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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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  • Advertisements, Ephemera

    Medicine for the Millions!

    • 1943

    Color print advertisement for Dow Pharmaceuticals. The advertisement features a color illustration of an industrial plant, overlaid with illustrations of glass scientific instruments and beakers. Inside the instruments…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Drugs, Pharmaceutical industry, Medicine, Physicians, Nurses, Women in advertising, World War (1939-1945)
  • Advertisements, Ephemera

    The Doctor...In Shirt Sleeves

    • 1945-Sep-15

    Color print advertisement for Dow Chemical Pharmaceutical Division. The advertisement features an illustration of a man in a well-furnished study consulting a book, with a microscope in view on his desk. He is seen…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Advertising, Dow Chemical Company, Chemical industry, Corporations, Pharmaceutical industry, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Medicine, Physicians
  • Advertisements, Ephemera

    The Zest of Winter Brings the Glow of Health!

    • Advertisement for Dow pharmaceutical chemicals
    • 1941

    Color print advertisement for pharmaceutical chemicals produced by the Dow Chemical Company. The advertisement features a photographic reproduction of two children skiing. Accompanying text describes how "the advances…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Dow Chemical Company, Advertising, Chemical industry, Corporations, Aspirin industry, Aspirin, Chloroform, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Drugs, Children in advertising, Advertising, Industrial
  • Ephemera

    Wade's Magic Oil cholera morbus cure label

    • Part of Cholera morbus cure labels
    • 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.
  • Ephemera

    McLaughlin's Magic Relief cholera morbus cure label

    • Part of Cholera morbus cure labels
    • Circa 1900

    The label for McLaughlin’s Magic Relief from Cases Drug Store of Logan, Ohio advertises this patent medicine as a cure for gastrointestinal ailments and as a pain reliever. According to the label, the primary ingredient…

    • Manufacturer Cases Drug Store
    • Subject Quacks and quackery, Labels, Therapeutics, Gastroenteritis, Drugs, Nonprescription, Patent medicines, Drugs, Pharmacy, Medicine, Cases Drug Store
  • Ephemera

    Doig Brothers Cholera Mixture label

    • Part of Cholera morbus cure labels
    • Circa 1900

    John C. Doig began his Lowville, NY druggist business in the mid-1800s. His sons Charles and Frank took over the operation from his business partner in the 1870s and renamed it Doig Brothers Drug Store. In a 1909 ad in…

    • Manufacturer Doig Brothers
    • Subject Quacks and quackery, Labels, Therapeutics, Gastroenteritis, Drugs, Nonprescription, Patent medicines, Drugs, Pharmacy, Medicine, Doig Brothers
  • Ephemera

    Charles A. Wright's Original Cholera Balm label

    • Part of Cholera morbus cure labels
    • Circa 1900

    The label for Charles A. Wright's Origininal [Original] Cholera Balm includes dosing instructions for adults and children. It was marketed as a treatment for a wide range of gastrointestinal ailments including cholera…

    • Manufacturer Wright, Charles A.
    • Subject Quacks and quackery, Labels, Therapeutics, Gastroenteritis, Drugs, Nonprescription, Patent medicines, Drugs, Pharmacy, Medicine, Wright, Charles A.
  • Illustrations

    The Pasteur Boom—High Times for Hydrophobists

    • 1885-Dec-23

    Featured on the back cover of Puck magazine, this cartoon entitled "The Pasteur Boom—High Times for Hydrophobists" mocks those who traveled to France to receive Louis Pasteur's (1822-1895) new vaccine for the rabies…

    • Printer Mayer, Merkel & Ottmann
    • Subject Rabies--Vaccination, Pasteur, Louis, 1822-1895, Political cartoons, Vaccination, Public health
  • Ephemera

    How Antitoxines are Developed

    • 1895-Jan-05

    Page from the Harper's Weekly journal is entitled "How Antitoxines are Developed" and features content and photographic reproductions related to using antitoxins as a vaccine for the diphtheria virus. Top photograph is…

    • Publisher Harper & Brothers
    • Subject Diphtheria--Prevention, Diphtheria antitoxin, Public health, Vaccination, Injections, Medical care, Medical laboratories, Laboratories
  • 5 items
    Ephemera

    Cholera morbus cure labels

    • Circa 1900

    Collection of five printed, gummed labels for patent medicines marketed as cures for Cholera Morbus, a historical, obsolete term for a gastrointestinal ailment characterized by fever, diarrhea, and vomiting. Each label…

    • Subject Quacks and quackery, Labels, Therapeutics, Gastroenteritis, Drugs, Nonprescription, Patent medicines, Drugs, Pharmacy, Medicine
  • 186 items
    Manuscripts

    E.F. Carey pharmacopeia

    • 1863 – 1875

    This notebook contains recipes and formulas developed or copied by E. F. Carey while working as an assistant pharmacist in Rhode Island and as the owner operator of a pharmacy in Massachusetts between 1863 and 1875.…

    • Author Carey, E. F.
    • Subject Medicine, Pharmacopoeias, Pharmacy, Patent medicines
  • Advertisements

    The Chemistry of Health

    • 1941

    Color print advertisement for the Dow Chemical Company featuring an image of a young girl on a seesaw. The accompanying text details various applications of Dow products, including vitamins, fumigation, waste disposal,…

    • Creator Of Work Dow Chemical Company
    • Subject Public health, Chemical industry, Dow Chemical Company, Corporations, Advertising, Children in advertising, Advertising, Industrial
  • 3 items
    Press releases

    Beckman Syphilis Screening Test is Rapid, Reliable

    • 1981-May-21

    The press release discusses the Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR) Card Test for the detection of syphilis.

