Dr. D.L. Small, D.D.S. is shown in his dental office in downtown Princeton. He was the first registered dentist in the county, and also the first resident dentist.
This report is a summary of statistical and financial data for the Associated Charities of Minneapolis. The organization supplied impoverished families and single people with groceries, coal, rent money, transportation and medicine. Demands for emergency assistance increased greatly in the last year, from 1766 in the previous year to 2921. The Friendly Visitors program made 1381 total visits, 350 families were served.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Image includes two, two horse drawn vehicles and man standing beside bicycle. Mr. Orr near bicycle; Mr. McFadden (hospital farmer); Bert Hoxie and Laura Titus in wagon. Mr. Titus and nursing staff in carriage.
The report contains the articles of incorporation and lists the names of Asbury Hospital officers, directors, the executive committee, medical faculty, and dispensary staff. It Contains reports from the superintendent, the assistant superintendent, the superintendent of nurses, and the treasurer. The medical statistical report lists diseases treated and surgical operations. The general statistics includes the number of patients admitted, patients' religious denominations, occupations, residences, and nationalities. The names of contributors to Asbury Hospital are given. Includes rules and regulations for nurses, patients, and visitors. A list of senior and junior nursing lecture titles is included.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Annual report of statistical and financial data delivered by the Northwest Hospital Association: Treasurer, Secretary, President, and Physicians. Eight new graduates of the Nurses' Training Program were presented. Spring Lecture Courses were listed. An Orthopedic Department was added due to the number of cases involving deformities, and was overseen by Dr. James E. Moore, professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the University of Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
In addition to its usual coordination of Minneapolis charitable work, Associated Charities formed a fire relief committee to aid citizens affected by the east side lumber district fire. The families rendered homeless by the fire were provided with food and shelter. Please see pages 37-44 for more information.
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Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The report contains the articles of incorporation and lists the names of Asbury Hospital officers, directors, the executive committee, medical faculty, and dispensary staff. A reading on the origin and growth of the hospital and deaconess home introduces the report. It contains reports from the superintendent, the matron, the superintending nurse, and the treasurer. The medical statistical report lists diseases treated and surgical operations. The general statistics includes the number of patients admitted, patients' religious denominations, occupations, residences, and nationalities. The names of contributors to Asbury Hospital are given. Includes rules and regulations for nurses, patients, and visitors. A list of senior and junior nursing lecture titles is included.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Annual report of statistical and financial data delivered by the Northwest Hospital Association: Treasurer, Secretary, President, and Physicians.Two new graduates of the Nurses' Training Program were presented. Sixty applications were received for the Nurses' Training Program and 7 were accepted. Spring Lecture Courses were listed. An increase in patients is primarily in obstetrical and surgical work.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Associated Charities was designed to be a central bureau of all the charitable efforts in Minneapolis. It furnished temporary work through its employment bureau. An Emergency fund was set up to provide immediate relief to urgent cases. There was a system of tickets for lodging and restaurants that was always honored by the local establishments to aid applicants. Friendly visitors were lined up to check in on families and used clothing was distributed to the poor.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The interior of Dr. Charles T. Granger's doctor's office is crowded with books, medical equipment and bottles of medicines. Dr. Granger's office was located over the Qvale Drug Store at 227 South Broadway.
The interior of Dr. Charles T. Granger's doctor's office is crowded with medical equipment. On the left is a large stove and hanging on the wall is a bird cage. Dr. Granger's office was located over the Qvale Drug Store at 227 South Broadway.
The interior of Dr. Charles T. Granger's doctor's office is crowded with various medical equipment. Dr. Granger's office was located over the Qvale Drug Store at 227 South Broadway.
The interior of Dr. Charles T. Granger's doctor's office is crowded with books, medical equipment and bottles of medicines. A microscope under a glass dome is on the table by the window. Dr. Granger's office was located over the Qvale Drug Store at 227 South Broadway.
