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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
  • Scientific apparatus and instruments193
  • Medical laboratories--Equipment and supplies125
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  • Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-190416
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  • Illustrations

    Plate III. Pallid type of asphyxia from phosgene poisoning, with circulatory failure.

    • Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
    • 1918

    Drawing made on second day after gassing.

    • Artist Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick
    • Author Great Britain. Medical Research Committee
    • Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Toxicology, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Mustard gas
  • Illustrations

    Plate VII. Burning of scrotum and penis by mustard gas.

    • Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
    • 1918

    Drawing made on eleventh day.

    • Artist Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick
    • Author Great Britain. Medical Research Committee
    • Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Toxicology, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Mustard gas
  • Illustrations

    Plate V. Erythema of skin from general exposure to the vapour of Yellow Cross substance.

    • Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
    • 1918

    Drawing made on fifth day.

    • Artist Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick
    • Author Great Britain. Medical Research Committee
    • Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Toxicology, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Mustard gas
  • Illustrations

    Plate X. Microscopic section of human lung from mustard gas poisoning, with death at end of second day (40 hours).

    • Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
    • 1918
    • Artist Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick
    • Author Great Britain. Medical Research Committee
    • Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Toxicology, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Mustard gas
  • 13 items
    Illustrated works, Publications, Rare books

    An Atlas of Gas Poisoning

    • 1918

    First edition volume, published in August 1918 by Great Britain's Medical Research Committee. Founded in 1913, the Medical Research Committee and Advisory Council existed primarily for the distribution of medical…

    • Author Great Britain. Medical Research Committee
    • Artist Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick
    • Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Toxicology, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Mustard gas, Chemical warfare, Chemical agents (Munitions), Phosgene
  • Illustrations

    Plate XII. A. Stage of resolution after severe burning. B. Late stage of resolution.

    • Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
    • 1918
    • Artist Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick
    • Author Great Britain. Medical Research Committee
    • Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Toxicology, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Mustard gas
  • Illustrations

    Plate IX. Ulceration of trachea by mustard gas.

    • Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
    • 1918

    Drawing of a trachea at the twelfth day after gassing.

    • Artist Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick
    • Author Great Britain. Medical Research Committee
    • Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Toxicology, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Mustard gas
  • Illustrations

    Plate XIII. A. Drawing of the cornea in the acute stage of severe burning. B. Drawing of cornea in the stage of resolution after severe burning.

    • Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
    • 1918
    • Artist Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick
    • Author Great Britain. Medical Research Committee
    • Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Toxicology, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Mustard gas
  • Illustrations

    Plate IV. Gangrene of foot caused by vascular thrombosis from chlorine poisoning.

    • Part of An Atlas of Gas Poisoning
    • 1918

    Drawing of foot made on fifth day.

    • Artist Maxwell, A. Kirkpatrick
    • Author Great Britain. Medical Research Committee
    • Subject Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--Toxicology, Gases, Asphyxiating and poisonous--War use, Mustard gas
  • Publications, Illustrations

    Display samples only, Lilly Pulvules, showing representative sizes and colors

    • Part of Hand Book of Pharmacy and Therapeutics
    • 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
  • Publications, Illustrations

    Display samples only, Lilly solvets for solutions

    • Part of Hand Book of Pharmacy and Therapeutics
    • 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
  • Publications, Illustrations

    Display samples only, Lilly Tablets, showing representative shapes and sizes

    • Part of Hand Book of Pharmacy and Therapeutics
    • 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
  • Vessels (Containers), Glassware

    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.

    • Subject Women--Health and hygiene, Breast pumps, Breastfeeding, Medical instruments and apparatus, Glassware, Pediatric nursing, Health
  • 2 items
    Vessels (Containers), Medical instruments and apparatus

    Can of Naturalax

    • Plantago Psyllium L for Constipation, A Normal Bowel Regulator
    • 1920s

    Light gold painted metal can and lid both with extensive black and gold lettering and decoration. The main label reads "NATURALAX." Lid is rusted shut but the can appears to be full.

