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Title
Medical
Kit
Saddlebags
Subject
Science and Technology
Plants and Animals
Daily Life
Physicians
Medicines
Place
Kinsman (Ohio)
Trumbull County (Ohio)
Description
This
medical
kit
and
saddlebags
belonged
to
Dr
.
Peter
Allen
(1787-1864)
,
whose
practiced
covered
twelve
townships
in
northeastern
Ohio
and
western
Pennsylvania
. In the
nineteenth
century
,
doctors
in
Ohio
faced
long
miles
on
horseback
as they
made
the
rounds
visiting
patients
. On these
trips
Allen
brought
essential
medications
,
carried
in his
saddlebags
,
which
measure
9.25
" by
11.41
" by
6.69
"
(23.5
by
29
x
17
cm)
.
Some
of the
medicines
Allen
carried
with him were
senna
,
rhubarb
, and
calomel
.
Quinine
was
ready
for
malaria
and
other
fevers
.
Serpentaria
,
iron
pyrophosphate
,
iron
, and
ammonium
citrate
were
used
as
tonics
and
blood
purifiers
, and
valerian
as a
nerve
vitalizer
. A
distinctive
bottle
,
unmarked
and with
well-worn
cork
,
contained
morphine
,
suggesting
frequent
use
in the
days
of
no
anesthetics
.
Digitalis
leaves
were
prescribed
for
heart
trouble
. In
one
package
was a
mixture
of
senega
,
Irish
moss
, and
sarsaparilla
to
which
he
may
have
added
from the
packet
of
squills
or from the
morphine
bottle
to
provide
a
cough
remedy
.
Date of Original
1808
-
1864
circa
Source
Historical object(s) or artifact(s)
Submitting Institution
Dittrick Medical History Center
Rights
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Type
StillImage
File Name
Om747_1018494_001.tif
Image Height
1364
Image Width
1959
File Size
582.347 KB
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