    • Author Schneider, Ilene
    • Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Syphilis--Diagnosis, Syphilis, Serodiagnosis, Beckman Instruments, inc.
  • 2 items
    Business correspondence

    Letter from S. S. Prentiss to Julius Kauffman

    • 1945-Sep-05

    Prentiss responds to Kauffman's assessment of the hospital oxygen analyzer, with emphasis upon the question of its ruggedness.

    Developed from a Linus Pauling design during WWII, the technology behind Beckman…

    • Addressee Kauffman, Julius
    • Author Prentiss, Spencer S.
    • Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Oxygen--Measurement, Oxygen--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, inc., United States. Army Medical Center
  • 4 items
    Press releases

    DU Clinical System from Beckman: Low Cost, Accurate, Easy Set Up

    • 1985-Sep-26

    The press release discusses a flow cell instrument, the DU Clinical System.

    • Author Stepan, Susan A.
    • Subject Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Chemical tests and reagents, Beckman Instruments, inc., Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies
  • 4 items
    Press releases

    Aminograms for Clinical Patient Assessment Routinely Performed on Beckman System 7300

    • 1985-Aug-19

    The press release discusses the System 7300 Amino Acid Analyzer, with special reference to Peggy R. Borum's work on using aminograms in patient care.

    • Author Stepan, Susan A.
    • Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Amino acids--Analysis, Beckman Instruments, inc.
  • 3 items
    Press releases

    The Appraise Clinical Densitometer from Beckman Adds IBM PC

    • 1985-Jul-23

    The press release notes the addition of a personal computer simplifies electrophoresis reporting and allows for a flexible laboratory workflow.

    • Author Stepan, Susan A.
    • Subject IBM Personal Computer, Electrophoresis, Densitometry, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, inc., Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies
  • 3 items
    Press releases

    Beckman Rheumatoid Factor Assay System Provides Quantitative Measurement

    • 1981-May-01

    The press release announces an assay for precisely measuring, rather than estimating, rheumatoid factor.

    • Author Schneider, Ilene
    • Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Immunochemistry, Rheumatoid factor, Biological assay, Beckman Instruments, inc.
  • 3 items
    Press releases

    Beckman Introduces Two New High Performance EEG Instruments

    • 1978-Dec-06

    The press release discusses the Accutrace 100 and Accutrace 200 Electroencephalographs, including specifications, options, and pricing.

    • Author Schneider, Ilene
    • Subject Medical electronics--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Electroencephalography, Beckman Instruments, inc.
  • 3 items
    Press releases

    Beckman Introduces New Rotor for Model TL-100 Tabletop Ultracentrifuge

    • 1986-Jun-02

    The press release announces the TLA-100.3 Fixed Angle Rotor, which increases the capacity of the ultracentrifuge.

    Beckman Instruments began producing centrifuges after their January 1, 1955 acquisition of industry…

    • Author Eastman, Elke
    • Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Rotors, Centrifuges, Beckman Instruments, inc.
  • 6 items
    Ephemera

    The Beckman Glucose Analyzer: A Statement of Verified Claims

    • 1970

    Marketing materials tout the virtues of the Beckman Glucose Analyzer, with emphasis placed upon verification of claims by the Standards Committee of the College of American Pathologists. The folded brochure includes a…

    • Author Sullivan, Arthur
    • Creator Of Work Beckman Instruments, inc.
    • Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Glucose--Analysis, Blood sugar--Analysis, Scientific apparatus and instruments, College of American Pathologists, Beckman Instruments, inc.
  • 8 items
    Business correspondence

    Narrative of glucose analyzer development

    • 1967

    The handwritten account, possibly written by James C. Sternberg, is missing early pages.

    The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very successful medical testing and analysis…

    • Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Glucose--Analysis, Blood sugar--Analysis, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, inc.
  • 39 items
    Handbooks and manuals

    Prototype Continuous Glucose Monitor

    • 1968-Jan-18

    The document describes the components, operating instructions, troubleshooting, and maintenance of a prototype device. Handwritten notes were added to pages 27 and 31.

    The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James…

    • Author Sternberg, James C.
    • Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Glucose--Analysis, Blood sugar--Analysis, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, inc.
  • 7 items
    Manuscripts

    Notes on the development of the glucose analyzer

    • 1960s

    The notes, which appear to be written in the same hand, may have been authored by James C. Sternberg.

    The Glucose Analyzer was developed by James Sternberg in 1969 and was one of several very successful medical…

    • Subject Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies, Glucose--Analysis, Blood sugar--Analysis, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Beckman Instruments, inc.
  • 6 items
    Press releases

    Beckman Ends Production of Landmark Instrument

    • 1976-Sep-23

    This press release announcing the discontinuation of the DU spectrophotometer served as a retrospective of the instrument's development and significance.

    The first Beckman Instruments DU Spectrophotometer was developed…

    • Author Reilly, Mickey
    • Subject Deluxe General Incorporated, Barbiturates--Analysis, Ultraviolet spectroscopy, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Vitamins--Analysis, Spectrophotometer, Vitamin A, United States. National Bureau of Standards, Toxicology, Beckman Instruments, inc., Forensic sciences, Beckman, Arnold O.
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