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Slide Talks

Each set of slides is accompanied by a manuscript keyed to the slides for oral presentation. *Slides now available only in digital format, as Powerpoint presentation along with the script as a PDF. A bibliographic note is included for those who wish to do additional background reading on the subject. Postpaid purchase prices are given.


Carl W. Scheele, Pharmacist-Chemist
George Urdang and Ernst Stieb. The life and work of an 18th-century pharmacist who became one of the great chemists of all time. 20 slides.
ST5 $20.00 ($12.00)

A Collector's Guide to Prescription Vials and Bottles
Mary O. Bogard. Pharmacy glassware from the 19th and early 20th centuries. 20 slides.
ST10 $20.00 ($12.00)

Drugs and Pharmacy on Stamps
George B. Griffenhagen. The history of pharmacy and materia medica on stamps. 55 slides.
ST15 $20.00 ($12.00)

From Turlington's Balsam to Hadacol—The Medicines in Their Bottles
James Harvey Young. A history of patent medicines in America from colonial days to present. 31 slides.
ST30 $20.00 ($12.00)

Medicines in the American Revolutionary Period
Michael B. Shannon. The story of pharmacy and drugs in colonial and revolutionary America. 45 slides.
ST40 $20.00 ($12.00)

Nineteenth-Century Proprietary Medicine Trade Cards
William H. Helfand. Trade Cards advertising proprietary medicines, late 19th and early 20th centuries. 54 slides.
ST45 $20.00 ($12.00)

Pharmacy Through the Ages
George Griffenhagen. This visual history traces the evolution of pharmacy practice from the 2nd century until the 1960s, with period paintings, woodcuts, engravings, and photographs. 30 slides.
ST53 $20.00 ($12.00)

Powders and Pills of Oldtime Pharmacists
James R. Fenno. The development of various forms of administration of drugs, particularly oral dosage forms such as powders, pills, and capsules. 39 slides.
ST55 $20.00 ($12.00)

Shop Bottles, Another Mirror of the Practice of Pharmacy
John K. Crellin and Mary O. Bogard. Shop bottles in 19th-century American pharmacy. 20 slides.
ST70 $20.00 ($12.00)