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Antimony, found in a particular ore, when boiled and cooled forms a powder, which is often mixed with numerous other important agents. This was used for fevers, rheumatic and cancerous cases and to hasten the action of other medications when used as…

On May 24, 1975, Lady Bird Johnson (widow of President Lyndon B. Johnson) was the speaker at the commencement ceremony for Southwestern Medical School, a component of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas.

This came from a plant, commonly called club-moss. In pharmacies, licopodio was used for the purpose of facilitating the rolling of the pilular mass and to prevent the adhesion of the pills once they were formed.

A Mariner's cross (a stylized cross in the shape of an anchor) is visible on this apothecary jar. This may have been inspired by kamals, Arabian navigation devices from the 9th century. Note the winged symbol at the top of the staff. This is similar…

The 18-story Medical Arts Building opened in downtown Dallas in 1922. It was one of the first skyscrapers in the world devoted to medical offices and the tallest reinforced concrete structure in Texas, with space for 400 physicians and dentists. The…

Methodist Hospital of Dallas opened in 1927 in the Oak Cliff section of town. It was the first major hospital in Dallas south of the Trinity River.

This was deemed useful in the treatment of urinary disorders, especially dysuria, or difficulty in voiding urine. Nitre, or nitrate, was suspected of irritating the neck of the bladder, thus promoting the secretion of urine. It was also used to…

In 1957, a tornado ripped through Dallas, resulting in 10 deaths and 200 injured being taken to Dallas hospitals. This photo shows nurses waiting to receive the injured.

An ointment made from an extract of the laurel, an ericaceous evergreen, was used to treat syphilis and various skin diseases. It was first used by the Arabians for a variety of symptoms, most commonly nervous headaches.

Ong is likely the abbreviation of 'onguent', which is French for 'unguent'. An unguent was an ointment or plaster diluted with oil to the consistency of stiff honey.