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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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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
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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 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…
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Medico-galvanic Battery
- 1870 – 1900
Diagram depicting a medico-galvanic battery, a type of portable shock-producing electrotherapeutic device commonly in use between 1870 and 1920. Such devices provided both direct and alternating current and were thought…
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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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McLaughlin's Magic Relief cholera morbus cure label
- 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
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Doig Brothers Cholera Mixture label
- 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
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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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Charles A. Wright's Original Cholera Balm label
- 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.
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Dr. Michael Somogyi at Washington University Medical School
- 1926-Mar-17
General view of Dr. Michael Somogyi (1883-1971) posed in front of a building on the Washington University Medical School campus. A Hungarian American professor of biochemistry at the Washington University and Jewish…
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McLaughlin's German Cholera Drops
- 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
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Penicillin fermentation vessel
- 1940 – 1949
This vessel is believed to be one of the original fermentation pans used by researchers at Oxford University to produce penicillin in the 1940s.
Rectangular porcelain vessel used for growing penicillin; sealed at all…
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Display samples only, Lilly Tablets, showing representative shapes and sizes
- Circa 1919
Arrangement of fourteen bottles of tablets in various shapes, colors, and sizes.
Created by Eli Lilly & Company, this handbook is meant for pharmacists. It is a list of products and contains practical information such…
- Author Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Drugs--Catalogs, Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and Company, Drugs
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Display samples only, Lilly solvets for solutions
- Circa 1919
Arrangement of eight bottles filled with solvet tablets. Solvets are meant to be dissolved in solutions.
Created by Eli Lilly & Company, this handbook is meant for pharmacists. It is a list of products and contains…
- Author Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Drugs--Catalogs, Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and Company, Drugs
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Display samples only, Lilly Pulvules, showing representative sizes and colors
- Circa 1919
Arrangement of nine bottles of pulvules in various sizes and colors. Pulvules are a proprietary type of gelatin capsule filled with powder. Lilly trademarked pulvule in 1921.
Created by Eli Lilly & Company, this…
- Author Eli Lilly and Company
- Subject Drugs--Catalogs, Therapeutics, Eli Lilly and Company, Drugs
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Gold-plated stem pessary (intrauterine device)
- 1920
A type of early intrauterine device (IUD) also known as a cervicouterine device or pessary. Curved disk with long coil stem attached to plate of disk. Coil opens into a wishbone shape with two arms. Arms are held…
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"Omega" manual breast reliever with red bulb
- After 1920 – before 1959
Glass tube with a collecting reservoir that opens into a funnel (or breast piece). Round red rubber bulb attached to one end of the glass. Stamp in black ink on red bulb reads "Ingram's/'Omega'/London."
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Manual breast pump with black bulb
- After 1920 – before 1959
Glass tube with a collecting reservoir that opens into a funnel (or breast piece). Round black rubber pump attached to one end of the glass.
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Sir Joseph Barcroft in laboratory
- 1928
General view of British physiologist Sir Joseph Barcroft (1872-1947) examining a pumping apparatus in a laboratory at Cambridge University. A Fellow of the Royal Society, Sir Barcroft held the chair of physiology at…