Medical Historical Library

Ms Coll 67 - The Bert Hansen Collection of Medicine and Public Health in Popular Graphic Art

Bert Hansen CollectionThe Medical Historical Library announces the availability of Ms Coll 67 The Bert Hansen Collection of Medicine and Public Health in Popular Graphic Art, which includes over 1200 images and items produced between 1850 and 2010 with additional reference materials.
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We found a “hidden” compartment behind two removable panels on the back of this beautiful antique rosewood medicine chest! Purchased in Richmond, Virginia for Edward Clark Streeter in 1940, the front section is lined with a light colored velvet and opens to reveal a display of medicine bottles. In addition to amassing his superb collection of books and artifacts on weights and measures, Edward Streeter was also keenly interested in history of pharmacy, collecting antique furniture and medicines for display and study. Inside one of the hidden drawers was a postcard with information from the antique dealer selling the chest to Streeter. #streetercollection #medicinechest #edwardstreeter #antiquefurniture #historyofpharmacy #medhist #histmed #librariesofinstagram Since 1878, the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) has published Public Health Bulletins to disseminate new findings, inform the public and displace misinformation surrounding health issues. Today they are an important source of primary material for scholars of public health history. Part of a recent gift of materials from Bert Hansen, this bulletin from 1920 is a Health Almanac that covers a number of topics including the false promises of patent medicines and the means by which spit-borne diseases are spread. #healthalmanac #publichealth #publichealthservice #publichealthbulletin #1920 #governmentpublications #surgeongeneral #patentmedicine #spitbornediseases #spitum #infectiousdisease #histmed #medhist The exhibit, “Be careful…” a selection of safety posters from the Historical Medical Poster Collection, is currently on view at the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library. This circa 1960 poster by Roland Davies, United Kingdom, 1905-1993, was published by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents. #safety #posters #medicalposters #historicalposters #bicycles #exhibitions #bicyclesafety #medhist #histmed #librariesofinstagram