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Dr. Helen Carpenter’s box of medicines, ca. 1910s

Dr. Helen B. Carpenter was one of the first, if not the first, woman doctor who practiced in Seattle from 1917-1922. The box contains hundreds of tiny medicine vials plus a corresponding chart.
ID Number: 1959.5664.4
Date: Circa 1910
Physical Description: 1 Kit, Medicine; leather, cork, paper, glass; 1.5 in.H x 9 in.W x 5.5 in.D
Credit: MOHAI, 1959.5664.4. Loan courtesy of Mrs. Charles Page Bryant
Subjects: Medicine and Health Care

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