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Collection Details
- Collection Number:
- MS14
- Title:
- Dr. John Shackford Grouard Medical Record Book
- Date(s):
- 1915-1916
- Creator:
- Grouard, John Shackford, 1867-1927
- Repository:
- Nantucket Historical Association
- Language:
- Material is in English.
Information for Users
Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research.
Restrictions to Use: No usage restrictions.
Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Preferred Citation: Dr. John Shackford Grouard Medical Record Book, Nantucket Historical Association.
Acquisitions Information:
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Subject Headings
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Personal Name
- Grouard, John Shackford, 1867-1927.
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Corporate Name
- Nantucket Cottage Hospital Corporation.
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Topical Term
- Medicine—Massachusetts—History.
- Physicians—Massachusetts—Nantucket.
Biographical Information
Dr. John Shackford Grouard (1867-1927) was a physician and surgeon born in Allegheny County, Penn. He attended Phillips Exeter Academy, and earned an M.D. from Harvard Medical School in 1889. In 1891, he moved to Nantucket, Mass., where he established his own general medicine and surgical practice.
He served as the Town Physician and medical examiner, on the Nantucket School Board, and as president of both the Nantucket Civic League and Citizen’s Gas, Electric, and Power Company. He also helped found the Nantucket Athletic Club and joined Nantucket’s Union Lodge and the Isle of the Sea Royal Arch Chapter.
Dr. Grouard and Dr. Benjamin Sharp co-founded the Nantucket Cottage Hospital in 1911. Originally intended to serve as a summer facility, the hospital opened on West Chester Street in 1913, and became a year-round facility almost immediately. Dr. Grouard moved his practice to the hospital, where his practice remained until his death in 1927.
Dr. John Shackford Grouard died in Boston, Mass., in 1927 one week after surgery for a gall bladder inflammation.
Scope and Content
The Dr. John Shackford Grouard medical record book reports names, diagnoses, and records of treatment for patients residing in Nantucket and Siasconset, Mass., from November 11, 1915 until May 31, 1916. Diseases as well as births and miscarriages are included. A few cases are recorded by Dr. Frank Lewis.
Contents
- Folder 1 Dr. John Shackford Grouard medical record book, 1915-1916
Processing Information
Processed by NHA staff. Finding aid by Abbie Minard and Amelia Holmes, July 2018.