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Fog tracks from radium
- 1919 (Date of publication)
Plate features photographs by Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869-1959) of the fog tracks of radium. Figures one and two illustrate the paths of helium atoms, with an enlargement in figure three. Figure four shows the…
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Portrait of John Mayow
- 1674 (Date of engraving)
- 1919 (Date of publication)
Portrait plate of John Maynow (1641-1679) reproduced from an engraving by William Faithorne. Maynow was an English chemist, physician, physiologist and pneumatic chemist who is known for his early research on the nature…
- Author Smith, Alexander, 1865-1922
- Publisher The Century Co.
- Engraver Faithorne, William, 1616-1691
- Subject Textbooks, Mayow, John, 1641-1679, Portraits, Scientists
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Frontispiece: Portrait of Mikhail Vasilʹevich Lomonosov
- 1787 (Date of painting)
- 1919 (Date of publication)
Frontispiece portrait of Mikhail Vasilʹevich Lomonosov (1711-1765), after the painting by G. C. Prenner. Lomonosov was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer who discovered the atmosphere of Venus and the law of…
- Author Smith, Alexander, 1865-1922
- Publisher The Century Company
- After Prenner, Georg Kaspar, approximately 1720-1766
- Subject Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilʹevich, 1711-1765, Portraits, Scientists
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Modified periodic table of elements
- 1919
This modified periodic table of elements differs from Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev's (1834-1907) version as explained in the text.
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16 itemsIntermediate Text Book of Chemistry
- 1919
Preface describes how this chemistry textbook contains an intermediate level of instruction, being more advanced than elementary chemistry but not as comprehensive as college chemistry. The modified periodic table of…
- Author Smith, Alexander, 1865-1922
- Publisher The Century Co.
- Subject Mendeleyev, Dmitry Ivanovich, 1834-1907, Periodic table, Periodic table of the elements, Textbooks, Chemical elements, Scientific illustration, Science--Study and teaching, Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasilʹevich, 1711-1765, Mayow, John, 1641-1679
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12 itemsTallqvist's Hämoglobin scale
- 1900 – 1920
Developed circa 1900 and often called the Tallquist Method, it is used to compare a patient's blood color to a chart of red colors to diagnose possible anemia. The method is still used when more sophisticated equipment…
- Author Tallqvist, Theodor Waldemar, 1871-1927
- Publisher Sharp & Smith
- Subject Hemoglobin, Diagnosis, Medical care, Blood
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Lilly Dental Preparations
- (left side of spread)
- Circa 1919
Illustration of bottles containing dental therapeutic products. Formula of Dr. J. P. Buckley.
Created by Eli Lilly & Company, this handbook is meant for pharmacists. It is a list of products and contains practical…
- Author Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Drugs--Catalogs, Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and Company, Dental therapeutics
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Assortments of Buckley line of dental preparations
- Circa 1919
Illustration of two cases of assorted dental preparations in bottles and boxes.
Created by Eli Lilly & Company, this handbook is meant for pharmacists. It is a list of products and contains practical information such…
- Author Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Drugs--Catalogs, Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and Company, Dental therapeutics
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Biological Laboratories
- Circa 1919
External view of the building complex of Eli Lilly & Company's Biological Laboratories.
Created by Eli Lilly & Company, this handbook is meant for pharmacists. It is a list of products and contains practical…
- Author Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Buildings, Drugs--Catalogs, Laboratories, Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and Company
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Views in Compressed Tablet Department
- Circa 1919
Four images of workers and equipment compressing tablets; granulation department, pot mill, multiple rotary compression, and an aisle in the compression department.
Created by Eli Lilly & Company, this handbook is…
- Author Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Drug factories, Drugs--Catalogs, Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and Company
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Views in the Hypodermatic Tablet Department
- Circa 1919
Four photographs of female workers in the hypodermatic bottling room; aisle in molding department, labeling and packing, and counting tablets. Hypodermatic tablets are compressed drugs designed to dissolve in water to…
- Author Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Drug factories, Drugs--Catalogs, Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and Company
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Cells from the brain of rabid dog showing Negri bodies
- Circa 1919
Illustration of two magnified cultures from the hippocampus section (referred to in the illustration as Ammonshorn) of the brain of a dog infected with the rabies virus.
