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…
Diven, S. L.
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S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on September 30, 1903.
![Mercer Forwards Contract Between Carlisle and S. L. Diven Mercer Forwards Contract Between Carlisle and S. L. Diven](/sites/default/files/styles/views_taxonomy/public/image-document/NARA_RG75_91_b2638_75903_c4076.jpg?itok=bb8YFiTF)
William A. Mercer forwards copies of the contract with Dr. S. L. Diven for the 1904 fiscal year as well as the 1905 fiscal year beginning on July 1, 1904. Mercer also notes that he sent another note regarding an applicant for the position of resident physician.
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Richard Henry Pratt forwards contract covering the medical services of Dr. S. L. Diven at the Carlisle Indian School.
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S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on December 31, 1903.
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S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on March 31, 1904.
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Correspondence regarding the request of Mason Wheelock for the return of son Joshua Wheelock from the Carlisle Indian School.
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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…
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S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on June 30, 1904.
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William A. Mercer responds to an Office of Indian Affairs letter regarding the status of a school physician at the Carlisle Indian School. Mercer states that he has continued the contract with Dr. S. L. Diven but would like a young unmarried man to be appointed to the position.
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William A. Mercer forwards the contract between the Carlisle Indian School and Dr. S. L. Diven to furnish medical services for the School on a temporarily basis.
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William A. Mercer forwards two letters along with his own thoughts on the need for a new hospital at the Carlisle Indian School.
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S. L. Diven, the school physician, compiles the sanitary report for the quarter ending on September 30, 1904.
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Contract between William A. Mercer and S. L. Diven for the latter to provide medical services at the Carlisle Indian School during the remainder of the 1905 fiscal year.
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William A. Mercer states that Dr. Ferdinand Shoemaker has accepted his transfer to the Carlisle Indian School to be the school physician. Mercer requests that steps be taken to enact the transfer and allow for 15 days to terminate the contract with Dr. S. L. Diven.
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William A. Mercer requests the authority to pay for bringing in S. L. Diven to help treat Chauncey Charles who suffered from a severe attack of pneumonia.