Purchased because of its reference to a Mistress Allyn, who served as an "Army physician" during King Philip's War. She received 20 lbs for working for one year with the Massachusett's militia treating wounded soldiers during the war against the Indians. The citation indicates the information came froma book written by Kate Campbell Hurd-Mead, called "A History of Women in Medicine: A Short History of the Pioneer Medical Women of America and a Few of Their Colleagues in England" Haddam Conn. Froben Press 1938. Look for this book on-line.