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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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  • 8 items
    Rare books, Illustrated works

    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 rhachtitide.

    • 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
  • 8 items
    Rare books, Illustrated works

    Tractatus de Corde : item de motu et colore sanguinis, et chyli in eum transitu

    • Treatise on the Heart : likewise, on the movement and color of the blood, 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
  • Artifacts, Vessels (Containers)

    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…

    • Manufacturer Pfeiffer Chemical Company
    • Subject Pfeiffer, Henry, 1857-1939, Pfieffer Chemical Company, Cough--Treatment, Drugs, Medicine, Warner Chemical Co., Health products, Cold (Disease)--Prevention
  • 142 items
    Rare books, Woodcuts, Illustrated works

    Liber de arte Distillandi de Compositis

    • Book on the Art of Distilling Compounds
    • 1512

    Hieronymous Brunschwig (c. 1453 – c. 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…

    • Author Brunschwig, Hieronymus, approximately 1450-approximately 1512
    • Subject Brunschwig, Hieronymus, approximately 1450-approximately 1512, Distillation, Distillation apparatus, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Drugs, Medicine, Medical astrology
  • 9 items
    Publications

    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…

    • Author Koechig, Irene
    • Publisher Lea & Febiger
    • Subject Chemistry, Chemistry--Study and teaching, Nursing, Nursing students, Nursing--Study and teaching, Science--Study and teaching, Women in medicine, Women nurses, Koechig, Irene, Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.)
  • 3 items
    Medical instruments and apparatus

    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
  • Artifacts, Vessels (Containers)

    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
  • Photograph of Konrad Bloch
    12 items
    Oral histories

    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
  • 323 items
    Rare books, Illustrated works, Woodcuts

    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
  • 5 items
    Oral histories

    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
  • Photograph of Helen Murray Free
    8 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Helen Murray Free

    • 1998-Dec-14

    Helen Free begins the interview with a discussion of her family and childhood growing up in Ohio. Free attended Poland Seminary High School in Ohio. She was greatly influenced by her English teacher at Poland and she…

    • Interviewee Free, Helen M.
    • Interviewer Bohning, James J.
    • Sponsor American Chemical Society
    • Subject Free, Helen M., Women in science, Chemists, Women chemists, Miles Laboratories, Miles Laboratories. Ames Division, Indiana University at South Bend, Ames Company, Miles Inc., Chemistry, Biochemistry
  • 118 items
    Rare books, Woodcuts

    Coelum Philosophorum, seu De Secretis Naturae

    • Philosopher’s Heaven or the Secrets of Nature
    • 1525

    An early work on the preparation of aqua vitae or the “water of life” (alcohol), by the process of distillation. This treatise describes the distillation process and necessary instrumentation in detail. Aqua vitae was…

    • Author Ulstadius, Philippus
    • Contributor Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280, Arnaldus, de Villanova, -1311, Llull, Ramon, 1232?-1316, Johannes, de Rupescissa, approximately 1300-approximately 1365., Grüninger, Johann, -1532?
    • Subject Alchemy, Distillation, Distillation apparatus, Gold--Therapeutic use, Medicine, Alcohol, Alcohol--Synthesis
  • 13 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Lee W. Riley

    • 1997-Dec-29 – 1997-Dec-31

    Lee W. Riley was born Hiroshi Satoyoshi: he spent his first ten years with his mother in Yokohama, Japan, then lived for a short time in a Japanese orphanage before being adopted by the Riley family, at which time he…

    • Interviewee Riley, Lee W., 1949-
    • Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Riley, Lee W., 1949-, Public health, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, Escherichia coli--Research, Tuberculosis--Research, Communicable diseases--Transmission, Tuberculosis--Pathogenesis
  • 22 items
    Publications

    An Essay on the Chemical History and Medical Treatment of Calculous Disorders

    • 1819

    Alexander Marcet (1770-1822) was a Genevan physician who specialized in urinary calculi. Marcet was one of few medical practitioners of the time who used chemistry in their explanation and treatment of disease. He was…

    • Author Marcet, Alexander, 1770-1822
    • Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown
    • Subject Calculi, Urinary organs--Calculi, Gallstones, Kidneys--Calculi, Bladder--Calculi, Therapeutics, Medicine, Urology
  • 10 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Carlos T. Moraes

    • 2001-Mar-13 – 2001-Mar-15

    Carlos T. Moraes grew up in São Paulo, Brazil, one of three children. His father was in the military at first, but then became a mechanical engineer and a professor. His mother completed a degree in physical education.…

    • Interviewee Moraes, Carlos Torres. 1962-
    • Interviewer Cohen, Helene L.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Moraes, Carlos Torres, 1962-, Biochemistry, Genetics, Religion and science, Minorities in science, Molecular genetics, Mitochondrial DNA--Abnormalities, Bilingualism, Research grants, Emigration and immigration
  • 8 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Marinus Los

    • 1995-Jan-17

    The interview begins with Dr. Marinus Los' description of his family's origins in The Netherlands. When he was two years old, his family moved to England, where he received his early education during World War II.…

    • Interviewee Los, Marinus, 1933-
    • Interviewer Bohning, James J.
    • Subject Los, Marinus, 1933-, World War (1939-1945), Biochemistry, Heterocyclic chemistry, Alkaloids, Lederle Laboratories, University of Edinburgh, Plant regulators, Herbicides, Emigration and immigration
  • 2 items
    Business correspondence

