Case 1
Doctor’s Bag and Nurse’s Cap
Case 2
Surgical and Obstetrical Instruments
Case 3 Photographs of the remains of two former northwest Ohio communities, books by early frontier doctors, and materials produced by the Toledo Medical Association, the largest medical society in northwest Ohio
Top Shelf:
Gravestones located in the former towns of Providence and Miltonville; treatise on diseases of the interior of North America
Middle Shelf:
Early medical books detailing various common treatments; book, Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice and the Physiology of Digestion by Dr. William Beaumont.
Bottom Shelf:
Minute books of the Toledo Medical Association and North-Western Ohio Medical Association; journal published by the Toledo Medical Association; and editorial on the Toledo Medical College
Case 4 Minutes of the Toledo Medical Association, with a fee bill approved by the Association
Case 5 Patient register, log, and publication of physicians who practiced in northwest Ohio; photographs and documents of the Toledo Medical College
Top Shelf: Patient log and register; publications by Dr. J. H. Pooley detailing medical ailments and treatments; early advertisements for medical remedies
Middle Shelf: Materials of the Toledo Medical College: annual announcements, a minute book, and correspondence regarding the merger of the College with Toledo University; photos of students and facilities of the Toledo Medical College
Bottom Shelf: documentation of Toledo Medical College communication with the Illinois State Board of Health; a history of the Toledo Medical College; Flexner Report
Case 6 Study and annual report from the Toledo Public Health Association, as well as a record of deaths in the city
Left side: Tuberculosis study, and annual report of the Toledo Public Health Association; correspondence between Toledo Public Health Association and Jessica Marshall, Principal of Newton School, regarding free milk program
Right side: Record of Deaths in the City of Toledo; annual report of the Board of Health to City Council of Toledo
Case 7 Photographs and publications concerning polio and tuberculosis, two diseases that caused serious problems in Toledo
Top Shelf: Publication on new Toledo Public Health Department Building; Toledo Board of Health Annual Report; photographs of various public health measures
Middle Shelf: Survey and annual report on prostitution in Toledo; Toledo District Nurse Association Annual Report; photographs of public health measures
Bottom Shelf:
Correspondence and publications on polio and tuberculosis; floor plan and photograph of Roche Memorial Hospital; photographs of nurses treating poor Toledoans
Case 8 Early photographs and documents from City Hospital/Toledo Hospital and St. Vincent, St. Luke’s, Robinwood, and Flower Hospitals
Top Shelf: Photographs of former and current Toledo Hospital; first yearly reports of City Hospital (later Toledo Hospital); photographs of Toledo Hospital medical staff; book by pathologists dr. Bernhard Steinberg on treatment of infection
Middle Shelf: Publications and photographs of St. Vincent Hospital
Bottom Shelf: Publications and photographs of Robinwood, St. Luke’s, and Flower Hospitals
Case 9 Ledger and registers listing patients at Mercy and St. Vincent Hospitals
Case 10 Scrapbooks, photographs, books, and publications from Mercy Hospital, St. Charles Hospital, the Toledo Asylum for the Insane/Toledo State Hospital, Lucas County Infirmary, and Maumee Valley Hospital
Top Shelf: Books, Anthology of Medicine, My Scrapbook of Medicine Vols. 1 & 2, and A Doctor’s Daily Diary by Dr. Louis K. Effler
Bottom Shelf: Promotional brochure, Maternity and Children’s Hospital (later Riverside Hospital); annual reports, Toledo Asylum for the Insane and Toledo State Hospital; poster requesting donations for the building of St. Charles Hospital
Case 11 A timeline of the development of hospitals and medical schools in Toledo and the surrounding area
Case 12 Photographs and diploma from the Toledo Hospital School of Nursing
Case 13 U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps summer and winter uniforms; Cadet Nurse Corps recruiting poster
Case 14 Materials from the Robinwood, Mercy, and St. Luke’s schools of nursing. Also included are books on nursing written by Florence Nightingale and Louisa May Alcott, and materials from the Toledo U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps
Top Shelf: Materials from the Flower Hospital School of Nursing: certificate, nurse registration, and publications, and photographs; Notes on Nursing: What it Is, What it is Not by Florence Nightingale; Hospital Sketches by Louisa May Alcott
