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Wade's Magic Oil cholera morbus cure label
- Circa 1900
While the label claims that Wade’s Magic Oil, manufactured by F. S. Case, is guaranteed under the Food and Drug Act, this did not guarantee that the product worked. The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 granted the United…
- Manufacturer Case, F. S.
- Subject Quacks and quackery, Labels, Therapeutics, Gastroenteritis, Drugs, Nonprescription, Patent medicines, Drugs, Pharmacy, Medicine, Case, F. S.
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Agricultural Research Service Drug Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of two employees at work in an Agricultural Research Service Drug Laboratory, with view of assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, such laboratories commonly…
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Bureau of Chemistry Drug Laboratory
- 1901 – before 1928
General view of two employees at work in a Bureau of Chemistry Drug Laboratory, with view of assorted laboratory glassware and apparatus. Part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, such laboratories commonly…
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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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Bayer Aspirin Tin, 12 Tablet Size
- 1910 – 2007
Small, shallow, rectangular tin box containing medicine pills. Label on front of tin has yellow background with "12 Bayer-Tablets of Aspirin (5 grs. each)" in white text on brown background. Tin pillbox contains…
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Bayer Flavoured Children's Size Aspirin Bottle
- 1910 – 2007
Small glass Bayer flavoured children's size aspirin bottle with pink plastic cap, 36 tablet size, containing pink tablets.
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Bayer Orange Flavoured Children's Chewable Aspirin Bottle
- 1910 – 2007
- 1988
Small glass Bayer orange flavoured children's chewable aspirin bottle with pink plastic cap, 36 tablet size.
- Contributor Sterling Drug
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Sterling Drug, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Certified Pharmacal Company Aspirin Pillbox, 12 Tablet Size
- 1910 – 1950
Small, shallow, rectangular tin box containing medicine pills. Label on front of tin has yellow background with the company name in red. Name of medicine is printed in yellow on brown background on front of tin. Tin…
- Manufacturer Certified Pharmacal Company
- Subject Certified Pharmacal Company, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Aspirin
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Glass Bayer Aspirin Bottle, 200 Tablet Size
- 1910 – 2007
Glass Bayer aspirin bottle, 200 tablet size, contains white tablets.
- Contributor Sterling Drug
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Sterling Drug, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Glass Bayer Aspirin Bottle, 300 Tablet Size
- 1910 – 2007
Glass Bayer aspirin bottle, 300 tablet size, contains white tablets.
- Contributor Sterling Drug
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Sterling Drug, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Mexican Brand Insect Fluid Label
- Circa 1910 – circa 1915
Printed bottle label for Mexican Brand Insect Fluid, depicting a woman using the product in a bedroom, with the tagline "What is Home without a Clean Bed."
- Subject Public health, DDT (Insecticide), Insecticides, Toxins
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Parke Davis & Co. Pharmaceutical Nursing Drug Kit
- 1910s
A black leather pouch containing 11 vials of various pharmaceutical tablets. Five vials are empty, and one is missing.
Vials are labeled:
Hypodermatic tablets No. 5, (Cocaine hydrochlorate);
Hypodermatic tablets No.…- Creator Of Work Parke, Davis & Company
- Subject Parke, Davis & Company, Drugs, Medical supplies, Nursing--Equipment and supplies, Pharmaceutical industry
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Plastic Bayer Aspirin Bottle, 100 Tablet Size
- 1910 – 2007
- 1985
Plastic Bayer aspirin bottle, 100 tablet size, reads "Genuine Bayer Aspirin, Micro-Thin Coating".
- Contributor Sterling Drug
- Manufacturer Bayer Company, Inc.
- Subject Sterling Drug, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Bayer Company, Inc., Aspirin
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Plastic Bayer Aspirin Bottle, 50 Tablet Size
- 1910 – 2007
- 2008
Plastic Bayer aspirin bottle, 50 tablet size, contains tablets.
- Contributor Bayer Company, Inc.
- Manufacturer Bayer HealthCare LLC
- Subject Bayer HealthCare LLC, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Aspirin, Bayer AG
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Portrait of Isaac Ott (1847-1916)
- Circa 1910
Portrait of Isaac Ott (1847-1916). Ott was born in Northampton County, Pennsylvania on November 30, 1847 and graduated from Lafayette College (class of 1867). Ott went onto study medicine at the University of…
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Portrait of Jokichi Takamine (1854-1922)
- Circa 1910
Portrait of Japanese chemist Jokichi Takamine (1854-1922). The son of a doctor, Takamine graduated from the College of Science and Engineering of the Imperial University of Tokyo in 1879 and, with support from the…
- Manufacturer Alman & Co.
- Subject Chemical engineering, Enzymes, Takamine, Jokichi, 1854-1922, Hormones, Chemists, Portraits, Biochemistry, Asian American scientists, Scientists
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Nostrums and Quackery
- Articles on the Nostrum Evil, Quackery and Allied Matters Affecting the Public Health; Reprinted... from the Journal of the American Medical Association
- 1911
Volume two of three, compiled by the Journal of the American Medical Association. The volume consists of a collection of pseudo-scientific printings outlining fraudulent medicinal treatments. The quackery included in…
- Author American Medical Association
- Editor Cramp, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1872-
- Subject Quacks and quackery, Patent medicines, Women's health services, Drugs, Therapeutics, Drugs, Nonprescription, Obesity--Treatment, Sexism in medicine, Drug addiction--Treatment, Public health, Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Louis Pasteur
- Born 1822 Died 1895
- Circa 1913
Photographic reproduction portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895), a French microbiologist who investigated the fermentative properties of bacteria, developed the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax, discovered the…