Annual report of statistical and financial data delivered by the Northwest Hospital Association: Treasurer, Secretary, President, and Physicians. Two new graduates of the Nurses' Training Program were presented. Notice to the public is given stating that several "unprincipled persons" had entered the nursing field stating they were graduates of the Northwestern Hospital Nurses' program; therefore, a complete list of graduates was presented.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Associated Charities was designed to be a central bureau of all the charitable efforts in Minneapolis. It furnished temporary work through its employment bureau. An Emergency fund was set up to provide immediate relief to urgent cases. There was a system of tickets for lodging and restaurants that was always honored by the local establishments to aid applicants.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
By 1889 the increased patient rate at St. Benedict's Hospital forced the sisters to look for larger quarters. John Coates and Daniel H. Freeman offered the sisters a five-acre site on the east side of the Mississippi River near the reformatory. The following year, because they were assured that a bridge, road, and even a streetcar line would connect that site with St. Cloud proper, the sisters built a three-story, up-to-date hospital there. Upon Bishop Otto Zardetti's request, it was named St. Raphael's Hospital. For ten years they labored against odds to make this venture a success in spite of the fact that the transportation facilities never materialized. When it became obvious that the site was unsatisfactory, the sisters planned to build another St. Raphael's Hospital (II), this time back on Ninth Avenue next to the site of their first hospital, St. Benedict's Hosptial (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives, McDonald, pages 256-257).
Carson Pharmacy in Detroit, Minnesota (became Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, in 1926). Dave Carson is standing outside his store which was located on the northeast corner of Washington Avenue and Front Street.
Annual report of statistical and financial data delivered by the Northwestern Hospital Association: Treasurer, Secretary, President, and Physicians. Eight new graduates of the Nurses' Training Program were presented. The length of Nurses' Training Program extended to two years. The report includes first report of the Committee on Religious Services which maintained Sunday services at the Hospital.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Associated Charities was designed to be a central bureau of all the charitable efforts in Minneapolis. It furnished temporary work through its employment bureau. An emergency fund was set up to provide immediate relief to urgent cases. There was a system of tickets for lodging and restaurants that was always honored by the local establishments to aid applicants.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The Cook Block was built by John Ramsey Cook in 1877. Because of the confusion with the Cook Hotel building, which he built in 1869, he renamed the Cook Block the Ramsey Block (for his mother). This building was located at 20 Second Street SW (formerly Zumbro Street). C. F. Massey Company later moved to this location. In 1883, Dr. William Worrall Mayo rented the first floor for his offices, consulting and operating room. The laboratories were on the second floor. Dr. W. W. Mayo and his two sons, Dr. William J. Mayo and Dr. Charles H. Mayo, operated their medical practice in this building until 1901. This building is the earliest location of what would later become the Mayo Clinic.
The interns' dining room at The Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis. A serving girl is posed behind one of the chairs. There is a silver bell at the head of the table to allow the diners to ring for service during the meal. The profusion of candles on the sideboard indicates that the interns were not frequently allowed to use the gas chandelier hanging above the table.
Street view of the B Building at The Swedish Hospital in Minneapolis. The photograph was taken from the present corner of Eighth Street and Tenth Avenue. Modern Elliot Park is still Elliot Farm. The barb wire fence at the edge of the farm's pasture is visible in the photograph.
People with horses and buggies are seen in the foreground of the Rochester State Hospital in this exterior photo. The hospital, also known as the Second Hospital for the Insane, opened in 1879.
A portrait photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Schmidt, Otelia and Henry. Henry Schmidt became a doctor at Westbrook. Westbrook Schmidt Memorial Hospital was named after Henry Schmidt.
Annual report of statistical and financial data delivered by the Northwest Hospital Association: Treasurer, Secretary, President, and Physicians. Twelve new graduates of the Nurses' Training Program were presented. Includes first report of the Hospital Library Committee.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Summary of statistical and financial data for the Associated Charities of Minneapolis. The organization supplied impoverished families and single people with groceries, coal, rent money, transportation and medicine. There was also an employment bureau department that provided odd jobs to applicants. Forty-seven percent of the applicants could not read or write and the majority of the applicants were single men (51.6%) or married couples (30.9%).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
The report lists the names of Maternity Hospital officers, directors, medical staff, and committee members. The report includes the president's address, the Maternity Hospital medical report, the treasurer's report of lien and general Fund, the house treasurer's report, the report of finance committee, the articles of incorporation of the Maternity Hospital, and contributions to Maternity Hospital.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Several patients are recuperating in the 10-bed ward at Saint Marys Hospital. A large spittoon is located in the center of the room surrounded by beds and wooden dressers. A crucifix and religious paintings are hung on the wall. The two nurses are Sister Joseph Dempsey and Sister Constantine Poutal.
