Medicine, Popular
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Comic book collection on medical themes
Collection
Call Number: Pam Coll 7
Overview:
The main body of this collection consists of issues of comic books from the 1940s containing "true" stories of medical heroism and biomedical progress. There are a smaller number of later comics containing history of medicine stories; comics with a public health message; comics advertising a "health" product, and some reference sources on comic books.
Dates:
1941-2013
Patent medicine almanacs
Collection
Call Number: Pam Coll 3
Overview:
The collection contains almanacs issued annually by American and a few Canadian companies to promote the sale of their proprietary remedies. Of special note is a complete collection of Hostetter's Almanac from 1867 through 1910.
Dates:
1843-1966