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Dr. [Charles] Chamberland
- Circa 1913
Photographic reproduction portrait of Charles Chamberland (1851-1908), a French microbiologist and colleague of renowned scientist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). Chamberland and French physician Pierre Paul Émile Roux…
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Dr. [Emile] Roux
- Circa 1913
Photographic reproduction portrait of Pierre Paul Émile Roux (1853-1933), a French physician and assistant to renowned scientist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) from 1878 until 1883. Roux and French microbiologist, Charles…
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Robert Koch
- Born 1843 Died 1910
- Circa 1913
Photographic reproduction portrait of German physician and microbiologist, Robert Koch (1843-1910). Koch is considered one of the founders of modern bacteriology due to his identification of the causative agents of…
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W. M. Haffkine
- Circa 1913
Reproduction of a photographic portrait of Waldemar Mordechai Haffkine (1860-1930), a native Russian bacteriologist who worked at the Pasteur Institute to develop an anti-cholera vaccine. Haffkine is recognized as the…
- Author American Medical Association
- Publisher Burroughs Wellcome and Company
- Subject Vaccination, Burroughs Wellcome and Company, Medicine, Pharmacology, First aid in illness and injury, Exhibitions, Medical supplies, Vaccines, Haffkine, W. M. (Waldemar Mordecai), 1860-1930, Microbiologists, Bacteriology
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Professor [Emil von] Behring
- Circa 1913
Portrait of Emil von Behring (1854-1917), a German physiologist who worked to prove the possibility of transferring immunity against the toxins of tetanus and Diptheria. Behring won the 1901 Nobel Prize for Physiology…
- Author American Medical Association
- Publisher Burroughs Wellcome and Company
- Subject Vaccination, Burroughs Wellcome and Company, Medicine, Pharmacology, First aid in illness and injury, Exhibitions, Medical supplies, Vaccines, Behring, Emil von, 1854-1917, Serotherapy, Tetanus--Vaccination, Nobel Prize winners, Physiologists
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Dr. Thomas Dimsdale
- (Afterwards Baron Dimsdale) Born 1712 Died 1800
- Circa 1913
Portrait of Thomas Dimsdale, a practitioner of medicine recognized as a specialist in inoculation. Dimsdale was summoned by the Empress of Russia, Catherine II, in 1768 to introduce the practice of inoculation in…
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Benjamin Jesty
- From the original oil painting
- Circa 1913
Black and white reproduction of an oil painting portrait of Benjamin Jesty (c. 1736-1816). Jesty, a cattle farmer from Dorset, England, gained notoriety as a key contributor to the linkage of cowpox and smallpox. He was…
- Author American Medical Association
- Publisher Burroughs Wellcome and Company
- After Sharp, Michael William, c. 1776-1840
- Subject Vaccination, Burroughs Wellcome and Company, Medicine, Pharmacology, First aid in illness and injury, Exhibitions, Medical supplies, Vaccines, Jesty, Benjamin, 1736-1816, Vaccinia
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A Religious Dramatic Representation of the Power of the [Hindu] Goddess of Smallpox
- Circa 1913
This illustration is a reproduction of a drawing depicting the Hindu goddess, Śītalā. The illustration accompanies a discussion of the development of smallpox inoculation which emerged from Hindu cultures as early as…
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Vaccination [caricature]
- Circa 1913
Plate from a French caricature by Carlo Gripp (1826-1900) depicting a woman surrounded by a small group dressed in formal attire. The woman lifts her dress to reveal her shin, which she presents to a kneeling doctor who…
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'Tabloid' Medical Equipments at the North Pole
- April 6, 1909 'Tabloid' Medicine Chest supplied to Rear-Admiral Robert Edwin Peary
- Circa 1913
Illustration depicting the medical equipment carried by Rear-Admiral Robert Edwin Peary (1856-1920), an explorer of the Arctic. The inset upper left photograph shows one of eight tubes of 'Tabloid' products and the…
- Author American Medical Association
- Publisher Burroughs Wellcome and Company
- Subject Vaccination, Burroughs Wellcome and Company, Medicine, Pharmacology, First aid in illness and injury, Exhibitions, Medical supplies, Vaccines, Peary, Robert E. (Robert Edwin), 1856-1920, Medicine bottles, Medicine bottles, Victorian
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Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
- Circa 1913
Illustration depicting a portrait of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762). The portrait accompanies text describing her advocacy for Eastern methods of inoculation. Lady Montagu is credited with the introduction of…
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The History of Inoculation and Vaccination for the Prevention and Treatment of Disease
- Circa 1913
This book on the history of vaccination is associated with the American Medical Association's 1913 Annual Meeting, which took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Includes a forward by Henry S. Wellcome announcing the…
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The Rumford Cook Book
