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Robert Koch
- Born 1843 Died 1910
- Circa 1913
Photographic reproduction portrait of German physician and microbiologist, Robert Koch (1843-1910). Koch is considered one of the founders of modern bacteriology due to his identification of the causative agents of…
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W. M. Haffkine
- Circa 1913
Reproduction of a photographic portrait of Waldemar Mordechai Haffkine (1860-1930), a native Russian bacteriologist who worked at the Pasteur Institute to develop an anti-cholera vaccine. Haffkine is recognized as 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, Haffkine, W. M. (Waldemar Mordecai), 1860-1930, Microbiologists, Bacteriology
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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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Students in anatomy class at Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania
- 1895
Cyanotype depicting a group of female students participating in an anatomy class at the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. The group is gathered around a table working on a human cadaver. The students' names are…
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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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"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…