    • Manufacturer Lanman & Kemp, Inc.
    • Subject Plantago psyllium, Psyllium products, Psyllium (Plants), Laxatives, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Medicine bottles, Victorian, Lanman & Kemp, Inc.
  • Photographs, Portraits

    Portrait of Samuel Cox Hooker (1865-1935)

    • 1920s – circa

    Portrait of Samuel Cox Hooker (1865-1935). Hooker was born on April 19, 1865, in Benchley, Kent, England and studied at the Government Science School in South Kensington, London. Hooker earned his PhD from the…

    • Subject Public health, Chemists, Portraits, Sugar--Manufacture and refining, Hooker, Samuel Cox, 1864-1935
  • Vessels (Containers), Glassware

    "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."

    • Subject Women--Health and hygiene, Breast pumps, Breastfeeding, Medical instruments and apparatus, Glassware, Pediatric nursing, Health
  • 2 items
    Medical instruments and apparatus, Implements, utensils, etc.

    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…

    • Subject Women--Health and hygiene, Women's health services, Birth control, Intrauterine contraceptives, Contraceptives, Medical instruments and apparatus
  • 2 items
    Ephemera

    Carl Neuberg's personal calling card

    • 1922-Jun-17

    Calling card for Carl Neuberg (1877-1956). Includes a note to Georg Bredig (1868-1944) written by Neuberg. Neuberg is regarded as the father of modern biochemistry and was nominated for a Nobel Prize for Chemistry…

    • Author Neuberg, Carl, 1877-
    • Addressee Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
    • Subject Neuberg, Carl, 1877-, Visiting cards, Biochemistry, Chemists, Bredig, Georg, 1868-1944
  • Photographs

    Laboratory at the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research

    • 1925

    General view of a laboratory bench at the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (H.R.I.M.R.) showing assorted laboratory glassware and scientific apparatus. The Rockefeller Institute for Medical…

    • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Biochemistry, Clinical chemistry laboratories, Clinical medicine--Research, Clinical chemistry, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Glassware, Laboratories
  • Photographs

    Laboratory at the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research

    • 1925

    General view of a laboratory bench at the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (H.R.I.M.R.) showing assorted laboratory glassware and scientific apparatus. The Rockefeller Institute for Medical…

    • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Clinical medicine, Biochemistry, Clinical chemistry laboratories, Clinical chemistry, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Glassware, Laboratories
  • Photographs

    Laboratory at the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research

    • 1925

    General view of a laboratory bench at the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (H.R.I.M.R.) showing assorted laboratory glassware and scientific apparatus. The Rockefeller Institute for Medical…

    • Subject Scientific apparatus and instruments, Biochemistry, Clinical chemistry laboratories, Clinical medicine--Research, Clinical chemistry, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, Glassware, Laboratories
  • 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
  • Photographs

    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…

    • Subject Somogyi, Michael, 1883-1971, Chemists, Washington University (Saint Louis, Mo.), Jewish Hospital of St. Louis, Diabetes, Diabetes--Treatment, Medical care, Medical education
  • Photographs

    Dr. Albert Baird Hastings and Dr. James A. Hawkins

    • 1926-Jun

    Portrait of (left to right) Dr. Albert Baird Hastings (1895-1987) and Dr. James A. Hawkins posed in a laboratory at the Hospital of the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (H.R.I.M.R.). Best known for the study…

    • Subject Laboratories, Biochemistry, Chemists, Portraits, Hawkins, James A., Clinical chemistry, Hastings, A. Baird (Albert Baird), 1895-1987, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research
  • Photographs

    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…

    • Subject Physiologists, Barcroft, Joseph, Sir, 1872-1947, Scientific apparatus and instruments, Biochemistry, Physiology, Laboratories
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