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Pharmacy Class, U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School

Date: 04 04 1943
Description: Students from the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School perform practical experiments for the chemistry phase of their course. The officer in charge of th...
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First Aid Instruction, U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School

Date: 04 04 1943
Description: One member of the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps class demonstrates the method of treating a leg injury while fellow classmen look on and make notes. The ...
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Mr. Bones

Date: 04 04 1943
Description: The class of U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School Pharmacists' Mates-to-be is introduced to the skeleton of the human body as part of their studies of an...
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Aqua Pura

Date: 04 04 1943
Description: 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 ...
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Filtering a Prescription

Date: 04 04 1943
Description: 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 e...
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Student Compounding a Prescription

Date: 04 04 1943
Description: 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 pre...
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Weighing Powders

Date: 04 04 1943
Description: A member of the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School carefully measures and weighs powdered ingredients for a prescription.
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Measuring with a Medicine Dropper

Date: 04 04 1943
Description: 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.
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Rolling Bandages

Date: 04 04 1943
Description: Two members of the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School roll bandages with the help of a crank-operated machine. Part of their training involved the prep...
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Learning about Medicine Bottles

Date: 04 04 1943
Description: Members from the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School meet in the pharmaceutical laboratory where they checked medicinal products and learned to identify...
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J.N. Hegeman

Date: 1894
Description: Portrait of the druggist J.N. Hegeman, who was the proprietor of several drugstores in New York City in the late 19th century. Hegeman was also once the se...
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Dr. Chandler Lecture

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Description: A Columbia University pharmacy professor, Dr. Charles Chandler, lectures on the chemical make-up of the benzene ring.
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Columbia University, Pharmacy Faculty

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Description: Portraits of two noteworthy pharmacy faculty at Columbia University: Charles Chandler (Professor of Organic Chemistry), and Henry Rusby (Professor or Physi...
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Students in Lab

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Description: Students select chemicals to mix in their pharmaceutical laboratory class.
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Chemistry Lab Drawing

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Description: Drawing of students at work in the chemistry lab, at the Pharmacy College, Columbia University.
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Lecture Hall

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Description: Pharmaceutical lecture hall.
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Female Pharmacy Students

Date: 1915
Description: A professor checks the progress of several female students in a pharmaceutical laboratory course.
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Microscopes in the Classroom

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Description: Pharmacy students examine specimens in their microscopes during a class.
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Laboratory Classroom

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Description: An empty pharmaceutical laboratory classroom, stocked with supplies for new students.
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NY College of Pharmacy Faculty

Date: 1886
Description: Portraits of several New York College of Pharmacy faculty members from 1886: W. DeF Day, P.W. Bedford, C.F. Chandler, C.W. Parsons, Joseph Schrenk.

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