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Science and Medicine collection, 1702-1936
Approximately 0.75 linear feet
The Science and Medicine collection consists of miscellaneous items that document various aspects of science and medicine in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries.
The Science and Medicine collection contains miscellaneous items that document various aspects of science and medicine in the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries. Fields covered include anatomy, astrology, astronomy, botany, dentistry, geography, medicine, paleontology, physics, and physiology.
Discussed are:
- Agriculture, plants, and seeds
- Communication and travel
- Collecting specimens for natural history museums
- Epidemics (influenza, cholera, yellow fever)
- Higher education and honorary degrees
- Inoculations
- Land surveying
- Mathematics and navigation
- Medical techniques and treatments for diseases, wounds, and afflictions
- Medicinal recipes
- Mental health
- Quackery
- Scientific and medical texts and lectures
- Technological developments and experiments in machinery, and architectural projects
- Venereal diseases
Below are some highlights from the collection:
- April 19, 1788: Description of riot set off by alleged body snatching by medical students in New York
- August 31, 1792: Order for an inoculation
- June 30, 1796: Request to Charles Wilson Peale from members of a Paris museum to exchange specimens, including mastodon and opossums
- January 15, 1826: Thomas Nuttall to a bookseller named Mr. Brown concerning 10 boxes of natural history specimens he is sending from Oahu, Hawaii
- August 7, 1832: Account of the course and spread of Cholera in Albany, and fears that southern slaves will suffer the most from Cholera
- September 13, 1833: Description of bright flashing lights appearing in the sky
- August 24, 1835: Recommendation of a physician of the 'new school' of medicine who does not utilize bleeding, blistering, or calomelization (mercury cure)
- December 15, 1840: Description of eye surgery performed on a patient at the Medical College of Geneva, New York
- January 12, 1842: Discussion of constructing a microscope to view bacillaria
- May 8, 1844: Astrological reading that predicts the recipient will marry a man from the north with light brown hair
- September 19, 1848: Rules and customs of telegraphing
- [1895]: Request for a list of names of locals with eye problems on letterhead for Narcissa Waterman, Eye Doctress
1722 July 2 . J[ames] Jurin ALS to Paul Dudley; London, [England].
1 page
Box 1
Regarding Thomas More's visit to America in "pursuit of Natural History…upon a subscription of several Gentlemen of the Royal Society." Notes Moore is purported to be "excellently well qualified for this undertaking" and has "the greatest Recommendation." Jurin requests Paul Dudley's "protection and assistance" during Thomas More's planned visit.
1722 [post] . Stephanus Adam AMsS; s.l.
41 pages
Box 1
"Observations Critiques d’un Botaniste habitant des Isles Occidentales de l’amerique, sur les plantes decrites par le R. P. Labat Dominicain, dans les six tomes de son voyage aux Isles." Botanical observations and critiques relating to Jean Baptiste Labat's Nouveau Voyage aux Isles de l'Amerique. In French, no translation.
1737 June 1 . Bejamin Doolittle ALS to Daniel Henchman; Northfield.
1 page
Box 1
Sending an account of “the Distemper” at Northfield, possibly a epidemic of small pox. Eleven children died. Doolittle recounts the speech of a nine-year-old girl “about heavenly & spiritual things," and a five-year-old boy who "Discoursed Considerably of ye things of Another world."
1744 January 5 . Philip Vincent ALS to James Johnstoune; Berkeley Square, [London, England?].
1 page
Box 1
Describes the improved conditions of an ailing friend and the actions taken to better his care and hopes for his recovery in the future.
1747 August 22 . James Gordon ALS to Bonham; s.l.
4 pages
Box 1
Request for seeds and seedlings from Carolina and Virginia. Includes a receipt of botanical specimens received.
1750 October 26-1751 January 29 . James Gordon DS to Bonham; s.l.
2 pages
Box 1
Receipt of botanical specimens received.
1751 April 13 . Tho[mas] Hutchinson ALS to Colonel Hale; Boston, [Massachusetts].
1 page
Box 1
Regarding a Mr. Merrick be appointed coroner; with postscript dated April 15, 1751, about Stanly who has buried his son and has an ill crewmate. Reference to "no report on the L. B. Affair."