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Invitation to hear Dr. Richard C. Cabot speak at Mount Morris Baptist Church on “The Modern Conception of Medical Service With a Retrospect” after being introduced by Dr. A. Jacobi. The invitation is extended to all men and women in the medical profession interested in social services as it pertains to health and well being.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-12-03
William Emlen Roosevelt writes about a box of flowers that was wrongly delivered in the Roosevelt Hospital. Roosevelt will be coming to Washington, D.C., to see Secretary of War Taft.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-03-12
Jacob A. Riis quotes a conversation he had with a fellow countryman, who told him of a time when President Roosevelt was leaving Seattle and had looked down on a crowd made up largely of Scandinavians, and seemed disappointed when they did not give him a sign of recognition. The man believes Roosevelt did not know that Scandinavians are “never demonstrative that way.” Riis also mentions Baron Hermann Speck von Sternburg’s poisoned face wound that will not heal, and recommends that he contact the Finsen Light Institute to seek treatment for it.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-23
Howson W. Cole, Assistant Surgeon for the Navy, reports to Navy Medical Inspector Ames his observations and work concerning the relief effort after the earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica. Cole reports that their offers to help care for the wounded were refused by Dr. Karr at the Central Hospital, although Karr did request some medical supplies. This refusal was despite the clear lack of appropriate medical services for all the injured, and Cole provides case-specific examples. Because of the clear need for more aid, Admiral C. H. Davis set up an American Hospital, where Cole and others saw as many patients as possible. Cole provides details for a number of patient cases, and concludes that no matter what Governor James Alexander Swettenham believes, medical aid is “certainly needed and asked for, by the poor wretches who are even yet without treatment.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-20
Navy Medical Inspector Ames writes a narrative to Admiral Davis relating the events that unfolded when he arrived in Kingston, Jamaica, to provide medical relief after the earthquake. Ames found the city of Kingston to be absolutely demolished, and the populace to be in a “dazed, frightened, and nervous condition.” When Ames offers medical assistance and advice to Governor James Alexander Swettenham, the assistance is refused, and the suggestions denied, with the exception of some limited supplies for which the governor is thankful. Because both Ames and Davis, among others, found that the official city response was lacking, Davis informed Governor Swettenham that the naval medical officers would establish an independent hospital that would serve everyone “irrespective of age, sex, creed, or nationality.” The Jesuit fathers gave their cottage in Winchester Park as the site of the hospital, and they were able to treat many injured people with the help of the Sisters of Mercy. Ames offers comments on the casualties and destruction caused by the earthquake.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-20
Assistant Surgeon May recounts the medical treatment he and other Navy sailors dispensed in responding to the earthquake in Kingston, Jamaica.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-01-18
Newspaper clippings describe the Roosevelt family’s reactions to Ted Roosevelt’s bout with pneumonia.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1902-02
Operating table, field surgical ward, general hospital taking care of soldiers wounded during the Spanish-American War.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898
Red Cross nurse helping a sick soldier from the Spanish-American War at railroad station.
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
1898
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A butcher labeled “The Beef Trust” stands behind a counter in a butcher shop. Around him are meat products labeled “Potted Poison, Chemical Corn Beef, Bob Veal Chicken, Tuberculosis Lard, Decayed Roast Beef, Deodorized Ham, Embalmed Sausages, [and] Putrefied Pork.” A verse from the Bible appears below the counter: “Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink.” Matthew VI:25.
Carl Hassmann’s cover cartoon in Puck is of a recent thematic preoccupation in the weekly — not intending to amuse, and advocating for a cause rather than a party. At the muckraking height of scandals and exposes of the Beef Trust, the meat-packing industry, adulterated foods, and dangerous patent medicines, a stereotypical grimy butcher might have converted readers to vegetarianism, but at least stoked the campaigns for Pure Food and Drug laws.
Bob veal, by the way, sometimes passing as chicken, is today banned in places. It is the meat of baby cattle between two hours and two days old. The meat is, predictably, tender. In traditional Roman cuisine, and making a comeback in some Roman restaurants, pajata is a dish made from baby veals’ intestines containing only chyme (partially digested mother’s milk), tied as little sausages and served with rigatoni.
