This digital collection features selected medications and documents, manuals, and photographs relating to biochemical research and technology, with a focus on 20th-century instrumentation in medical laboratories. Various models of glucose, enzyme, and amino acid analyzers are a few of the instruments documented in these materials.
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Paul C. Lauterbur with a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine
- 1970s
35 mm transparency slide of Nobel Prize Winner Paul C. Lauterbur (1929-2007) using a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine. In 2003 Lauterbur and Peter Mansfield (1933-2017) were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology…
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Theatrum sympatheticum auctum
- exhibens varios authores, de pulvere sympathetico quidem
- 1662
The 16th- and 17th-centuries saw a flurry of interest in "sympathetic medicine," or curing at a distance. It originated with the so-called "weapon salve" attributed to Paracelsus, which applied to the weapon that…
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Oral history interview with Martin Karplus
- 2015-Dec-09
- 2016-Mar-04
- 2016-May-25
Martin Karplus was born in Vienna, Austria, one of two sons. Karplus’ father was in banking; his mother was a dietician at the family’s Fango-Heilanstalt Clinic. During the Nazi occupation of Austria, the family moved…
- Interviewee Karplus, Martin, 1930-
- Interviewer Caruso, David J. (David Joseph), 1978-, Eardley-Pryor, Roger
- Subject Karplus, Martin, 1930-, Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Watson Scientific Computing Laboratory, Quadrupole moments, Harvard University, Biology, Nobel Prize winners, Bird watching, Molecular dynamics, Photography
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Premarin advertisement
- 1990s
Advertisement for Premarin (conjugated estrogen), Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories' hormone therapy product for the treatment of menopausal symptoms. The ad features an image of a woman walking dogs on the beach. The text…
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Chi-Ches-Ters Menstrual Pain Relief Tablets
- 1900s
Container of "Chi-Ches-ters" menstrual pain relief tablets, manufactured by Chichester Chemical Co.
Chichester Chemical Co. also manufactured "Pennyroyal Pills," which were marketed with language that subtly indicated…
- Manufacturer Chichester Chemical Co.
- Subject Analgesics, Drugs, Menstruation, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Women--Health and hygiene, Menstrual products
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174 items
The Chemistry of Crude Drugs : An Elementary Textbook for Students of Pharmacognosy
- 1928
A textbook intended to provide an overview of crude drugs for pharmaceutical students. Crude drugs are naturally occurring, unrefined substances used in medicine. The chapters of this work are organized by chemical and…
- Author Driver, John Edmund, 1900-
- Publisher Longmans, Green, and Co.
- Contributor Trease, George Edward, 1902-
- Subject Drugs, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Pharmacology, Textbooks, Pharmacognosy
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11 items
Oral history interview with William I. Weis
- 2000-Feb-07 – 2000-Feb-09
William Weis was born and grew up in Queens, New York, the youngest of three brothers. His grandparents immigrated from Ukraine, Belarus, and Latvia, ultimately settling in Brooklyn, New York. A "frustrated architect,"…
- Interviewee Weis, William I., 1959-
- Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
- Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
- Subject Weis, William I., 1959-, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Crystallography, Lectins, Cadherins, Biochemistry
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Paul Lauterbur's Coconut
- 1970s
Large, brown, hard-shelled seed of the coconut palm. One side of the coconut has a deep incision.
Prior to 1980 most techniques for obtaining NMR images produced only two-dimensional projections which were far too…
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Tractatus Quinque Medico-Physici : quorum primus agit de sal-nitro, et spiritu nitro-aereo. Secundus de respiratione. Tertius de respiratione foetus in utero, et ovo. Quartus de motu musculari, et spiritibus animalibus. Ultimus de rhachitide.
- Five Medical-Physical Treatises : the first of which deals with salt-nitro and spirit of nitro-air. The second on respiration. Third on the respiration of the fetus in the womb and the egg. Fourth on muscular motion and animal spirits. The last on rickets.
