Christopher C. Stell was born December 1852 to Miles L. and Lucinda Willbanks Stell. He and his wife Mary, whom he married in 1875, had three children: Birdie, Orvella, and Delia. He attended Arkansas Industrial University Medical Department in Little Rock from 1880 to 1882 and practiced medicine in Conway County. He died June 16, 1927.
This collection contains matriculation and lecture admittance cards to Arkansas Industrial University Medical Department, and a leather-bound college notebook of Christopher C. Stell. In the back of the leather-bound notebook are notations of visits and prescriptions made by Dr. Stell. It also contains a list of the doctor’s charges and dates of services.
· Matriculation cards: Arkansas Industrial University Medical Department
o 1880 October 5: Session of 1880-1881
o 1881 October 18: Session of 1881-1882
· Lecture admittance cards: Arkansas Industrial University Medical Department
o 1880-1881: Anatomy by J.A. Dibrell, Jr., M.D.
o 1880-1881: Chemistry and Toxicology by Claibourne Watkins, M.D.
o 1880-1881: Clinical Surgery and Dermatology by R.G. Jennings, M.D.
o 1880-1881: Diseases of Children by J.M. Pirtle, M.D.
o 1880-1881: Diseases of Genito Urinary Organs by J.H. Lenow, M.D.
o 1880-1881: Hygiene and Botany by George C. Hartt, M.D.
o 1880-1881: Materia Medica and Therapeutics by J.J. McAlmont, M.D.
o 1880-1881: Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children by A.L. Breysacher, M.D.
o 1880-1881: Oral Surgery by Louis Augspath, D.D.S.
o 1880-1881: Physiology by James H. Southall, M.D.
o 1880-1881: Practical Anatomy by L.P. Gibson, M.D.
o 1880-1881: Principles and Practices of Surgery by Edwin Bentley, M.D.
o 1880-1881: Theory and Practice of Medicine by P.O. Hooper, M.D.
o 1881: Diseases of the Eye and Ear by T.E. Murrell, M.D.
o 1881-1882: Anatomy by J.A. Dibrell, Jr., M.D.
o 1881-1882: Chemistry by John B. Bond, M.D.
o 1881-1882: Clinical Surgery and Dermatology by R.G. Jennings, M.D.
o 1881-1882: Diseases of Genito Urinary Organs by J.H. Lenow, M.D.
o 1881-1882: Diseases of Women and Children by J.M. Pirtle, M.D.
o 1881-1882: Materia Medica and Therapeutics by J.J. McAlmont, M.D.
o 1881-1882: Obstetrics and Diseases of Women and Children by A.L. Breysacher, M.D.
o 1881-1882: Opthalmology and Otology by T.E. Murrell, M.D.
o 1881-1882: Oral Surgery by Louis Augspath, D.D.S.
o 1881-1882: Physiology by James H. Southall, M.D.
o 1881-1882: Practical Anatomy by L.P. Gibson, M.D.
o 1881-1882: Theory and Practice of Medicine by P.O. Hooper, M.D.
o 1882: Principles and Practices of Surgery by Edwin Bentley, M.D.
· Medical College notebook of C.C. Stell 1881-1884
· "County Doctor's Records Throw Light on Medical Practice in Early-Day Arkansas," Morrilton Democrat 1955 June 30