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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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  • Beckman Instruments, Inc.218
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  • Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-190416
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  • Illustrations

    Plate No. 14: Medicinal Plants

    • Part of The Book of Health
    • 1898

    Depicts hemlock, barberry, elder, and oak.

    • Author Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904
    • Publisher W.P. Mason
    • Subject Oak, Poison hemlock, Medicine, Medicinal plants, Elders (Plants), Medicine, Popular, Barberries
  • Illustrations

    Plate No. 20: Poisonous Reptiles and Insects

    • Part of The Book of Health
    • 1898

    Depicts a mad dog, scorpion, rattlesnake, tarantula, centipede, and copperhead.

    • Author Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904
    • Publisher W.P. Mason
    • Subject Rattlesnakes, Copperhead, Poisonous animals, Medicine, Tarantulas, Centipedes, Medicine, Popular, Rabies in dogs, Scorpions
  • Illustrations

    Plate No. 5: Medicinal Plants

    • Part of The Book of Health
    • 1898

    Depicts thorn-apple, asparagus, marsh mallow, and hop.

    • Author Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904
    • Publisher W.P. Mason
    • Subject Asparagus, Malvaceae, Medicine, Medicinal plants, Datura wrightii, Medicine, Popular, Hops
  • Illustrations

    Plate No. 15: Medicinal Plants

    • Part of The Book of Health
    • 1898

    Depicts bittersweet, chamomile, caraway, and Herb Robert.

    • Author Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904
    • Publisher W.P. Mason
    • Subject Medicine, Medicinal plants, Umbelliferae, Bittersweet, Medicine, Popular, German chamomile, Geranium robertianum
  • Illustrations

    Plate No. 9: Medicinal Plants

    • Part of The Book of Health
    • 1898

    Depicts peony, St. John's wort, aconite or monkshood, and lily of the valley.

    • Author Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904
    • Publisher W.P. Mason
    • Subject Medicine, Monkshoods, Lilies-of-the-valley, Hypericum, Peonies, Medicinal plants, Medicine, Popular
  • Illustrations

    Plate No. 6: Medicinal Plants

    • Part of The Book of Health
    • 1898

    Depicts scurvy-grass, colchicum or meadow saffron, garlic, and horse-radish.

    • Author Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904
    • Publisher W.P. Mason
    • Subject Colchicum, Garlic, Medicine, Medicinal plants, Horse-radish, Medicine, Popular, Lepidium oleraceum
  • Illustrations

    Plate No. 8: Medicinal Plants

    • Part of The Book of Health
    • 1898

    Depicts plantain, white poppy, pennyroyal, and bearsfoot.

    • Author Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904
    • Publisher W.P. Mason
    • Subject Lamiaceae, Plantago, Hellebores, Medicinal plants, Medicine, Popular, Cannon, Poppy, Medicine
  • Illustrations

    Plate No. 2: Medicinal Plants

    • Part of The Book of Health
    • 1898

    Depicts buckthorn, fennel, tansy, and wood sorrel.

    • Author Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904
    • Publisher W.P. Mason
    • Subject Oxalis, Medicine, Medicinal plants, Tanacetum vulgare, Fennel, Medicine, Popular, Buckthorns
  • Illustrations

    Plate No. 7: Medicinal Plants

    • Part of The Book of Health
    • 1898

    Depicts juniper, black currant, white horehound, and coltsfoot.

    • Author Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904
    • Publisher W.P. Mason
    • Subject Junipers, Medicine, Medicinal plants, Marrubium, Coltsfoot, Medicine, Popular, European black currant
  • Illustrations

    Plate No. 12: Medicinal Plants

    • Part of The Book of Health
    • 1898

    Depicts mullein, rosemary, nettle, and deadly nightshade.

    • Author Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904
    • Publisher W.P. Mason
    • Subject Rosemary, Medicine, Medicinal plants, Mulleins, Medicine, Popular, Belladonna (Plant), Nettles
  • 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.
  • Photographs, Portraits

    Portrait of Charles Frederick Chandler (1836-1925)

    • Circa 1900

    Portrait of Charles Frederick Chandler (1836-1925), an industrial chemist whose research concerning sugar refining, gas manufacturing, and chemical education greatly impacted public sanitation and health.

    Charles…

    • Manufacturer Alman & Co.
    • Subject Public health, Chandler, Charles Frederick, 1836-1925, Chemists, Portraits, Sanitation
  • 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

    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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • Photographs

    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…

    • Creator Of Work United States. Food and Drug Administration
    • Subject Employees, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Drugs, Food industry and trade, Glassware, Laboratories, United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States. Agricultural Research Service
  • Photographs

    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…

    • Creator Of Work United States. Food and Drug Administration
    • Subject Employees, United States. Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Drugs, Food industry and trade, Glassware, Laboratories, Scientific apparatus and instruments
  • Photographs, Portraits

    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
  • 2 items
    Vessels (Containers), Medical instruments and apparatus

    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
  • Vessels (Containers), Medical instruments and apparatus

    Plastic Bayer Aspirin Bottle, 50 Tablet Size

    • 1910 – 2007
    • 2008

    Plastic Bayer aspirin bottle, 50 tablet size, contains tablets.

    • Contributor Bayer AG
    • Manufacturer Bayer HealthCare LLC
    • Subject Bayer HealthCare LLC, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Aspirin, Bayer AG
  • 2 items
    Vessels (Containers), Medical instruments and apparatus

    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
  • 2 items
    Vessels (Containers), Medical instruments and apparatus

    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
  • 2 items
    Vessels (Containers), Medical instruments and apparatus

    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
  • 2 items
    Vessels (Containers), Medical instruments and apparatus

    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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