Folk, historical, and patent medicine
Found in 55 Collections and/or Records:
Edgar Knapp Letters
This collection includes correspondence received by Edgar R. Knapp while he was a steward at the U.S. military hospital in Annapolis, Maryland. Sixteen letters from his brother at home in Michigan, one from his sister, and eighteen from hospital patients or their parents.
William J. Lacey Diary
The collection consists of the diary of William J. Lacey, a private with Company C, 11th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry. Entries in the diary are scattered and range from simple notes about the weather and letter writing to Lacey's experiences at First Manassas/Battle of Bull Run, and most date from 1861.
William A. Leonard Papers,
Manuscript Receipt/Remedy Book
The Manuscript Receipt/Remedy Book includes directions for desserts and savory dishes, as well as things like boot black, cast iron stove cleaner, and cures for dysentery and hydrophobia, among others.
Manuscript Recipe Book
The Manuscript Recipe Book is undated, possibly from the 19th century. It contains recipes and home remedies in both English and French. The back of the book contains an essay about the origin and meaning of Feudal law and government. The author is unknown.
Meade & Baker Apothecary Ledger
The collection contains an accounts ledger for a pharmaceutical firm in Richmond, Virginia, including customer names, addresses and itemized lists of purchases.
Medical Text
Manuscript text written by an unidentified late 18th- or early 19th-century physician, providing causes and symptoms of, and treatments for, various maladies.
William J. Moore Letters
The collection contains four letters written by Union American Civil War soldier William Moore, Private, Company E, 27th Kentucky Infantry. Letters primarily detail Moore's desire to return home and concerns over both his and his wife's health. An additional two letters by Capt. J.R. Robinson concern Moore's poor health and his subsequent death.
"Nye's Genuine Eye Water" Label
This item is a bottle label for Nye's Genuine Eye Water
, prepared by A. H. Nye of Emory, Virginia. The label states directions for proper use and storage of the product. Label also has a depiction of the product bottle on the left side of the paper.
Milton A. and Marion Osborn Manuscript Receipt Book and Household Library Catalog,
The collection consists of a hand-written receipt book and catalog of the household library, likely kept in the 1870s and 1880s. In addition, there are a few home remedies, some drawings and signatures (Willie Osborn), and what appear to be short journal entries.