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Learning about Medicine Bottles
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Members from the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School meet in the pharmaceutical laboratory where they checked medicinal products and learned to identify some of the basic ingredients they may have needed to use for their doctoring at sea.
April 4, 1943
International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
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W012BX7
WHi 6481
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Weighing Powders
April 4, 1943
A member of the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School carefully measures and weighs powdered ingredients for a prescription.
Student Compounding a Prescription
April 4, 1943
A member of the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School uses the traditional pharmacist's tool of a mortar & pestle to grind medicinal ingredients for a prescription.
Measuring with a Medicine Dropper
April 4, 1943
A member of the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School uses a small medicine dropper to precisely measure and mix liquid ingredients for a prescription.
Aqua Pura
April 4, 1943
This student of the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School is carefully measuring out a quantity of distilled water for a prescription. Distilled water is a requirement of the U.S. Pharmacopeia for...
Filtering a Prescription
April 4, 1943
A Pharmacist Mate-in-Training from the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School filters a liquid for a test prescription. This filtration process helped to eliminate particles of solids or other impu...
Laboratory Classroom
circa 1890-1899
An empty pharmaceutical laboratory classroom, stocked with supplies for new students.
