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Description:: Weight set. Circular carboard box with 6 weights inside; set contains the following weights: one 10 grain, one 5 grain, two 2 grain, one 1 grain, one 1/2 grain. Includes manufacturer markings: "ONE SET -- SQUARE ALUMINUM -- GRAIN WEIGHTS -- HENRY TROEMNER -- MAKER." This weight set is part of a collection of pharmaceutical teaching weight sets.
Contributor:: The Henry Troemner Company (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Created:: 1850 - 1900?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 3
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Description:: Apothecary jar. Cylindrical white porcelain jar with gold decoration and black lettering; decoration includes framing wreaths of wheat, leaves and ribbon, the bowl of Hygeia flanked by laurel sprigs, the serpent of Epidaurus on the staff of Aesculapius, and two gold stars; lid is circular with concave sides and is capped with a gold-painted roun...
Contributor:: Gosse à Paris (Paris, France)
Created:: 1850 - 1900?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 9
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Description:: Cartographic Details: Scale approximately 1:31,700,000. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Greenwich and Ferro. Shows colonial possessions. Includes index to British East India Company presidencies. Includes list of mountain elevations in Himalayas."Stieler's Schul-Atlas No. XVIIb"--Top right.
Creator:: Stieler, Adolf, 1775-1836; Justus Perthes (Firm : Gotha, Germany)
Created:: 1850 - 1859
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library.
Last Updated:: 2018-01-18

Creator:: Parlby, Fanny Parkes
Created:: 1850
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-16

Creator:: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co
Created:: 1850
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library.
Last Updated:: 2022-01-06

Creator:: Parlby, Fanny Parkes
Created:: 1850
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Ames Library of South Asia.
Last Updated:: 2017-11-16

Contributor:: Mitchell, S. Augustus (Samuel Augustus), 1792-1868
Created:: 1850
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, John R. Borchert Map Library.
Last Updated:: 2022-05-03

Description:: Tourniquet. Woven strap with cream, orange, brown, and blue stripes threaded through two large brass buckles stacked on top of each other; large winged screw is threaded through the top buckle; smaller brass buckle with two brass spikes is attached to one end of the woven strap; a stuffed leather pad is sewn to the same end of the strap as the b...
Creator:: Petit, Jean-Louis, 1674-1750
Created:: 1850 - 1920?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 5
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Description:: Tourniquet. Woven strap with red and cream threads in herringbone pattern threaded through two large brass buckles stacked on top of each other; large winged screw is threaded through the top buckle; two metal pins are threaded through both top and bottom buckle; smaller brass buckle is attached to one end of the woven strap; a curved red leathe...
Creator:: Petit, Jean-Louis, 1674-1750
Created:: 1850 - 1920?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 8
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14

Pharmacy bottle

Description:: Pharmacy bottle. Cylindrical clear glass pharmacy bottle with a wide cylindrical neck and a glass stopper with a disc-shaped head; bottle has no label; hand-blown glass with visible pontil mark on bottom of jar.
Created:: 1850 - 1900?
Contributed By:: University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Page Count:: 4
Last Updated:: 2025-03-14