- Circa 1910
Produced by Rumford Chemical Works, manufacturers of baking powder, this cookbook features an illustration of the Rumford Chemical Works manufactory along with an illustration of the baking powder they produce on the…
- Author Farmer, Fannie Merritt, 1857-1915
- Publisher Rumford Chemical Works
- Subject Cooking, American, Farmer, Fannie Merritt, 1857-1915, Bread, Biscuits, Cake, Desserts, Cooking (Fish), Rumford Chemical Works, Cookbooks, Manufacturing industries, Baking powder, Advertising--Baking powder, Exhibitions, Centennial Exhibition, World's Columbian Exposition, Baked products industry, Recipes
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Portrait of Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971)
- 1900 – 1925
Portrait of Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971), a Hungarian American professor of biochemistry at the Washington University and Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, who prepared the first insulin treatment given to a child with…
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Portrait of Louis Pasteur
- Part of The Life of Pasteur
- 1886 (Date of photograph)
- 1911 (Date of publication)
Half-length printed photographic reproduction portrait of French chemist, biologist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) by French photographer Paul Nadar (1820-1910). Pasteur is credited with discovering the…
- Author Vallery-Radot, René, 1853-1933
- Publisher Constable
- Photographer Nadar, Paul, 1856-1939
- Subject Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Portraits, Scientists, Nadar, Paul, 1856-1939, Chemists
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The Life of Pasteur
- 1911
Cover, frontismatter, frontispiece and title page have been digitized from this biography of French chemist, biologist and microbiologist Louis Pasteur (1822-1895). He is credited for discovering the principles of…
- Author Vallery-Radot, René, 1853-1933
- Publisher Constable
- Subject Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Scientists, Chemists--Biography
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Portrait of Sir William Crookes, O.M., age 79
- 1911 (Date of sitting)
- 1923 (Date of publication)
Portrait photograph frontispiece of Sir William Crookes taken in 1911, when sitter was 79 years old.
Plate from the biography of Sir William Crookes, a British chemist and physicist known for his work on spectroscopy.…
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Physical Apparatus for Universities and Colleges Manufactured and Imported by Central Scientific Co.
- 1912
A catalog of laboratory instruments for the physical sciences made by the Central Scientific Company. Founded in 1900 in downtown Chicago, Central Scientific manufactured and distributed science teaching equipment for…
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Dearborn No Pay Car at Atlantic City trade show
- Circa 1910
Postcard with view of two unidentified individuals seated in the Dearborn "No Pay Car," an electrically-lighted wheel chair used to market the products and services of the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works during the…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Boardwalks, Trade shows, Corporations
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Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works hospitality suite
- Circa 1910
Postcard with front view of the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works hospitality suite located at Young's Million Dollar Pier in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The individuals visible in the photograph are unidentified.…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Trade shows, Water purification chemicals industry, Corporations
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Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works delegation at Atlantic City trade show
- Circa 1910
Postcard with view of a delegation from the Dearborn Drug and Chemical Works seated in a Reeds Chantecler Chair during the annual Master Car Builders' and Master Mechanics' Conventions in Atlantic City, New Jersey. All…
- Creator Of Work Dearborn Chemical Company
- Subject Employees, Chemical industry, Dearborn Chemical Company, Boardwalks, Trade shows, Corporations, African Americans
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Portrait of Herman Frasch (1851-1914)
- 1910s
Portrait of Herman Frasch (1851-1914), a chemist and engineer best known for his work in the petroleum industry.
Herman Frasch was born on December 25, 1851 in Gaildorf, Germany. Frasch was schooled at the Gymnasium in…
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Portrait of Martin Hill Ittner (1870-1945)
- 1910s
Portrait of American chemist Martin Hill Ittner (1870-1945), one of the first chemists in the United States to develop successful methods for the hydrogenation of fatty oils, which helps turn liquid oils into solids.
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Portrait of Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856-1931)
- 1910s
Portrait of American chemist Edward Goodrich Acheson (1856-1931), inventor of the Acheson process to synthesize graphite and silicon carbide and later a manufacturer of carborundum and graphite.
Edward Goodrich Acheson…
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Tallqvist'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