Bottom Shelf: Publications and photographs of Robinwood, St. Luke’s, and Flower Hospitals
Case 15 Scrapbooks from Riverside Hospital of Nursing; memorabilia from Robinwood Schools of Nursing; Scrapbook from Robinwood and St. Luke’s Schools of Nursing; Mercy School of Nursing student register
Case 16 Catalogs, brochures, commencement materials, photographs, and a yearbook from the Maumee Valley, St. Vincent, and Mercy schools of nursing; materials from the Toledo Training School for Nurses
Top Shelf: Nursing skills class, promotional brochure, and anatomy notebook St. Vincent School of Nursing; bulletin and yearbooks, Maumee Valley School of Nursing
Middle Shelf: Instructor’s manual, diploma, commencement exercises program, and memory log book, St. Vincent School of Nursing; enrollment and duty record book, Toledo Training School for Nurses
Bottom Shelf: Catalog and brochures, Mercy School of Nursing; probationary student nurse cap; photograph of first class, St. Vincent Nurse Training School; diploma, Mercy School of Nursing; textbooks used by students at Mercy School of Nursing; yearbook, “The Mercy Toledoan”
Case 17 Early photographs and documents from City Hospital/Toledo Hospital and St. Vincent, St. Luke’s, Robinwood, and Flower Hospitals
Top Shelf: Photographs of former and current Toledo Hospital; first yearly reports of City Hospital (later Toledo Hospital); photographs of Toledo Hospital medical staff; book by pathologists dr. Bernhard Steinberg on treatment of infection
Middle Shelf: Buchanan and MacGahan military pension applications; statement of gunshot wounds and surgical operations; Civil War field amputation kit
Bottom Shelf: Book, The Medical and Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion; advertisement for an invalid’s chair with leg rest; Civil War surgical kit; an advertisement in “Catalogue of Orthopedic Appliances”
Case 18 Photographs and memorabilia from World War I; diaries from World War II; books and memorabilia about Alene B. Duerk; articles, manuscript, and books on medical treatments during World War II and the Korean War
Top Shelf: Photographs of Camp Sherman; diary and transport instructions of Herbert White; book, The Red Cross in Peace and War by Clara Barton; first aid kit; photograph and memorabilia of nurse Ina Lee; Reconstructing the Crippled Soldier by Douglas C. McMurtie
Middle Shelf: Wartime diaries of Dr. Max Schnitker; photographs and memorabilia of Alene B. Duerk, the first female Rear Admiral; book, Registered Nurse to Rear Admiral by Estelle McDoniel
Bottom Shelf: Articles, “First Aid Kit” and “Narcosynthesis,” The Air Surgeon’s Bulletin; Manuscript, War Without Blood by Dr. Joseph Gosman; books, Battle Casualties in Korea: Studies of the Surgical Research Team; photograph of John Howard and colleagues
Case 19 Book, Our Hospital by Dr. Nathan Worth Brown, Jr.; Dr. Brown’s certificate of completion in cardiovascular surgery; Mackenzie Polygraph (precursor to the electrocardiograph); and DeVilbiss atomizer
Case 20 Publications, photographs, and artifacts detailing medical advances in northwest Ohio
Left Side: Photograph, Opportunity Home; pamphlet, Toledo Society for Crippled Children; publications on the “Surgeon’s Knot” developed by Dr. Lewis F. Smead; publication of the HIV/AIDS Resource Team at the Medical College of Ohio Hospitals; proclamations and publications, David’s House Compassion; issue of Alliance Advisor, the newspaper of the Free People’s Alliance
Right Side: Commemorative book of the Roentgen Society of the United States; Disaster Preparedness and Relief Plan, Toledo Chapter of the American Red Cross; Medical Public Relations: A Study of the Public Relations Program of the Academy of Medicine of Toledo and Lucas County, Ohio, annual reports of the Health Planning Association of Northwest Ohio; Jobst compression stockings; book, Conrad Jobst, M.E. by Fred Schad; reprint of a letter from Louis Armstrong to Jobst wife, Carolyn, thanking her for the stockings
Case 21 Materials related to the early history of the Medical College of Ohio: report, preliminary planning document, groundbreaking and dedication invitations, and photographs
Case 22 Photographs and commencement programs from the Medical College of Ohio
Case 23 Mace carried during commencement ceremonies at the Medical College of Ohio; sketch and photographs of the mace, which was created by glass artist Dominick Labino
Case 24 McKesson Resuscitator; photograph of Elmer McKesson; and anesthesia journal featuring an article on McKesson’s work, with an advertisement for his “Nargraf” machine (for administering anesthetic)
