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A Part of the Gardens, Home for Incurables
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Description
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Black-and-white postcard showing part of the garden at the Home for Incurables in the Bronx; some of the hospital building can be seen on the left-hand side. | Card not posted. | Handwritten note on back regarding the garden.
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Subjects (LC)
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Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Bronx County, Home for Incurables, St. Barnabas Hospital for Chronic Diseases, Garden walks, Gardens, Flowers, Incurables
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nycbx_029
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Geographic Subject
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Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
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A Telling of Wonders: Teratology in Western Medicine through 1800
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Description
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This exhibit examines the evolution of teratology (i.e. the study of perceived abnormalities in the natural world, both real and imagined) through the eyes of physicians and philosophers. How have they considered and how have they intertwined different interpretations in their representations and explanations of wonders from Antiquity to the end of the 18th century?
This richly illustrated exhibit includes pamphlets, rare broadsides, and significant books in the history of teratology drawn from the extensive collections of The New York Academy of Medicine Library.
Caroline Duroselle-Melish, Reference Librarian, Historical Collections, conceived, researched, and developed “A Telling of Wonders: Teratology in Western Medicine through 1800” physical exhibit. Open and free to the public, the exhibit was on display from November 1, 1999 to February 15, 2000 at the New York Academy of Medicine Library. Shortly after, the current online exhibit was created based on the physical exhibit.
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A Typical Ward, U.S. Army Hospital No. 1
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Black-and-white postcard of an interior view of a ward for convalescent soldiers at U.S. Army Hospital No. 1 in the Bronx. Soldiers in uniform or robes are seen, both in and out of bed, using wheelchairs, crutches, or in traction. An orderly or nurse is barely visible in the background. | Card not posted.
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Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Bronx County, United States -- Army -- General Hospital No. 1, Military hospitals, Soldiers, War casualties, United States -- Army, Hospital wards, Wheelchairs, Beds, Uniforms, Crutches, Orthopedic traction, World War, 1914-1918
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nycbx_077
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Geographic Subject
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Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
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A collection of choise receipts : manuscript, circa 1680-1700
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Description
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Late 17th-centrury English manuscript divided into two parts: "A Collection of Choise Receipts" and "A Book of Physical Receipts." The first part of the manuscript contains approximately 390 recipes on 254 numbered pages. Of the recipes in the first part approximately 204 are culinary and approximately 175 are for medicines, perfumes, sweet bags, cosmetics, and household cleaners. A large portion of the culinary recipes concern banqueting, particularly fruit preserving; wines, liqueurs, non-medicinal waters, and syrups; and cakes and biscuits. Dinner and supper recipes, such as puddings, meat, poultry, and fish, are also well represented. The second part contains approximately 781 medicinal recipes on 214 numbered pages. Various diseases and conditions such as ague, bleeding, consumption, colic, dropsy, fits, fever, plague, pox, and stone are mentioned. Both parts are followed by indexes. The entire manuscript is written in one very legible hand, possibly that of a professional scribe. The characters "J H" appear frequently in the first part of the manuscript. Many of the recipes are attributed, some to nobility.
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Cooking, English -- Early works to 1800, Medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions -- Early works to 1800, Traditional medicine -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions, Manuscripts, English -- 17th century
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Aerial View of New York Hospital
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Black-and-white postcard with an aerial view of New York Hospital in Manhattan, the East River, and surrounding buildings. Printed at bottom of front (surrounding postcard title): "No. 229. Arnold and Kellogg." | Postcard sent with one-cent George Washington stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Esther to Miss Addie Brown of Washington, D.C., saying she had a blood test at the hospital last Tuesday and will be home Saturday night.
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Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- New York County, New York Hospital, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, East River (N.Y.), Blood -- Analysis
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nycm_333
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Geographic Subject
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Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
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Aerial View, Sea View Hospital
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Color postcard of an aerial view of Seaview Hospital in Staten Island showing the sanitarium complex including eight ward buildings and a large central building, as well as gardens, lawns, trees, and shrubs. | Postcard sent with two-cent John Adams stamp. | Handwritten message on back from Frank to Mr. and Mrs. James Moffitt in Mechanicsburg, Pa., thanking them for their two letters and saying how they are all well except for Mary.
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Hospitals, Hospital buildings, Hospitals – New York (State) -- Richmond County, Seaview Hospital and Home, Sea View Hospital Rehabilitation Center and Home, Gardens, Trees, Shrubs, Sanatoriums, Tuberculosis -- Hospitals, Lawns
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nycsi_028
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Geographic Subject
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Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
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Ager's Dry Hop Yeast Is the Best in Use
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Description
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Trade card advertising Ager's Dry Hop Yeast, featuring an image of three figures: a boy, a woman, and a man in a top hat. They are in front of a high stone wall in the snow. The boy carries boots and the man carries an umbrella. The picture is tinted green.
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Boots, Boys, Boys' Clothing, Children, Clothing And Dress, Coats, Hats, Men, Men's Clothing, Snow, Stone Walls, Umbrellas, Winter, Women, Women's Clothing, Yeast
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ID
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WH105
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Collection
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William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards
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