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- Title
- Apicius [De re culinaria Libri I-IX]
- Description
- This manuscript contains 500 Greek and Roman recipes from the fourth and fifth century, both culinary and medical, reflecting the polyglot culture of the Mediterranean basin. Sometimes referred to as the oldest extant cookbook in the West, the manuscript is divided into ten books. It is likely that the Apicius began as a Greek collection, mainly written in Latin, and adapted for a Roman palate. The collection is likely compiled from many sources, as no evidence exists that Apicius (a Roman gourmet in 1st century AD), authored a book of cookery. Our manuscript was penned in several hands in a mix of Anglo-Saxon and Carolingian scripts at the monastery at Fulda (Germany) around 830 AD. It is one of two manuscripts (the other at the Vatican) presumed to have been copied from a now lost common source. The Apicius manuscript is the gem of the Academy’s Margaret Barclay Wilson Collection of cookery, acquired in 1929.
- Subjects (LC)
- Cookbooks, Cooking, Latin peoples, Cooking, Mediterranean, Cooking, Roman, Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Medicine
- Title
- Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid, Cures All Diseases of the Stomach Liver & Blood
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid and Bellanodyne featuring a sign that reads: "Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid, cures all diseases of the stomach, liver, & blood. Small doses, prompt effect." The sign has a bouquet of flowers inserted in it. In the foreground is a body of water with two frogs and three ducks. The back is obscured, but lists the ailments the Liveraid cures and mentions a pain-relieving plaster called Bellanodyne.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Biliary Tract-Diseases, Constipation, Headache, Indigestion, Malaria, Rheumatism
- Subjects (LC)
- Acquatic Animals, Advertising—Medicine, Amphibians, Animals, Ducks, Flowers, Frogs, Grasslands, Nature, Trees, Water, Water Lilies
- ID
- WH270
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Nearly 50 Years the Favorite: Piso's Cure a Medicine for Coughs Colds Etc.
- Description
- Trade card advertising Piso's Cure featuring a scene of two men constructing or deconstructing a wooden dock on the Allegheny River. A red-wheeled wheelbarrow on the bank holds wooden planks. There is an island in river that has a red-and-white house. There are forested hills on the farther shorelines. The back is a blank template for a postcard.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Cold (Disease), Cough
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Carpenters, Carts And Carriages, Hats, Housing, Islands, Marshes, Nature, Trees, Water, Woodworkers
- ID
- WH329
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- If You would have a darling Ride, Try the Catville Toboggan Slide
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil featuring a cat on a toboggan. It has a red blanket over the bottom half of its body and is reaching for its kittens who seemingly fell off the ride. A crescent moon and stars are in the sky. The back lists the ailments the Oil can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Backache, Burns And Scalds, Cold (Disease), Cough, Deafness, Earache, Hoarseness, Throat—Diseases, Toothache
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Blankets, Cats, Moon, Nature, Sleds, Snow, Toboggans, Trees
- ID
- WH365
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Dr. White's Celebrated Cough Drops [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. White's Cough Drops featuring a sailboat in a body of water at sunset. To the left is a a rocky outcrop with a lighthouse. At the top of the card are a bunch of pansies. The back lists the ailments the Cough Drops can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Cold (Disease), Cough, Hoarseness
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Boats And Boating, Flowers, Lighthouses, Nature, Ocean, Pansies, Rocks, Sailboats, Sunset Phenomena, Water
- ID
- WH379
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid, Cures All Diseases of the Stomach Liver & Blood
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid and Bellanodyne featuring a sign that reads: "Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid, cures all diseases of the stomach, liver, & blood. Small doses, prompt effect." The sign has a bouquet of flowers inserted in it. In the foreground is a body of water with two frogs and three ducks. The back lists the ailments the Liveraid cures and mentions a pain-relieving plaster called Bellanodyne.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Biliary Tract-Diseases, Constipation, Headache, Indigestion, Malaria, Rheumatism
- Subjects (LC)
- Acquatic Animals, Advertising—Medicine, Amphibians, Animals, Ducks, Flowers, Frogs, Grasslands, Nature, Trees, Water, Water Lilies
- ID
- WH269
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Wheat Bitters
- Description
- Trade card advertising What Bitters featuring an image of a naked angel driving a cart with a large bottle of Wheat Bitters on it. The cart is pulled by two dogs, and two more naked angels run behind it. The back lists the curative properties of Wheat Bitters.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Biliary Tract—Diseases, Constipation, Delirium Tremens, Fever, Indigestion, Jaundice, Malaria, Neuralgia, Paralysis
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Angels, Animals, Bottles, Carriages And Carts, Cherubs, Dogs, Folklore, Grasslands, Mythology, Stone Walls, Trees
- ID
- WH196
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Dr. White's Celebrated Cough Drops [from verso]
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. White's Cough Drops featuring a group of four people in a row boat rowing towards a sailboat. In the background is another sailboat and a cloudy sky. At the top of the card is a bunch of orange and pink flowers. The back lists the ailments the Cough Drops can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Cold (Disease), Cough, Hoarseness
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Boats And Boating, Clouds, Flowers, Nature, Ocean, Sailboats, Water, Water Waves
- ID
- WH378
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
- Description
