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| Date: | 10 14 1919 |
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| Description: | Certificate of newly elected officers of the Till Institute, a patent medicine company in Town of Almeda, Turtle Lake, Wisconsin. John Till served as Presi... |
| Date: | 11 01 1924 |
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| Description: | A prescription for alcohol written out to Mrs. Anna Steinberg of Kenosha, Wisconsin to treat her bronchitis. |
| Date: | 04 27 1928 |
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| Description: | Four bottles of quack medicine taken for for William S. Marshall. |
| Date: | 1843 |
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| Description: | Drawn diagram of a head in profile with sections mapped for phrenological associations. Each numbered section is illustrated with an image representing the... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Poster including a cartoon illustration of Uncle Sam pouring medicine into a spoon for two bed-ridden patients, the "Wage Earner" and the "Wage Payer." The... |
| Date: | 12 1894 |
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| Description: | An illustrated article in Godey's Ladies Book regarding "triumph of surgery" to improve one's facial features. |
| Date: | 10 10 1907 |
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| Description: | First page of a letter from Milwaukee County District Attorney, Francis McGovern to Governor James O. Davidson regarding an investigation into fraudulent m... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Men and women seated on benches along both walls of Kenneth Crook's Uranium Tunnel in Lone Rock. Note the uranium pads visitors hold in their laps or on th... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Summary of actions taken by the State of Wisconsin against Wallace A. Reinhardt, Andrew Morgan, and Nathaniel C. Rogers in the District Court of Milwaukee.... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Woman on crutches entering the front office of the uranium tunnel to receive a uranium treatment. Several men sitting in front of the storefront on benches... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | William C. Klatt, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as a physician operating on a disembodied head. Darkroom manipulation was use... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Artesian Well near the intersection of Wisconsin and Minnesota (later renamed Wacouta) Streets. The following is printed on the back of ... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Artesian Well near the intersection of Wisconsin and Minnesota (later renamed Wacouta) Streets. The following is printed on the backside... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of the Artesian Well near the intersection of Wisconsin and Minnesota (later renamed Wacouta) Streets. The following is printed on the backside... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Excerpt from Governor Davidson's investigation into the Wisconsin Medical Institute and the practices of Wallace, Willis, and F.A.H. Reinhardt. The documen... |
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| Description: | Advertisement for Wine of the Woods and Balsam Drops, a purported cure for dyspepsia, constipation, and headaches marketed to women and sold by John L. Moo... |
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| Description: | Advertising card for Dr. Townsend & Sons of Wyocena, manufacturers of all kinds of fluid extracts, liniments, etc. |
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| Description: | Directions for using the vacuum cap, a device intended to stimulate hair growth. A drawing at the top shows a man with the cap on his head with the cap tur... |
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| Description: | Directions for use of Dr. Owen's Electric Belt and Spinal Appliance. There is a drawing of the device at the top of the page. |
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| Description: | Advertisement for William Wilson, Medical Electrician that features a Greek godlike figure wearing various electrical medical garments and holding a placar... |
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