- 1674
John Mayow (1643–1679) was an early researcher of respiration and the nature of air. Mayow published tracts on respiration and rickets while studying at Oxford in 1668; in 1674 these were edited and reprinted with three…
- Author Mayow, John, 1641-1679
- Publisher E Theatro Sheldoniano
- Engraver Faithorne, William, 1616-1691
- Subject Physiology, Oxygen--Physiological transport, Oxygen in the body, Respiration, Cardiovascular system, Medicine, Muscles, Fetus--Development, Combustion, Oxygen
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Tractatus de Corde : item de motu & colore sanguinis, et chyli in eum transitu
- Treatise on the heart: likewise, on the movement and volor of the nlood, and the passage of chyle into it
- 1669
Work on the anatomy and physiology of the circulatory system. Explores the structure and function of veins and arteries. Correctly describes the heart as a four-chambered organ and accurately describes the flow of the…
- Author Lower, Richard, 1631-1691
- Publisher Apud Danielem Elzevirium
- Subject Heart, Blood--Circulation, Blood, Cardiovascular system, Veins, Arteries, Medicine, Human anatomy
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Hobson's Tolu Balsam with Lobelia, Tartar Emetic and Chloroform
- After 1901 – before 1950
Box containing Dr. Hobson's "Tolu Balsam with Lobelia, Tartar Emetic, and Chloroform" cough syrup. According to the packaging, the use of this product is for the "relief of cough due to colds."
Brothers Henry and…
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Liber de arte Distillandi de Compositis
- Book on the Art of Distilling Compounds
- 1512
Hieronymus Brunschwig (circa 1453-cira 1513) was a surgeon in the Imperial Free City of Strasbourg who published on subjects including medicine, the plague, and surgery, though his most important works were those…
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Chemistry for Nurses
- 1930
Volume intended to provide nursing students with instruction in chemistry. The volume's content conveys the concepts from inorganic, organic, analytical, biological, and physical chemistry most applicable to a…
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Pneumocheck 61000 Spirometer & 76100 Charger Printer
- 1990s
Pictured from left to right is a printer made of black and beige plastic with a panel of buttons and two LED lights, the spirometer device, a black plastic unit with four buttons and a small LCD screen, and a power…
- Creator Of Work Welsh Allyn
- Subject Medical instruments and apparatus, Spirometry, Spirometry--Equipment and supplies, Racism in medicine, Racism, Respiration, Lungs
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Strychnine Sulfate Tablets
- After 1870 – before 1910
Bottle of Strychnine Sulfate tablets in a brown glass bottle with cork top closure.
Strychnine is a highly toxic, colorless, crystalline alkaloid used today as a pesticide for rodents or birds. When inhaled, swallowed,…
- Creator Of Work Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Strychnine, Strychnine--Toxicology, Drugs, Eli Lilly and Company
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Oral history interview with Konrad E. Bloch
- 1993-Mar-22
The interview begins with Konrad E. Bloch describing his childhood in Neisse, Germany, and his undergraduate education at Technische Hochschule in Munich. During a research assistantship in Davos, Switzerland, Bloch had…
- Interviewee Bloch, Konrad Emil, 1912-
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject University of Oxford, Biosynthesis, Biochemists, Human Genome Project, Cholesterol, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Organic, Harvard University, Bloch, Konrad Emil, 1912-, Columbia University, Nobel Prize winners, Cholesterol--Synthesis, Nutrition, Emigration and immigration
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Pandora, das ist, Die edleste Gab Gottes
- Pandora, That Is, the Noblest Gift of God
- 1582
First edition. This copy lacks parts of pages 2 and 7 as well as pages 183-184 and 255-256. The missing text on pages 2 and 7 was replaced in handwritten pencil at an unknown date. The work was edited by the physician…
- Author Epimetheus, Franciscus
- Editor Reusner, Hieronymus, b. 1558
- Printer Apiarius, Samuel, -1590
- Subject Alchemy, Medicine, Reusner, Hieronymus, b. 1558, Mythology, Greek, Symbolism in art
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Oral history interview with Marion David Francis
- 1997-Jan-24
Marion David Francis begins his interview with a discussion of his childhood in Canada. Deeply influenced by his industrious parents and siblings, Francis worked his way through high school and college at a logging…
- Interviewee Francis, Marion D., 1923-2016
- Interviewer Traynham, James G.
- Subject Biochemists, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Procter & Gamble Company, Fluorides, Francis, Marion D., 1923-2016, Emigration and immigration
