Manuscripts

Medical related documents

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Description: Small group of documents all related to medicine and/or medical topics. Three documents are bills for medicine and medical care; there is one account of purchases (including medical items) made by James D. Shaw in New Orleans, and one is a cure for diarrhea.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1819-1857.
Call number: mssMDS
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of March 2024.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights: The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.

Chinese medical ephemera

Manuscripts

This collection contains five woodblock printed documents about traditional Chinese medicine. There are two raffle tickets issued by the Tongren Jishantang charity clinic. The three other documents, issued by Jingxiutang are a prescription and advertisements for a cure-all remedy. These documents were likely circulated within the Chinese American community in the United States.

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Chinese medical ephemera

Manuscripts

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Huntington Proposal and related documents and correspondence

Manuscripts

This collection contains the records of the Southern California Society for the History of Medicine and its two predecessor organizations, the Friends of the LACMA Library and the George Dock Society for the History of Medicine. Also included are some files from the Los Angeles Medical Library, an unaffiliated organization that shared several of the same officers.

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Medical equipment, services, and supplies, A-Z by company (8 x 10 inches or smaller in size)

Visual Materials

The Jay T. Last collection of medicine prints and ephemera contains over 4,000 printed items related to medical, dental, and vision products and services in the United States from approximately 1750 to 1929, with the bulk of the content dating from 1850 to 1910. Most items are lithographs, but engravings and woodcuts are also included. The collection deals with medical and drug-related advertising and practice including the tools, equipment, and supplies used by the medical field in the United States during the 19th and early 20th centuries. This includes products and services relating to human health care and the remedies to treat, relieve, and cure medical, dental, and vision conditions as prescribed or administered by doctors, pharmacists, dentists, and quack practitioners often affiliated with patent medicine manufacturers, drug companies, hospitals, asylums, institutes, and/or sanitariums. The collection deals with medical and drug-related merchandising, advertising, and practice including the tools, equipment, and supplies used in the medical field in the United States in the 19th and early 20th centuries. This includes the wide and varied assortment of patent medicines that proliferated during this time. The images provide a rich visual resource for studying the history of American medical practitioners, methods, and materials, as well as a perspective on ailments and illnesses common during the 19th and early 20th centuries. As graphic materials, the prints and ephemera offer evidence of developing techniques and trends in printmaking, and of the artists, engravers, lithographers, printers, and publishers involved in the creative process.

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California Medical Association

Rare Books

This collection contains approximately 870 publications and printed items, produced by various organizations, related to hospitals, medicine, medical education, and public health, chiefly in Southern California in the 20th century. The materials were compiled as part of the library of the Los Angeles County Medical Association Collection, a professional institution designed to regulate and encourage the development of the medicine in Los Angeles. The bulk of the collection consists of programs for meetings, conventions, and congresses; annual reports for medical societies, hospitals, and medical schools; and doctor, staff, and medical student directories. In addition, there are reprints of speeches and addresses; yearbooks for medical schools; commemorative, biographical, and historical publications; some original historical documents; by-laws and founding documents; and some planning and administrative documents. The materials include items produced by nearly 200 different authors, though many organizations are represented by only a few items. There are over 140 items published by or about the Los Angeles County Medical Association. The collection also contains seven boxes of catalog cards created by the Los Angeles County Medical Association describing the materials in the collection.

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California Medical Association

Rare Books

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Medical related documents

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