Annual report of statistical and financial data delivered by the Northwest Hospital Association: Treasurer, Secretary, President, and Physicians. Two new graduates of the Nurses' Training School were presented. Typhoid fever continued to be the primary cause of admittance.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
As early as 1878 while prospecting for a site to establish a college for men in the Dakota Territory, Abbot Alexius Edelbrock, OSB, became aware of the need for a hospital in the still undeveloped area of Mandan and Bismarck. In 1885 he bought the Lamborn Hotel in Bismarck and succeeded in interesting Mother Scholastica Kerst in converting it to a hospital. It was a challenge to change the settlers' prejudice against hospitals as institutions for the wayward and shiftless. However, after five years and with the expertise of Dr. E. pageQuaine in surgery and Sister Boniface Timmers, OSB, in administration, the hospital gained favor and grew from a primitive institution to one of the finest hospitals in the land. With the help of a donation from St. John's Abbey, the Benedictine sisters were able to repay the abbey for the debt incurred by the original purchase and they named the hospital St. Alexius. By 1913, they were able to build a new hospital and to organize a school of nursing there (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives; McDonald, pages 126-137).
The report lists the names of St. Barnabas Hospital officers, the board of trustees, the ladies' visiting board, medical staff, and chaplains. The report includes the executive committee's report, the report of visiting Board, the treasurer's report, hospital expenses, contributions, articles of incorporation, by-laws, letters, and the superintendent's summary stating patient statistics including the sex, nationality, and religious denomination of patients. Includes patient admission policies.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
In 1887, two years after starting a hospital in Bismarck, North Dakota, St. John's Abbey gave the sisters the minor seminary which was part of the monks' St. Clement Priory building complex of church, rectory and school in Duluth. Encouraged by the success of their hospital in St. Cloud, the sisters converted the seminary to a hospital and named it St. Mary's Hospital (2nd building on the right ). The hospital was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Benedictine sisters in Duluth when they branched off from St. Benedict's Convent, St. Joseph, MN, to form an independent convent in Duluth in 1892 (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives).
Annual report of statistical and financial data delivered by the Northwest Hospital Association: Treasurer, Secretary, President, and Physicians. Three new graduates of the Nurses' Training School were presented. Includes the Dedicatory Address delivered at the formal opening of the Hospital building, June 10, 1887.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Annual report of statistical and financial data delivered by the Northwest Hospital Association: Treasurer, Secretary, President, and Physicians. Three new graduates of the Nurses' Training School were presented. A new facility is to be built at the corner of Chicago Avenue and 27th Street, designed by architect G.W. Orff, construction overseen by contractor Mr. McMillan.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Annual report of statistical and financial data delivered by the Northwest Hospital Association: Treasurer, Secretary, President, and Physicians. Discussion of securing a suitable and permanent building site located at Chicago and Twenty-seventh Street. Five graduates of the Nurses' Training School were presented in the report.
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Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
In the early 1880s, several attempts were made in St. Cloud to meet the growing need of provisions for medical care. Dr. A.C. Lamothe Ramsay, lately graduated from Rush Medical College in Chicago, began practice in St. Cloud in 1882. He and the sisters petitioned the city council for funds to help them erect a three-story hospital. When these funds for a hospital were not forthcoming, Dr. Ramsay, in 1885, opened one on his own in Joseph Pendel's newly constructed home. Because he soon found that he could not run his own hospital and at the same time take care of his regular practice, Dr. Ramsay persuaded the sisters to take over hospital work. The community, under the leadership of Mother Scholastica Kerst, was quick to take up the challenge. At first they decided to add a third floor and renovate St. Agnes Academy in St. Cloud (which had closed in 1880) to refit it for hospital use. However, in December, 1885, the sisters purchased a newly erected building on Ninth Avenue from John Kropp for $2,000 and by February announced the opening of the hospital under the name of St. Benedict's Hospital (Saint Benedict's Monastery Archives; McDonald, pages 251-254).
Annual report of statistical and financial data delivered by the Northwest Hospital Association Treasurer, President, and Physicians. Typhoid fever and consumption were the two most prevalent diseases treated by the hospital. Nine students had taken part in the Nurses Training School.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Annual report of statistical and financial data delivered by the Northwestern Hospital Association Treasurer, President, and Physicians. Includes a description and information on application for admission to the training school for nurses. Also includes the first annual report by the Young Ladies' Auxiliary Society, a group who furnish linens, house decorations, and fruits and flowers for the hospital.
