A typical patient bed, of the type they'd use on their fresh air porches:
A doctor's medical bag and stethoscope:
A doctor's kit of medical tinctures:
And a wide variety of pills:
The modern cure for tuberculosis was not developed until the 1950s, but the disease has made a comeback in the U.S. and the Trudeau Institute is still studying the disease at their modern facility nearby:
The Laboratory Museum had a separate display room downstairs. The last time I was here, it displayed "Medical Marvels" of the era (most of which looked more like torture machines to me). This time, the display was "The Roaring Twenties:"
Flapper jewelry:
A red flapper dress:
Etiquette of the day required men to remove their hats indoors, so hat checks began opening in restaurants and clubs. It also offered young women a place to work outside the home:
Roaring Twenties hats. These surprised me as I thought that they could be worn today and no one would think amiss as you walked down the street:
There were lots of shoes from the twenties, but I chose to picture this pair, women's high heels. This was the end of our Laboratory Museum tour:
I am going to try to find an old family cemetery when I visit Missouri next week. I had been finding death certificates of some of those buried there in the late 1800's, early 1900's and was amazed at how many list the cause of death as tuberculosis. Your post put all of that into context with the pictures of the tinctures, pills and medical instruments of the day. Very interesting, thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks. Finding an old family cemetery sounds to me like a great adventure. I hope it goes well for you and maybe I'll see it in one your blog posts.
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