Scope and Content From the Collection: Ashton's medical notes begin the collection. Topics include the brain and flow of blood; rational medicine; the eclectic system; consumption; emotions; the nervous system; application of medicine; conditions of the system; compatibility of medicine; form of medicine; matera medica; therapeutics; forces and actions of medicine; treatment of gonorrhea and stricture; symptoms and treatment of syphilis; diseases attendant upon gonorrhea and syphilis; stimulants; doses of medicine; and use of...