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192 items
Various works including Lucidarium artis transmutationis metallorum, extracts from the Sommeta and Violetta, and Epistola
- Transmutation de' mettali
- 1557
A collection of alchemical texts by Christophorus (or sometimes in this manuscript “Christofalus”) Parisiensis. Despite his name, Christophorus Parisiensis (Christopher of Paris) was likely Italian, possibly from…
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2 items
Tailby-Nason's Mentho-Terpenol Pain Reliever
- After 1880 – before 1970
Blue glass bottle, stained by residue from its contents, with metal screw cap lid and white paper label. The topical ointment once held in this bottle was intended for pain relief. According to the label, the ointment…
- Creator Of Work Tailby-Nason Company
- Subject Analgesics, Drugs, Quacks and quackery, Tailby-Nason Company
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4 items
Hanson's Magic Corn Salve
- After 1884 – before 1925
Small orange box containing a topical rub intended to treat corns, bunions, and warts.
Willis Tracy Hanson, Sr. (1858-1933) was a New York businessman known for selling patent medicines. These remedies could be…
- Manufacturer W.T. Hanson Co.
- Subject Drugs, W.T. Hanson Co., Quacks and quackery, Pharmaceutical industry, Warts, Bunion
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4 items
Loxol Pain-Expeller
- Circa 1900
Glass bottle of F. Ad. Richter brand "pain expeller" medicine.
Friedrich Adolf Richter (1846-1910) was a German businessman and founder of F. Ad. Richter & Cie, a producer of pharmaceuticals, music boxes, gramophones,…
- Manufacturer F. Ad. Richter & Co.
- Subject Drugs, F. Ad. Richter & Co., Quacks and quackery, Herbs--Therapeutic use, Analgesics, Pharmaceutical industry
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3 items
Lydia E. Pinkham's Sanative Wash
- After 1930 – before 1970
Glass bottle of "Lydia E. Pinkham" brand sanative wash.
Lydia E. Pinkham, née Estes, (1819-1883) was an American proprietor who commodified her homemade herbal-alcoholic supplements, claiming they could cure any…
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4 items
Lydia E. Pinkham Pills for Constipation
- After 1930 – before 1970
Bottle of "Lydia E. Pinkham" brand pills for constipation.
Lydia E. Pinkham, née Estes, (1819-1883) was an American proprietor who commodified her homemade herbal-alcoholic supplements, claiming they could cure any…
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4 items
Hamlin's Wizard Oil Liniment
- 1941 – 1946
A topical treatment intended for soothing muscular aches, minor strains and sprains, minor frost bites, mild sunburn, and non-venomous insect bites and stings. The liniment was first produced in 1861 in Chicago by…
- Creator Of Work Hamlin's Wizard Oil Company
- Subject Health products, Hamlin's Wizard Oil, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Drugs, Ointments, Pain medicine
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4 items
Oral history interview with Frank R. Nissel
- 2002-Mar-20
Frank R. Nissel begins the interview by describing his early childhood and schooling in Berlin, Germany, and subsequent move to Egypt due to the emergence of Adolf Hitler's policies. Arriving in Egypt at the age of…
- Interviewee Nissel, Frank R., 1925-2014
- Interviewer Traynham, James G.
- Subject Welex, Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, Nissel, Frank R., 1925-2014, Chemical engineers, Emigration and immigration
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21 items
Papers of Max Bredig
This collection’s scope covers the professional career and a large portion of the personal life of Max Bredig (1902-1977), a research chemist who immigrated to the United States to escape the effects of National…
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4 items
Oral history interview with Theo Colborn
- 2009-Aug-07 – 2009-Aug-08
Theo Colborn was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1927. The area was rural, and she lived on a farm until she was five years old. Her father worked as a traveling cookie salesman. The family moved to East Orange, New…
- Interviewee Colborn, Theo
- Interviewer Roberts, Jody A., McDonnell, Elizabeth A.
- Subject Colborn, Theo, Pharmacists, Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment, Ozone, Great Lakes, Endocrine disrupting chemicals, Science--Social aspects, Science and state, Washington (D.C.)
