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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
- 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.
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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
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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
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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
- 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.
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"Frog In Your Throat?" lozenges
- Circa 1957
Package states the "Medicated lozenges are beneficial in alleviating coughs due to smoking or colds, hoarseness, rawness, irritation, tickling and soreness, resulting from dryness of the through or from clearing the…
- Manufacturer Hance Brothers & White Company
- Subject Medicine, Drugs, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical chemistry, Animals in advertising, Drugs, Nonprescription
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206 items
[Recipes and extracts on alchemy, medicine, metal-working, cosmetics, veterinary science, agriculture, wine-making, and other subjects]
- 1425 – 1450
This manuscript is a diverse and well-organized recipe collection with more than 520 different recipes on topics ranging from alchemy and medicine to solutions for simple household problems such as fleas. A direct…
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Oral history interview with Herbert Tabor
- 1993-Apr-03
Herbert Tabor begins this interview with a discussion of his family and childhood. He grew up during the Depression in Manhattan, New York, and attended local public schools before becoming a student at City College in…
- Interviewee Tabor, Herbert, 1918-
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Public health, Medical scientists--Biography, Medical scientists, Medicine--Research, Biochemistry--Research, Clinical chemistry, Drugs--Research
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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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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…
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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 treatment for the diphtheria virus. Top photograph…
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A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons
- 1822
The title page is digitized from the fourth edition of this seminal work responsible for exposing dangerous adulterations to foods and beverages. Food and drug purity legislation followed later in the nineteenth…
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The Book of Health
- 1898
Intended as a health reference book for the family, topics include diseases, anatomy, hygiene, care of the sick, medicinal plants and administration of medicine. Select anatomical diagrams have been digitized along with…
- Author Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904
- Subject Human anatomy--Study and teaching, Human skeleton, Poisonous animals, Medicine, Medicinal plants, Human anatomy, Phrenology, Medicine, Popular, Phrenology--Study and teaching, Family medicine, Lyman, Henry M. (Henry Munson), 1835-1904, Human skeleton--Study and teaching
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What makes a rose a rose or an eye an eye?
- 1961
Color print advertisement for International Business Machines Corporation (IBM). Image depicts a rose on the left, a blue eye on the right, and a multi-colored chemical model in the center of the page. The accompanying…
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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…
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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
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7 items
Oral history interview with Charles M. Rubin
- 1992-Nov-05 (First session)
- 1992-Nov-07 (Second session)
- 1992-Nov-09 (Third session)
Charles M. Rubin grew up in Deal, New Jersey. He was especially interested in science and mathematics, enjoying problem-solving. Rubin entered the University of Pennsylvania for his undergraduate degree. He spent…
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A Treatise on Adulterations of Food, and Culinary Poisons
- 1820
The cover and title page are digitized from the first edition of this seminal work responsible for exposing dangerous adulterations to foods and beverages. Food and drug purity legislation followed later in the…
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4 items
Oral history interview with Joshua Lederberg
- 2000-Aug-18
Joshua Lederberg begins the interview with a discussion of his involvement in the contamination issues of planetary exploration. As interest in space exploration gained momentum, Lederberg was in the midst of discussion…
- Interviewee Lederberg, Joshua
- Interviewer Wolfe, Audra J.
- Subject Microbiologists, Biologists, Biological warfare, Biology, Microbiology, Lederberg, Joshua, Chemical warfare, Nobel Prize winners, DNA, Exobiology, Biologists--Biography
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Oral history interview with Joshua Lederberg
- 1992-Jun-25 (First session)
- 1992-Jul-07 (Second session)
- 1992-Dec-09 (Third session)
Joshua Lederberg begins the three-part interview with a description of his parents, family background, and early years in New York. Lederberg knew from the second grade that he wanted to be a scientist, and he…
- Interviewee Lederberg, Joshua
- Interviewer Bohning, James J.
- Subject Microbiologists, Biologists, Biology, Neurospora, Microbiology, University of Wisconsin, Cold Spring Harbor Symposium on Quantitative Biology, Lederberg, Joshua, Nobel Prize winners, DNA, Cytochemistry, Escherichia coli, Biologists--Biography