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| Title | Dr. Joseph E. Osborne, M.D., D.D.S., Doctor's Bag |
| Alt. Title | Doctor's Bag |
| Identifier | RA2006.3 |
| Creator | Dr. Joseph E. Osborne, M.D., D.D.S. Rosman, NC |
| Alt. Creator | Dona Barnett |
| Subject keyword | Medicine ; doctors ; medical bag ; medical practice ; childbirth ; veterinarians ; dentists ; drugs ; |
| Subject LCSH |
Medical practice --- North Carolina |
| Date Original | 1931- 1956 |
| Date Digital | 2006-05-01 ; 2009-02-03 |
| Publisher | D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections |
| Contributor | Dona Barnett |
| Type | collection ; text ; image ; realia ; |
| Format | 1 Doctor's Bag and contents used in practice as a physician, veterinarian, and dentist. |
| Source | unknown |
| Language | English |
| Relation | Exhibit page, Medicine in Western North Carolina at the Turn of the Century, UNC Asheville, Special Collection, Western North Carolina Heritage ; Related to Country Doctor Museum , Bailey, North Carolina ; North Carolina History and Fictional Digital Library, East Carolina State University book collection that includes items from the Country Doctor Museum ; Kelly Harmon. [Senior Thesis, History UNCA] "The Patent Medicine Business Between 1865 and 1906" ; Dr. Mary Frances (Polly) Shuford , UNCA Oral History ; Dr. M.C. Millender, Asheville letter in the Edgar M. Lyda Collection (1873-1956), UNCA; Medical Practice in Western North Carolina at the Turn of the Century, [web exhibit] D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections |
| Coverage | c. 1931-c. 1956 ; Western North Carolina ; Rosman, North Carolina |
| Rights | Any display, publication, or public use must credit the D. H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections, University of North Carolina at Asheville. Copyright retained by the creators of certain items in the collection, or their descendents, as stipulated by United States copyright law. |
| Donor | Donor number [none] |
| Description |
A doctor's bag containing implements, medicines, and items required for a
general practitioner.
The Doctor's Bag was a working tool and it is remarkable that many of these general service kits like one in the D. H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, have survived relatively intact. The doctor's bag in the Ramsey collection seems to have served a multiple-purpose as a tool bag for dentistry, general medicine and also, apparently for animal medicine. The owner of the bag, Dr. Joseph E. Osborne and the contents of the bag have been evaluated and described in a paper, "The Doctor's Bag" prepared by Dona Barnett, for her US History class at UNCA in the Spring of 2003. The paper captures the essence of the family practitioner and the era in which he practiced medicine. |
| Acquisition | unknown |
| Citation | Dr. Joseph E. Osborne, M.D., D.D.S., Doctor's Bag, D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections, UNC Asheville. |
| Processed by | Special Collections staff, 2005 |
| Last updated | 2005-08-28 ; 2009-02-03 |
| Historical Context |
See: Medical Practice in Western North Carolina at the Turn of the Century |
| Items | To see itemized contents of the bag, |
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Doctor's Bag" paper by Donna Barnet prepared for UNCA U.S. History class, Spring 2003 |
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