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This wooden mortar and pestle are of the type used by early doctors or pharmacists for grinding medicine.
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Internet Resources:
Here are some links which will get you started in your
quest for knowledge. The Internet is growing at an
astounding rate. This list does not include every Website on
early medical practices, only the best of the sites that we
visited!
Botanical Society of America, BSA Section Reports Web page at:
http://www.medlib.iupui.edu/
hom/homdept.html
The Medical Leech Museum Web page at:
http://www.biopharm-leeches.com/
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Apothecary Jar
Collection Web page at:
http://www.swmed.edu/
home_pages/library/archteam/
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Museum Loan Kit:
There are no kits available for the topic of early medical
practices.
Kits can be checked out by Illinois School Teachers free of
charge. For a complete list of kit topics please visit:
educational loan
kits
For more information please contact Bob DeHoet at (618) 453-5388
or email him at: drhoet@siu.edu
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Printed Resources:
The Museum Explorers Library contains books on early medical
practices. Please visit the bibliography by following this link:
http://www.museum.siu.edu/univerity_museum/
museum_classroom_grant/Museum_Explorers/bookbibhum.html
Books in this special library can be checked out by Museum Explorer
teachers free of charge. Please see our Museum
Explorers Library Web page.
The following is a list of printed materials about early medical practices
which may be available through your library:
No materials available at this time. Please check back soon.
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