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- Description:
- Pocket-sized 1902 calendar published by the World's Dispensary Medical Association, filled with advertisements about the group's medicines. The cover bears a black and white illustration of a woman in a fancy dress sitting at a writing desk. The January/February page has been filled out with what appears to be an inventory of fabrics, patterns, and sewing notions. A newspaper clipping concerning a sidewalk paving ordinance, dated August 11, 1903, has been pinned to the March/April page.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Medical/Dental/Pharmaceutical
- Description:
- Small almanac bound in a blue paper cover, published by the Piso Company of Warren, Pennsylvania, containing articles advertising Piso's medicinal products.
- Date Issued:
- 1904-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Medical/Dental/Pharmaceutical
- Description:
- Four page newspaper-format handbill advertising Father John's Medicine. The first three pages contain a story about the history of the company, complete with illustrations and photographs. Brief passages about the company in French, Italian, and Polish are printed on the third page as well. An alleged "Certificate of Analysis" from Seil, Putt, and Rusby, Incorporated, "Analytical, Consulting, and Research Chemists, Microscopists" is printed on the back page, providing flattering quotes about the quality of Father John's products.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Medical/Dental/Pharmaceutical
- Description:
- Small 95 page booklet written by Frederick Humphreys, M.D. providing medical advice, always centering around his own line of numbered remedies, for a variety of ailments. A veterinary section is also included. The back section of the booklet is dedicated to advertisements for Humphreys' Homeopathic Medicine Company. A photograph of a nurse graces the front cover. The back cover advertises the availability of Humphreys' products through Charles W. Wing, Drugs and Chemicals at 838 Fort Street, Detroit, Michigan.
- Date Issued:
- 1917-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Medical/Dental/Pharmaceutical
- Description:
- Seventeen page promotional booklet for Scott's Emulsion, containing seven color lithographs of maps, scenes, and products of South America and the Caribbean spread throughout unrelated pages of text concerning the history of medicine and the various ailments that Scott's Emulsion can remedy. The cover depicts a young boy holding book and pointing to South America on a globe, while saying, "There's where you came from," top a parrot perched on his shoulder. "Copyright 1906 by American Lithographic Co. N.Y." is printed on the lower left corner of the cover. The verso includes a space below the words, "Scott's Emulsion Sold By," for a merchant's stamp, however this area is blank.
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Collection:
- Medical/Dental/Pharmaceutical
- Description:
- This slightly yellowed paper envelope contained a 4-page letter that was written by Dr. Morse Stewart, M.D. The front of the envelope has a handwritten title, "Recollections of Practice of Medicine in Detroit" and is signed "Morse Stewart, M.D." The back flap of the envelope is sealed with red wax that has been impressed with a square design which appears to contain Hebrew lettering.
- Date Issued:
- 1900-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Pocket-sized 1902 calendar published by the World's Dispensary Medical Association, filled with advertisements about the group's medicines. The cover bears a black and white illustration of a woman in a fancy dress sitting at a writing desk. The January/February page has been filled out with what appears to be an inventory of fabrics, patterns, and sewing notions. A newspaper clipping concerning a sidewalk paving ordinance, dated August 11, 1903, has been pinned to the March/April page.
- Date Issued:
- 1901-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Four page newspaper-format handbill advertising Father John's Medicine. The first three pages contain a story about the history of the company, complete with illustrations and photographs. Brief passages about the company in French, Italian, and Polish are printed on the third page as well. An alleged "Certificate of Analysis" from Seil, Putt, and Rusby, Incorporated, "Analytical, Consulting, and Research Chemists, Microscopists" is printed on the back page, providing flattering quotes about the quality of Father John's products.
- Date Issued:
- 1923-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Almanac published by L.R. Herrick, M.D. for Dr. Herrick and Brother, Practical Chemists, of Albany, New York. In addition to information concerning holidays, weather, and astrology, the almanac contains advertisements for Dr. Herrick and Brother products including a testimonial from a slave owner who claims the company's Sugar Coated Pills cured one of his slaves of a three-year long aliment which doctors were unable to treat.
- Date Issued:
- 1863-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- May 1897 issue of the Bulletin of Pharmacy published by George S. Davis of Detroit, Michigan. Oscar Oldberg is the editor and Joseph Kelfman is the associate editor. It includes the editorials, "Paregoric and the Congress of the United States," "'High Standards,'" "Assayed Drugs or Assayed Preparations," Occupations for Well Educated Pharmacists," "Professor Bastin--In Memoriam," "Think Twice," and "This Anti-Vivisection Rumpus." "Modern Methods of Testing Drugs," by Professor John M. Francis, "Notes on Indigo," by Norman S. Rudolf, and "Sketches," by Dan Van Den compose the original articles. The journal also contains the papers, "Changes in Crude Drugs," by Karl Dieterich, "Exempting Alcohol," by David A. Wells, "Practical Thoughts on Diet," by J. Hobart Eggbert, and "Micro-Organisms," by Gustaf Schack-Sommer. "Page #196," has been handwritten on the cover in pencil, referring to the page "Think Twice," and "This Anti-Vivisection Rumpus," appear.
- Date Issued:
- 1897-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