- Trade card advertising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Lydia E. Pinkham's Liver Pills, Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood Purifier, and Lydia E. Pinkham's Sanative Wash featuring an image of a fisherman in a wooden boat on a body of water. In the background there is a large house with a smoking chimney, a bridge, a mountain, and some greenery. The image is framed by sprigs of pink flowers. The back lists the benefits of the items advertised.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Backache, Depression, Headache, Indigestion, Insomnia, Neurasthenia, Peptic Ulcer, Tumors
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Bridges, Chimneys, Fishing, Flowers, Hats, Mountains, Nature, Smoke Plumes, Trees, Water, Water And Architecture
- ID
- WH187
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Dr. White's Cough Drops Are the Best
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. White's Cough Drops featuring a yellow rose and berries on the left and a circular image of a snowy landscape on the right. Within the image are a small house, a fence, some rocks, and some snow-covered trees. The back lists the ailments the Cough Drops can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Cold (Disease), Cough, Hoarseness
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Berries, Flowers, Housing, Leaves, Nature, Rocks, Snow, Trees, Wooden Fences
- ID
- WH380
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Aristotle’s Masterpiece, Or The Secrets of Generation displayed in all the parts thereof
- Description
- Published initially in 1684 and popular in both America and England for over two hundred years, this became the most widely reprinted medical book in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The contributions of the Masterpiece were not particularly scientific, but drew largely from Hippocrates, and Galen, as well as other classical and medieval writers. The source material came from two earlier books: Levinus Lemnius’s Secret Miracles of Nature, originally published in Latin in 1599, and The Complete Midwives Practice Enlarged (author unknown). Chapter headings include sections titled, “The Signs of Barrenness” “The Way of getting to a Boy or a Girl,” “How a Midwife Ought to be Qualified” and “A Word of Advice to both Sexes in the Act of Copulation.” The information this title offered on conception, pregnancy, and childbirth wasn’t particularly innovative; many seventeenth century discoveries in gynecology are absent from the text and replaced by Hippocratic pathology, or by superstition. The “Aristotle” of the title was pseudonymous, and likely evoked by the book’s author to give the tome scientific credibility. The book’s true author is unknown, though Culpepper and William Salmon, an English physician and author, are sometimes credited.
- Subjects (LC)
- Abnormalities, Human, Conception, Early works to 1800, Gynecology, Medicine, Midwifery, Obstetrics, Reproduction, Sex instruction, Sexual behavior
- Title
- Headache Cured. Dr. Mettaur's Headache Pills, a Certain Relief
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. Mettaur's Headache Pills featuring a baby sleeping in a basket and a dog sitting erect in a chair next to it. By the end of the basket are various dishes and a jug. There is a rag of some sort by the foot of the chair draped over these items. The back lists the ailments Dr. Mettaur's Headache Pills can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Biliary Tract—Diseases, Constipation, Headache
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Blankets, Chairs, Children, Dogs, Domestic Space, Infants, Pitchers, Sleep, Sleep Positions
- ID
- WH304
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Kendall's Spavin Cure
- Description
- Trade card advertising Kendall's Spavin Cure featuring a donkey braying at a well-dressed man. A fence separates the two, on top of which there is a young boy sitting. They are surrounded by a field of grass with trees and birds in the background. The back features testimony from satisfied customers.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Bad Breath, Bruises, Bunion, Burns And Scalds, Frostbite, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Thrush (Mouth Disease), Wounds And Injuries
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Birds, Children, Donkeys, Dress And Clothing, Eyeglasses, Grasslands, Men, Men's Hats, Nature, Neckties, Trees
- ID
- WH168
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
- Description
- Trade card advertising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Lydia E. Pinkham's Liver Pills, Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood Purifier, and Lydia E. Pinkham's Sanative Wash featuring a square image of a sailboat and a steamboat. There is a crescent moon in the sky to to the left. The square image is framed by overlaid reeds, grasses, and a white flower. The back describes the ailments the items can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Constipation, Depression, Headache, Indigestion, Insomnia, Neurasthenia
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Boats And Boating, Flowers, Nature, Ocean, Rocks, Sailboats, Steamboats, Water
- ID
- WH326
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Des aller furtrefflichsten, hoechsten und adelichsten Gschoepffs aller Creaturen
- Description
- Walther Hermann Ryff was a surgeon employed in Strassburg in the early 16th Century. One of the highlights of this text are the 42 hand-colored woodcuts in the text, compiled from a number of Renaissance sources. Depicted in the counterfeit style, the illustrations in this book would have implied eye witness knowledge and discovery. In this way, Ryff’s book asserted itself as a credible description of anatomy (though its illustrations were far from anatomically accurate). The text of this book relied on lectures in anatomy and physiology, compounded from other sources. His audience was the ‘gemeine,’ or common man, and its composition in German, rather than Latin, ensured it would have a wider audience. In this way, Ryff’s book would have been indispensable to new readers as a compilation of Renaissance knowledge about the body. The book also offers evidence about early printing history. The wood-blocks for this edition were reused for a set of broadsides before they were passed to a Parisian printer for new editions of Ryff’s work, and for a popular work on surgery. This illustrated the practice of passing wood-blocks from publisher to publisher, and shows how work published in one city continued to be published and disseminated in others
- Subjects (LC)
- Anatomy, Anthropometry, Early works to 1800, Medical illustration, Medicine, Printing—History, Proportion (Art), Renaissance, Wood-engraving
- Title
- Sapanule: Cures Neuralgia, Diptheria, Rheumatism &c.