    Letter from Paul Ehrlich to Georg Bredig

    • Undated

    Paul Ehrlich (1854 – 1915), a German physician and scientist, thanks Georg Bredig (1868-1944) for sending him a scientific paper and mentions that he will send Bredig some of his recent scientific publications dealing…

    • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
    • Author Ehrlich, Paul, 1854-1915
    • Subject Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944, Ehrlich, Paul, 1854-1915, Cellular immunity, Immunoglobulins, Biochemistry
  • 2 items
    Medical instruments and apparatus

    Park Davis & Co. Pharmaceutical Nursing Drug Kit

    • 1910s

    A black leather pouch containing 11 vials of various pharmaceutical tablets. Five vials are empty, and one vial is missing.

    The vials are labeled:
    Hypodermatic tablets No. 5, (Cocaine hydrochlorate);
    Hypodermatic…

    • Creator Of Work Parke, Davis & Company
    • Subject Parke, Davis & Company, Drugs, Medical supplies, Nursing--Equipment and supplies, Pharmaceutical industry
  • 2 items
    Clothing and dress

    Butter-Soft Scrub Dress

    • 2019 – 2021

    A navy blue, size medium scrub dress with short sleeves. There are two pockets in the front and button adjustments on the sides. On one of the pockets is a small white emblem that appears to depict a cloud.

    The scrubs…

    • Creator Of Work Zier, Inc.
    • Subject COVID-19 (Disease), COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-), Pandemics, Nurses, Medical personnel--Clothing, Medicine
  • 2 items
    Publications

    Katalyse und Biologie

    • Catalysis and Biology
    • 1936-Jan-20

    Clipping of Katalyse und Biologie (Catalysts and Biology) by Alwin Mittasch (1869-1953) published in Forschungen und Fortschritte, a news bulletin of German science and technology which ran between 1925 and 1967.

    • Author Mittasch, Alwin, 1869-1953
    • Subject Mittasch, Alwin, 1869-1953, Chemistry, Biochemistry, Biology, Catalysts, Forschungen und Fortschritte
  • Photograph of Carolyn R. Bertozzi
    12 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Carolyn R. Bertozzi

    • 2003-Aug-17 – 2003-Aug-18

    Carolyn Bertozzi grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts, the second of three girls. Her father was a nuclear physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, her mother a secretary in MIT's physics department.…

    • Interviewee Bertozzi, Carolyn R., 1966-
    • Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Women molecular biologists, Women in science, Women in medicine, Medicine--Research, Molecular biology--Research, Carbohydrates--Physiological effect, Bertozzi, Carolyn R., 1966-, Molecular biologists, Nobel Prize winners
  • 9 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Lilianna Solnica-Krezel

    • 2004-Apr-19 – 2004-Apr-20

    Lilianna Solnica-Krezel was born in Cieplice-Sląskie, a small village in the mountains in the southwestern part of Poland, but grew up in Sandomierz, Poland, at a time when the country was still under the communist…

    • Interviewee Solnica-Krezel, Lilianna
    • Interviewer Van Benschoten, William
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Solnica-Krezel, Lilianna, Molecular biology, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Women in science, Women in medicine, Mutagenesis, Cytoskeleton, Physarum polycephalum, Emigration and immigration
  • 9 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Yixian Zheng

    • 2003-Sep-09 – 2003-Sep-11

    Yixian Zheng was born and raised in Chongqing, the Sichuan province of China, the elder (by about nine years) of the family's two daughters. Both of her parents were professors at Chongqing University—her mother in…

    • Interviewee Zheng, Yixian, 1969-
    • Interviewer Maestrejuan, Andrea R.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Zheng, Yixian, 1969-, Women in science, Centrosomes, Microtubules, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Women in medicine, Women medical scientists, Emigration and immigration
  • 247 items
    Publications

    Applied Chemistry for Nurses

    • 1926

    Published in 1926, this textbook of chemistry was intended to instill "the elementary foundation principles of chemistry which will be of service to the nurse in her work." The work contains chapters that discuss…

    • Author Goostray, Stella, 1886-1969
    • Publisher Macmillan & Co.
    • Contributor Karr, Walter G. (Walter Gerald), 1892-1946
    • Printer The Cornwall Press
    • Subject Chemistry, Chemistry--Study and teaching, Nursing--Study and teaching, Science--Study and teaching, Women in medicine, Women nurses, Nursing, Nursing students, Goostray, Stella, 1886-1969
  • Photograph of  Hao Wu
    5 items
    Oral histories

    Oral history interview with Hao Wu

    • 2008-Jan-30 – 2008-Jan-31

    Hao Wu's oral history begins with a discussion of her childhood in China, during which her family was separated and forced to relocate to the countryside during the Cultural Revolution. Despite the difficulties…

    • Interviewee Wu, Hao, 1964-
    • Interviewer Frenkel, Karen A.
    • Sponsor Pew Charitable Trusts
    • Subject Wu, Hao, 1964-, Women in science, Women in medicine, Medical scientists, Molecular biology, Medicine--Research, CD4 antigen, Glycoproteins, Crystallography, Emigration and immigration
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