Created by Eli Lilly & Company, this handbook…
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Views in the Lilly Still Room
- Circa 1919
Five images of workers and equipment in the Lilly company still room; main still room, vacuum drier, pot stills, section of still room, and vacuum still.
Created by Eli Lilly & Company, this handbook is meant for…
- Author Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Drug factories, Drugs--Catalogs, Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and Company, Distilleries
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Bottles of chocolate-flavored medicines
- Circa 1919
An illustration of bottles of various chocolate-flavored drugs and supplements for oral consumption. Includes: coco-quinine, coco-emulsion of cod liver oil, coco-santal compound, calomel, and phenolphthalein. The…
- Author Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Flavor, Drugs--Catalogs, Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and Company, Dietary supplements
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Empty Gelatin Capsule Building
- Circa 1919
View of an Eli Lilly & Company building in Indianapolis, Indiana. Around 1919 this building was used to manufacture empty gelatin capsules.
Created by Eli Lilly & Company, this handbook is meant for pharmacists. It is…
- Author Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Drug factories, Drugs--Catalogs, Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and Company
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Views in Effervescent Salts Department
- Circa 1919
Three images of the production of effervescent salts; includes the mixing department, bottling section, and labeling and packing.
Created by Eli Lilly & Company, this handbook is meant for pharmacists. It is a list of…
- Author Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Drug factories, Drugs--Catalogs, Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and Company
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Sculpture of Aesculapius
- Circa 1919
Illustration of a sculpture of Aesculapius in the main entrance of the Lilly Science Building. The sculpture was a copy of a Greek original. Aesculapius (or Asculapius) was the god of medicine in ancient Greek, his…
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Views in Elastic Filled Capsule Department
- Circa 1919
Four images from a capsule factory of workers and machinery; a capsule press, women sorting finished capsules, coating plates with gelatin, and packing elastic filled capsules.
Created by Eli Lilly & Company, this…
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Display samples only, Lilly Pills, showing representative shapes, sizes and coatings
- Circa 1919
Eleven arranged bottles of different shaped and colored pills in bottles.
Created by Eli Lilly & Company, this handbook is meant for pharmacists. It is a list of products and contains practical information such as…
- Author Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Drugs--Catalogs, Pills, Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and Company
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Lilly Dental Preparations
- (Right side of spread)
- Part of Hand book of pharmacy and therapeutics
- Part of https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/s4655h77z
- Circa 1919
Illustration of bottles containing dental therapeutic products. Formula of Dr. J. P. Buckley.
Created by Eli Lilly & Company, this handbook is meant for pharmacists. It is a list of products and contains practical…
- Author Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Drugs--Catalogs, Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and Company, Dental therapeutics
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Stables at the Biological Plant
- Circa 1919
Three photographs of horses and people in the stables at Eli Lilly showing the grooming of a horse, the bleeding of a horse, and antitoxin horses in stalls. Horses were used to create antitoxins (antibodies) to…
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Pneumococci, gonococci, catarrhalis, and meningococci.
- Circa 1919
Illustrations of four magnified cultures and one test tube of bacterium. These human pathogens are responsible for these diseases: Pneumococci can cause pneumonia, gonococci causes gonorrhea, catarrhalis cause…
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Tubercle Bacillus, the bacteria that causes the tuberculosis disease.
- Circa 1919
Illustrations of two test tubes and two magnified samples of the bacteria tubercle bacillus.
Created by Eli Lilly & Company, this handbook is meant for pharmacists. It is a list of products and contains practical…
- Author Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Tuberculosis, Drugs--Catalogs, Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and Company, Bacteriology
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The bacteria Clostridium tetani, which causes tetanus disease.
- Circa 1919
Illustrations of two test tubes and two magnified samples of the bacteria Clostridium tetani, which causes tetanus disease.
Created by Eli Lilly & Company, this handbook is meant for pharmacists. It is a list of…
- Author Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Drugs--Catalogs, Therapeutics, Tetanus, Eli Lilly and Company, Bacteria
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Lilly's Liquid Blaud
- Circa 1919
Advertisement for Lilly's Liquid Blaud, an iron supplement. Image of hands pouring medicine from bottle into a glass.
Created by Eli Lilly & Company, this handbook is meant for pharmacists. It is a list of products…
- Author Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Drugs--Catalogs, Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and Company, Advertising