- Description
- Trade card advertising Sapanule featuring a scene reminiscent of classical Chinese art. On the right side is a traditionally-dressed man with walking sticks and wooden sandals. In the left, bottom corner is a traditional Chinese fan. Beyond the man's head is a tree with creepy branches and scarce leaves. The back lists the ailments Sapanule can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Diphtheria, Eczema, Erysipelas, Neuralgia, Pneumonia, Rheumatism, Salt Rheum
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, China, Clothing And Dress—Chinese Influences, Clouds, Ethnic Costume, Fans, Grasslands, Nature, Trees
- ID
- WH345
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Horsfords Acid Phosphate for Mental & Physical Exhaustion, Dyspepsia, &c.
- Description
- Trade card advertising Horsford's Acid Phosphate featuring a young girl looking desolately out into the distance. She is wearing a white garment and a white bonnet with a dark pink bow. She is resting her chin on her crossed forearms. Below her arms is text that reads "Our Pet." To the left is a compendium of flowers. The back lists the ailments Horsford's Acid Phospate cures.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Fatigue, Headache, Hysteria, Indigestion, Tuberculosis
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Baby Bonnets, Bows, Children, Children's Clothing, Dress And Clothing, Flowers, Portraits, Ribbons
- ID
- WH156
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Friendship is constant in all other things, save in the office and affairs of love ...
- Description
- Trade card advertising Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, Dr. Jayne's Liniment, Dr. Jayne's Sanative Pills, and Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge featuring a young girl leaning on a sign and a young boy who is seemingly courting her with a bunch of grapes. He is holding a blue box or book and is wearing an ornate hat with a long feather in it. She is wearing a flowing dress. Behind them is a tree with foliage. The back lists the ailments the advertised medicines cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthma, Bronchitis, Cold (Disease), Cough, Helminths, Indigestion, Pleurisy, Throat—Diseases, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Children, Children's Hats, Costume, Feathers, Gifts, Hats, Leaves, Trees
- ID
- WH286
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
- Description
- Trade card advertising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, Lydia E. Pinkham's Liver Pills, Lydia E. Pinkham's Blood Purifier, and Lydia E. Pinkham's Sanative Wash featuring a coastal landscape of a house whose chimney is letting out smoke in the distance. A body of water is in the foreground, and there is a group of trees on the left-hand side. The image is framed by branches and pink and white blossoms. The back lists the benefits of the items advertised.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Asthenia, Backache, Depression, Headache, Indigestion, Insomnia, Neurasthenia, Peptic Ulcer, Tumors
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Chimneys, Flowers, Nature, Smoke Plumes, Trees, Water, Water And Architecture
- ID
- WH186
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
- Title
- Greens August Flower. Boschee's German Syrup
- Description
- Trade card advertising Boschee's German Syrup and Green's August Flower featuring a landscape filled with men driving horse-drawn carriages; two bridges, one of which has a train going over it; and infrastructure in the background. The landscape is filled with rocks, fields, and trees. The back lists the ailments Boschee's German Syrup can cure.
- Conditions Cured (LC)
- Bronchitis, Cold (Disease), Indigestion, Pneumonia, Tuberculosis
- Subjects (LC)
- Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Bridges, Carriages And Carts, Horses, Nature, Railroad Trains, Rocks, Smoke Plumes, Trails, Trees
- ID
- WH229
- Collection
- William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards