Manuscripts
Notes of lectures by Dr. Edward Swift Dunster
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George E. Blakeslee notebook
Manuscripts
George E. Blakeslee's notebook contains transcriptions of lectures on the diseases of children and the practice of midwifery. The lecturers were Doctors Eli Ives and Nathan Smith. The lectures also included surgical practices for obstetrics. The lectures are indexed, however, notes for the first lecture actually begins on page 307.
mssHM 74092
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Recipe book on gynecology and pediatrics
Manuscripts
Manuscript is a compendium of "home remedies" concerning obstetrics and complications of pregnancy, as well as diseases of young children. The recipes include: inducing birth, when the baby in utero is weak, how the mother should be cleansed after wards, causes of miscarriage, care of the breast, and others. Also included are general recipes for post-partum mothers (often involving wine); newborn children who refuse to sleep; against children's "plague;" night sweats; coughs; screaming; headaches; chicken pox or measles; and both "red" and "white" dysentery. The volume was probably written in south Germany. Written in German cursive in brown ink on paper; bound in contemporary red-stained velum with remains of ties.
mssHM 83499
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Lyman Brewer papers
Manuscripts
Letters and a medical journal of Lyman Augustus Brewer, a Civil War surgeon who served in the Ohio infantry. Also includes some family papers.
mssBrewer
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Notes on chemistry taken from the lectures of Dr. John P. Emmet
Manuscripts
The volume contains Fulton's notes from a chemistry class taught by Professor John P. Emmet in the spring of 1834.
mssHM 72083
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Lectures on infection and immunity: typescript
Manuscripts
This volume contains the lectures given by Welch from October to December 1907. The lectures deal with infection and immunity but more specifically they cover bacteria, infectious diseases, immunity, and toxins. The lectures are typed but contain handwritten edits.
mssHM 76722
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Warner's calendar of medical history : for the use of the medical profession
Rare Books
Illustrated diary issued by William R. Warner & Co. in London (there is also an edition issued in New York). Includes short pieces at the bottom of each page about therapies, physicians and miscellanea from the history of medicineas well as advertising Warner's pharmaceutical products. There are sections (which vary from diary to diary) about nutrition, diseases, drug action, poisoning and obstetrics.
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