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Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
This early photograph of the St. Peter State Hospital was taken at a time when the hospital complex appeared to be housed in a single large building. A fire in November of 1880 destroyed the north wing of the complex, shown here to the right of the large stairway at the main entrance.
This stereo view shows the St. Peter State Hospital. The north wing was destroyed by a terrible fire in November of 1880. The wing was rebuilt after the fire.
This stereo view shows the St. Peter State Hospital, apparently after a disastrous fire that destroyed the north wing of the hospital in November of 1880.
People are pictured walking through the landscaped gardens, flower beds and walkways of the Rochester State Hospital. The hospital, also known as the Second Hospital for the Insane, opened in 1879. Farm fields are visible in the background.
Officers and trustees for the Minnesota Hospital for the Insane. William Schimmel is seated at left and Rev. Aaron H. Kerr is seated at right. Addison L. Sackett is the seventh man from the left in the back row. Schimmel and Sackett were prominent businessmen in St. Peter.
Studio portrait of Dr. J. G. Whittemore. In addition to medical practice, Whittemore was Pope County Auditor for six years and served two terms in the Minnesota Legislature.
First annual report of the State Board of Health of Minnesota covering the time period of March 18, 1872 to December 19, 1872. Printed by resolulution of the Legislature.
Superintendent Samuel E. Shantz, steward George W. Dryer, druggist Daniel J. Shaw, and two other individuals, all of whom were associated with the St. Peter State Hospital in St. Peter, Minnesota, appear in this photograph.
The first location (1887-1890) of St. Mary's Hospital. Previously operated by the Sisters of Mercy, the hospital was in the former Murphy mansion, 2416 South Sixth Street. A new hospital, with later additions, was built at Riverside and 24th. The Sisters of St. Joseph owned and operated the hospital until 1991 when it was sold to the Fairview Health System.
Sister Ethelbert Krenik (1st row, 3rd from the left), second administrator (1929-1938) of the St. Cloud Hospital, attended the Northwest Hospitals Convention at Eli Lilly & Company.
Postcard group portrait of men and women workers outside Jordan Sulfur Springs Facility. Six men left, all with arms crossed; 3 in white suits, 3 in slacks and shirt sleeved shirts (possibley the masseuses). Eight woman on right. All in white dresses, some with aprons and Nurses hats. Fourth from right is Cathrine Beckius from Jordan.
Penitone Gleet Injection bottle and packaging box. For the treatment of Gleet and obstinate cases of Gonorrhoea, sold on its merits. Guaranteed by LaFavar Medicine Company Under the Food and Drug Acts, June 30, 1906. Price: $1.00.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Wangensteen Historical Library
Fully dressed patients are shown reading in bed at Hopewell Hospital, Minneapolis City Hospital's quarantine hospital and tuberculosis sanatorium. The hospital operated from 1907-1924 and was later renamed the Parkview Sanatorium.
Glass bottle for Nux-I-Tone Tonic. This Tonic containing Iron and Nux vomica in combination with Beef and Wine is recommended for convalescents, weak women, aged persona and delicate children. Of special benefit to person who do not have sufficient iron in their blood as indicated by paleness and anemic conditions. 15.5 Fluid ounces. Alcohol 16%
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Wangensteen Historical Library
Round metal dispensing container, covered with a paper label for Northern Licorice Powder. Label reads, "An agreeable laxative combining the cathartic action of Senna with Sulphur and the aromatic of Licorice, Oil of Fennel with sugar, thus eliminating the griping effect. Dose, one-half to 2 teaspoonfuls, preferably at night or in the morning. Place the powder in a glass and gradually stir in the water."
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Wangensteen Historical Library
Packaging box, glass bottle and instructions for Neroxin Powder made by the Cooper Pharmacal Company of Chicago, Illinois. Label on the box reads, "Daytons Bluff Pharmacy, St. Paul, Minnesota. Leo M. Foley, Proprietor."
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Wangensteen Historical Library
Photographic postcard group portrait of people (many workers) on front steps of Jordan Sulfur Springs Facility. Cathrine Beckius of Jordan is in a grouping of women to the right (face circled in blue ink).
External view of the Minneapolis General Hospital's nurses' home, located at 1020-22 8th Street South. Student nurses lived in this house before Harrington Hall was built.
