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Pharmaceutical Preparations in the Collection


  • Date:   Wed, 01 Jun 2005 08:55:09 -0700
  • To:  sthc-l@lists.ucla.edu
  • From:   Russell A. Johnson   < rjohnson AT library.ucla.edu >
  • Subject:   Pharmaceutical Preparations in the Collection
  • Message-ID:   6642c2663572.6635726642c2@library.ucla.edu

Forwarded to STHC-L from ARCHIVES. Please copy your responses to: peterska@ohsu.edu .

Russell Johnson
STHC-L Administrator


----- Original Message -----
From: Karen Peterson [peterska@OHSU.EDU]
Date: Thursday, April 28, 2005 3:57 pm
Subject: Pharmaceutical Preparations in the Collection

Dear Collegues,

Here's a question: I am curator of our Medical Museum Collection among other things. I am 
currently removing all of the pharmaceuticals from the collection and isolating them. We have 
preparations dating from the War of 1812 to WWII and even some more recent. 

I would like to know from those of you who have these in their collections how you deal with 
them.

1) Do you isolate them?

2) Do you dispose of the contents... keeping the containers? or 

3) Do you keep them intact?

4) Have you ever used them in an exhibit? What precautions do you take?

And any other advice you might give me would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you, Karen

Karen Lea Anderson Peterson
Senior Research Assistant
Archivist
Oregon Health & Science University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road
Mail Code: LIB
Portland, OR 97239-3098
Email: peterska@ohsu.edu
Telephone: 503-494-3239
Fax: 503-418-0235

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