01844cam a22003131 4500 rc 01000825 DLC 20260227111901.0 cr ||||||||||| 910516s1850 nyu 000 0aeng rc 01000825 DLC CarP DLC n-us-ca F865 .T97 YA [16079] Copy no. undetermined. Tyson, James L. (James Lawrence) Diary of a physician in California; being the results of actual experience, including notes of the journey by land and water, and observations on the climate, soil, resources of the country, etc. By James L. Tyson, M.D. New York, D. Appleton & company; Philadelphia, G.S. Appleton, 1850. 92 p. 24 cm. Dr. James L. Tyson sailed from Baltimore for California in January 1849, crossing the Isthmus and sailing on to San Francisco. Diary of a physician in California (1850) recounts his 1849 tour of the Northern Mines in search of a likely place for his medical practice and his hospital at Cold Spring, where his patients included a number of Oregonians. Tyson closes his hospital at the end of the summer, sailing from San Francisco as a ship's physician, crossing the Isthmus and landing in the United States in December 1849. His diary pays special attention to miners' health and working conditions. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. No known restrictions on publication. California Description and travel. California Gold discoveries. Voyages to the Pacific coast. Ethnic groups California. YA Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) calbk 124 t http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/calbk.124 51920 51920