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Medicine -- 19th century

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Subject Source: Local sources
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Bert Hansen collection of historical newspaper research

 Collection
Call Number: Ms Coll 72
Content Description:

The collection includes photocopies of articles with medical themes from historical newspapers created by Bert Hansen while conducting research for a publication on medical history and mass media. Topics include rabies (hydrophobia) and rabies vaccine; Louis Pasteur; diphtheria; smallpox; food safety; prevention of cruelty to animals; and various medical treatments. Most photocopies are from microfilm resources and have been annotated by Hansen.

Dates: 1880-1889
Found in: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Bert Hansen collection of historical newspaper research

Dr. Thomas Siveter papers

 Collection — Box 1
Call Number: Ms Coll 92
Scope and Contents:

The collection includes materials from Iowa physician Thomas Siveter (1800-1893), a prominent surgeon in Salem, Iowa from 1845-1893 and a founding member of the Iowa State Medical Society. The collection includes a patient logbook, advertisements for medications and medical products, correspondence, and a few items of ephemera.

Dates: circa 1880 - 1882
Found in: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Dr. Thomas Siveter papers

The Bert Hansen collection of medicine and public health in popular graphic art

 Collection
Call Number: Ms Coll 67
Abstract: The collection comprises material collected by medical historian Bert Hansen to document depictions of medicine and public health presented to the general population of the United States from the mid-19th through early 21st centuries. Contents of the collection were produced between 1850 and 2010 and include complete and partial issues of periodical publications, prints, posters, film publicity materials, product brochures and promotional materials, calendars, and photocopies of related...
Dates: 1850-2010
Found in: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The Bert Hansen collection of medicine and public health in popular graphic art

Verstille family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 522
Abstract: The principal figures in these papers are Peter Verstille of Wethersfield and Hartford, Connecticut, his wife Naomi Ridgway Verstille, their children and grandchildren. Most of the papers consist of correspondence, but also included are financial and legal papers, among them accounts of the estate of Peter Verstille and lists of house furnishings. The largest part of the correspondence is the exchange of letters between Nancy and Charlotte Verstille, grandaughters of Peter Verstille. Both...
Dates: 1754-1858
Found in: Manuscripts and Archives > Verstille family papers