In the December issue of Smart Business Cleveland the Museum is the subject of the Uniquely Cleveland Feature. Chief Curator Jim Edmonson discusses the Museum's evolution and new exhibits. See: Smart_Business_Cleveland_Dec_2017-sm
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"Of all the results that exposure of the skin to the sun or air produces, the most disagreeable is that known by the name of tan, or freckles. The finest and fairest skin is most liable to this affection, and such is the consolation usually offered to females who suffer -- the state is nevertheless a disease when numerous." 1
--Dr. William Kittoe, 1845
In 19th century summers, most Americans considered tans more pathological than fashionable. Patent medicines like Faricum Almandine above (Fig. 1) and compounds from doctors and pharmacists provided men and (primarily) women the means to eliminate any evidence...
Last week, we featured some of the work being done by undergraduates pertaining to the Dittrick collections. Today's student guest post talks about an unusual artifact from the museum: the compression chamber of nobel-prize winner John James Rickard Macleod.
Under Pressure: How a Metal Tube Saved Lives
Caisson disease was a mystery. It had no visible cause and no known treatment. The people who witnessed this were dumbfounded at how random it seemed. The symptoms were varied and sudden and even the healthiest of men could be stricken. How do you guard yourself against an invisible, undiscriminating affliction? Framed like this...
It’s 1855 in Cleveland, Ohio and you need a surgeon. There were quite a few local options including the physicians out of the Cleveland Medical College and the Western Homeopathic College of Cleveland. In soliciting one of these (mostly) men, you assume that they have the adequate experience to perform whatever operation you need. But where did they get it?
Until December 5, 1855, the citizens of Cleveland were kept in the relative dark about how local medical men gained experience with the human body through dissection. At the time, Ohio had no legal way specified as to how medicals...