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Heritage Day 2004 introductory video
- 2004-Jun-17
This video was produced for Heritage Day 2004, an annual celebration of innovators and leaders in the field of molecular chemistry held by the Chemical Heritage Foundation (now the Science History Institute). Shown as…
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5 items
Kroger Disposable Plastic Shopping Bag
- 1990s
A gray plastic shopping bag with red print. This bag, manufactured for Kroger supermarkets, has a #2 HDPE recycling indication, meaning it is made from high-density polyethylene plastic and can be recycled. Information…
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Photograph of Paula Haber
- Circa 1858 – 1868
Photographic negative of Paula Haber (1844-1868), mother of the Nobel Prize-winning German chemist, Fritz Haber (1868-1934). Paula died three weeks after childbirth due to complications with her pregnancy. Her son,…
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Postcard from Max and Marga Planck to Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
- 1942-Aug-16
Postcard written from German Theoretical Physicist, Max Planck (1858-1947) and his wife, Marga Planck née von Hoesslin to German Nazi industrialist, Alfried Krupp (1907-1967).
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17 items
Handbook of Pest Control; The Behavior, Life History, and Control of Household Pests
- 1954
Second edition of a handbook presenting a thorough discussion on the varieties of household pests encountered by the typical homeowner and the tactics of remediation and control one may pursue against these pests.…
- Author Mallis, Arnold
- Publisher Gulf Research & Development Co.
- Subject Pests--Control, Insect pests, Household pests, Insecticides
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13 items
Insect, Fungus, and Weed Control
- 1953
Volume discussing chemicals and tools used to combat agricultural and insect pests. Intended for the student in agriculture, the pest control operator, and the general reader, the work is drawn from contemporary…
- Author De Ong, E. R. (Elmer Ralph), 1882-1966
- Publisher Chemical Publishing Company
- Subject Pesticides, Insect pests--Control, Pests--Control, Insecticides, Herbicides, Weeds--Control, Fungi
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14 items
DDT and the Insect Problem
- 1946
Volume dedicated to summarizing the various uses, chemistry, pharmacology, history, and methods of using DDT. DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) was developed as a synthetic insecticide in the 1940s. It was…
- Author Leary, James C., Fishbein, William I., Salter, Lawrence C.
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Subject DDT (Insecticide)
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24 items
The Japanese Beetle and its Control
- 1940
Journal number 1856 in the Farmers' Bulletin series published by the United States Department of Agriculture. The article describes the Japanese beetle, a pest brought to the United States from Japan, including its…
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73 items
DDT, the Synthetic Insecticide
- 1946
A survey of variables in DDT application and their effects as determined by contemporary experimental research. Variables discussed include the type of surface to which the formula is applied, the manner and formulation…
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Du Pont DDT Technical : Physical, Chemical and Pharmacological Properties
- 1945
Technical bulletin created by the E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Inc. regarding the properties of DDT. DDT (dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane) was developed as a synthetic insecticide in the 1940s. It was initially…
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46 items
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4 itemsExhibitions
Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Poisonous Plants
Select digitized materials from the digital exhibition, Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Poisonous Plants.
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7 items
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for Menopause and Menstruation
- After 1900 – before 1968
Lydia E. Pinkham brand "Vegetable Compound", containing extract of Piscidia Erythrina (Jamaica Dogwood), Asclepias Tuberosa (Pleurisy Root), Cimicifuga Racemosa (Black Cohosh), Vitamin B1, Dandelion, and other…
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7 items
The Married Woman's Private Medical Companion
- 1864
Work by Charles R. Lohman and Joseph F. Trow, husband and brother respectively of American self-proclaimed female physician, Ann Trow Lohman (1811-1878), who sold contraceptives and provided abortions in New York City…
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20 items
Men of Science from the Keystone State: Address Delivered Before the Franklin Institute
- 1914-May-20
Edgar Fahs Smith (1854-1928) was an American electrochemist known for his interest in the history of chemistry; he founded the American Chemical Society's Division for the History of Chemistry in 1922. Smith's résumé…