Packaging box, glass bottle and instructions for Mary T. Goldman's Gray Hair Color Restorarer, a "colorific preparation No. 2." The box reads, "For technical external use for communicating color to hair that has lost its natural color. Beware of imitatins. Don not imitators confuse you. Insist on the original. Price $1.50 per bottle. Express prepaid. Keep bottle in box.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Wangensteen Historical Library
Kolynos Tooth Powder in a "Special Wartime Container" of a cardboard dispensing canister. Made during World War I (1914-1918) rationing. Label on the side of the cannister reads, "Daytons Bluff Pharmacy, St. Paul, Minnesota. Leo M. Foley, Proprietor."
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Wangensteen Historical Library
Drugstore supply catalog of the Kennedy-Andrews Drug Company. Items for sale include medicines, medical devices, household goods, beauty products, etc.
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Wangensteen Historical Library
Jupiter Tea is described as "A careful copositin of flowers, herbs and roots for the cure of all diseases of the THROAT, LUNGS and complains of the CHEST, KIDNEY COMPLAINTS, DROPSY and the best remedy for Blood Purifying , Cathartic and Menstruation. Steep 1 to 1 1/2 teaspoonful of the tea in one cup of boiling water and let it draw. Drink one cup morning and evenings." Label on the side of the box reads, "Daytons Bluff Pharmacy, St. Paul, Minnesota."
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Wangensteen Historical Library
Dr. Duane Thysell was born in Hawley, Minnesota in 1908. Dr. Thysell reminiscences about his 48 year career in medicine in Hawley and Moorhead between 1934 and 1981. He focuses on the activities of a rural medical practice, and how these changed over time.
Dr. Kenneth Covey started an independent family practice in Moorhead in 1966. He discusses small town medicine and the changes in orthopedics-prothesis, replacement joints, etc. He also describes the economic turmoil in medicine and the treat of socialized medicine.
Gertrude Saxman lived on a farm near Georgetown, Minnesota. Dr. Saxman discusses her experiences in medicine and her medical practice in Ulen, MN from 1960-1983.
Edward Gudmundson was born June 29, 1917 in Mountain, ND. He graduated from North Dakota State Universtiy (NDSU) in 1949. He joined the US Navy in 1942 and was discharged in 1945. Edward Gudmundson has worked as a pharmacist from 1945 to 1984. He describes his schooling, experiences, and compares drug stores of the 1940s with those of the 1980s.
Cardboard box with the Indian Herbs Tablets inside. Label reads," Composed of Derivatives of Indian herbs used from olden times by the Indians combined with derivatives of other medicine herbs, roots and barks. Active ingredients: Extract Caseara Sagrada, Podophyllin, Extract Indian Rhubarb, Oleoresin Capsicum, Aloes, aloin, Oil Peppermint. An excellent laxative... very helpful for sluggish bowels. This box contains 50 tablets. Price $1.00."
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Wangensteen Historical Library
An external view of Hopewell Hospital, Minneapolis City Hospital's quarantine hospital and tuberculosis sanatorium, which operated from 1907-1924; the hospital was later renamed the Parkview Sanatorium.
Hemol Pills in a cardboard box. An effective tonic for the blood annerves. Hemol Pills are prescribed extensively as a blood tonic. They are beneficial in nearly all cases of gneral weakness, anemia, lack of blood, dyspepsia, chronic constipation and is a general tonic fin "run down" conditions of the system. Directions: take 1 or 2 iplls three times a day after meals. Label on the box reads, "Daytons Bluff Pharmacy, St. Paul, Minnesota. Leo M. Foley, Proprietor."
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Wangensteen Historical Library
Cardboard box reads, "For the relief of Headache and Neuralgia. Contains 300 grains of Acetanilid to the ounce. Goodrich-Gamble Company, Pharmaceutical Chemists, St. Paul, Minnesota."
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Wangensteen Historical Library
Register of the first 54 patients at St. Mary's Hospital which lists: name, age, sex, nativity, disease, admission date, discharge date, date of death, payer, beneficiary, and physician.
Box with the Erickson Antiseptic All-Purpose Ointment from Erickson's General Store. "A Soothing application for cuts, bruises, burns, sunburn, scalds, bites, stings of insects, scaly skin, itch, moist and oozing skin irritations and similar skin affectins, poison ivy and for rectal applications."
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University of Minnesota Libraries, Wangensteen Historical Library
