue as the School Physician in response to a Office of Indian Affairs letter.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs of a measles outbreak at the Carlisle Indian School and diphtheria outbreak in the borough of Carlisle. As a result he requests authority to purchase the Kuhn Formaldehyde Generator along with a 55 gallon barrel of wood alcohol for use as a disinfectant to prevent further outbreaks.

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has received the circular ordering the vaccination of all students and staff. He further notes that he is in the process of carrying the orders out.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay dental bills of students who do not have the money to cover the expense.

Richard Henry Pratt responds to the Office of Indian Affairs regarding his thoughts on the school physician position. Pratt refers to his letter from a year prior and notes that nothing has changed since that time and requests to keep Dr. S. L. Diven at $800.

Richard Henry Pratt notes that as he has been unable to find a physician in the Indian Service with all the desired qualities he is looking for that he wants to continue the current arrangement with Dr. S. L. Diven.

Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay $200 for dental bills of younger students and those who have not had an opportunity to earn money.

Edgar A. Allen requests an additional 150 vaccines to inoculate recently arrived students.

S. L. Diven provides a report in compliance with Office of Indian Affairs circular #99. Diven details his connection with the Carlisle Indian School and the most common ailments he has had to treat including consumption and other respiratory diseases. Diven also makes recommendations on the treatment of teeth and eyes as well as improvements to…

Richard Henry Pratt informs the Office of Indian Affairs that he has only received one copy of circular No. 109 and that the work of Dr. S. L. Diven has been satisfactory and that he would prefer to continue his services. In addition he notes that the medical and surgical supplies are furnished by the department on the annual estimates sent to…

William A. Mercer forwards two letters along with his own thoughts on the need for a new hospital at the Carlisle Indian School.

William A. Mercer provides details on the need for a new hospital building to the Office of Indian Affairs.

A separate note indicates that Francis E. Leupp has notified Senator Stuart.

William A. Mercer forwards a letter from Carlisle School physician F. Shoemaker requesting authority to erect two pavilions for the treatment of consumptive patients. Mercer also attaches an estimate of supplies and their costs.

Correspondence and memorandums regarding the building of a new hospital building at the Carlisle Indian School based on the Haskell Institute Hospital.

William A. Mercer forwards report of the Carlisle Indian School physician on the health of the student body focusing on tuberculosis. The report provides several recommendations that Mercer says he has adopted to prevent the spread of tuberculosis.

Carlisle Indian School physician Ferdinand Shoemaker requests that the new hospital being planned include verandas on both levels and on as many sides as possible. William A. Mercer furthers Shoemaker's request and asks that at least two sides include porches.

William A. Mercer forwards a letter from school physician Ferdinand Shoemaker and provides additional context for the request to purchase a secondhand dental drill for the use of dentists to treat students.