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| Title | Doctor's Bag |
| Identifier | RA2006.3 |
| Creator | D.H. Ramsey Library Special Collections |
| Alt. Creator | Dr. |
| Subject keyword | Medicine ; doctors ; medical bag ; medical practice ; childbirth ; veterinarians ; dentists ; drugs ; |
| Subject LCSH |
Medical practice --- North Carolina |
| Date | 2006-05-01 |
| Publisher | D.H. Ramsey Library, Special Collections |
| Contributor | Donna Barnett |
| Type | collection ; text ; image ; realia ; |
| Format | 1 Doctor's Bag |
| 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 | 1930-1940's ; Western 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 contents of the bag have been evaluated and described in a paper, "The Doctor's Bag" prepared by Donna 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. |
| Acquisition | unknown |
| Citation | |
| Processed by | Special Collections staff, 2005 |
| Last updated | 2005-08-28 |
| Historical Context |
See: Medicine in Western North Carolina at the Turn of the Century |
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"The Doctor's Bag" paper by Donna Barnett |
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