The " Account- Book" of Jan Haszing. 
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1766. P. H. Eksteen, Esq., Deb. 
21 Nov. Your beloved very successfully delivered, by means of 
the method of van Rhoonhuysen, of a living son, whose 
head had caught fast, without any adversity ; the child, 
however, having died about 18 hours later. Thereafter 
supplied what was necessary for the lying-in, resulting in 
complete recovery. 
Paid with thanks. 
1766. The messenger A. Paling, Deb. 
13 Dec. Your servant-girl, who had been a long time in labour, 
successfully delivered of an awkwardly turned dead child ; 
thereafter supplied what was necessary till complete health 
was restored. 
Paid with thanks. 
1766. The widow Michiel de Kok, Deb. 
24 Dec. Your servant-girl very successfully and propitiously 
delivered of a living son, which had proffered its neck and 
left shoulder. Thereafter supplied what was necessary, and 
cured. 
Paid with thanks. 
1766. Mr. Johannes Breeser, Deb. 
15 Dec. Visited, together with the under-surgeon Ramol, your 
beloved, suffering from an abscess under the arm, which we 
opened the next day ; thereafter several visits and consulta- 
tions : 
Comes for treatment, together with visits in consultation Rds. 3 
Paid. 
1766. Ernst Philip Sparenberg, Deb. 
17 Jan. Visited your wife, suffering from an ailment originated out 
of a child-birth ; supplied what was necessary till the end of 
March ; comes for treatment, visits, and medicines Rds. 5 
Paid. 
1766. Joh. Jac. Le Roe, Deb. 
6 Jan. Visited, together with the surgeon van Nierop, your wife, 
suffering from jaundice ; comes for consultations . 12 
Paid by a cart-load of firewood. 
