Major Richard H. Pratt requests 150 points of vaccine virus.
Medical Care at School
April 24, 1899
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April 26, 1899
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.
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April 28, 1899
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.
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May 3, 1899
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
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December 16, 1899
Richard Henry Pratt requests that 100 vaccine points be sent to the Carlisle Indian School to vaccinate incoming students.
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January 19, 1900
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.
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February 20, 1900
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay student Fred Hare for caring for three smallpox patients at the school farm house.
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April 26, 1900
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.
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October 23, 1900
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.
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January 25, 1901
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.
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January 29, 1901
Richard Henry Pratt requests authority to pay dental bills of students who do not have the money to cover the expense.
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June 22, 1901 - May 27, 1902
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.
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June 22, 1901
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.
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July 23, 1901
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.
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March 11, 1903
Edgar A. Allen requests an additional 150 vaccines to inoculate recently arrived students.
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July 1903 - August 3, 1903
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…
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June 6, 1904
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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October 1, 1904 - December 20, 1904
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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February 17, 1905
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.
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March 11, 1905
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.
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April 15, 1905 - May 10, 1905
Correspondence and memorandums regarding the building of a new hospital building at the Carlisle Indian School based on the Haskell Institute Hospital.
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July 1-6, 1905
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.
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June 18, 1906 - June 21, 1906
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.
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June 30, 1906
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.
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September 4, 1906
William A. Mercer requests Sara Pierre be transferred to another school due to no longer performing her duties as hospital cook.
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