A folding fan opens to display “the seven ages of dope,” beginning on the left with a nurse attending to an infant, passing through childhood and adulthood, to old age, and culminating with a coffin-shaped closure for the fan. In the foreground is a row of containers for various types of adulterated products, and in the background are drug producing factories.
Cartoonist S. D. Ehrhart’s moralistic cartoon is a play upon the very popular “Seven Ages Of Man,” from William Shakespeare’s Seven Ages of Man (infant, school-boy, lover, soldier, justice, “lean and splintered pantaloon,” and second childishness), issued at the time in framed prints, portfolios, and books.
The cartoonist casts a wide net, and the arrangement looks further like the popular moralistic plays, prints, and books “Ten Nights In a Bar Room,” depicting the stages of alcoholic dissipation in famous Currier and Ives prints.
Thomas Lipton checks the pulse of an animated feminine America’s Cup labeled “America 1851.” Caption: Dr. Lipton – Your condition, of course, is not alarming; but a trip abroad would do you a world of good.
In 1903, Sir Thomas Lipton dreamed yet again of capturing the America’s Cup. The 1902 competition, in New York Harbor, had attracted major attention — three constituent races; the United States’s entry of bold new design; J. P. Morgan’s recent interest as an owner and fan… and Lipton’s British entry defeated, not even finishing.
Despite his flirtatious ways with the buxom America’s Cup depicted in Ehrhart’s cartoon, America in 1903 continued its unbroken string of victories. It was commented at the time that Sir Thomas might have been happier confining himself to his Lipton Tea business.
Theodore Roosevelt informs Anthony Fiala that a certain type of medical equipment was used during his trip to South America.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1914-10-02
Theodore Roosevelt was concerned by Mary Pickens Woodson’s letter, and has written to inquire about the health of her brother, Pickens E. Woodson. Roosevelt is glad that Woodson is doing well at the St. Louis School of Fine Arts.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-02-03
President Roosevelt instructs Secretary of War Taft that under the Isthmian Canal Commission, Dr. William Crawford Gorgas should receive a $10,000 salary. He does not understand Admiral John Grimes Walker’s wish to leave the “useless and expensive” office of the Panama Railroad in New York, while at the same time seeking to economize the medical service improperly.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-01-09
A second doctor has examined Ted Roosevelt’s broken collarbone and determined it was a very bad break or not treated properly. The break did not heal correctly and the bone is deformed, but Ted will be able to “resume his athletic work.” Roosevelt thinks the doctor who originally treated Ted’s injury should know about the second doctor’s opinion.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1901-12-23
Endicott Peabody encloses to Theodore Roosevelt the medical report for Quentin Roosevelt’s foot. He details suggested medical treatment options. Peabody also informs Roosevelt that for the past few days Anna Roosevelt Cowles has been by their side, which she tells that Edith Kermit Carow Roosevelt has decidedly improved. Peabody trusts Edith will be able to quickly move forward to recovery.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-10-19
Henry E. Huck avows that people have openly said he was not given proper medical treatment and was instead “locked up” in the Colonial building at Homewood Retreat. Harry Woods testifies Huck did not have delusions by witnessing and signing the note.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-04-21
Edgar Alexander Mearns agrees to Theodore Roosevelt’s publication stipulations on the Africa expedition. Roosevelt’s publications must come first. In order to complete early preparations for the trip, Mearns requests an official order from the War Department outlining his duties. Mearns suggests other members of the American Museum staff who might be good candidates for the expedition. Mearns also asks Roosevelt whether he should make plans for the “systematic treatment of natives outside of your own party.”
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1908-08-04
Louise Adriana Wood informs President Roosevelt of her husband, Leonard Wood’s health. Wood’s symptoms of “brain irritation” have subsided but should they return he is recommended to see Sir Victor Horsley, a specialist in London. Louise Adriana Wood states that Wood’s general health is fine and that he believes he will be back to work next month. Louise Adriana Wood asks Roosevelt if there is anything that Wood can do for the next six months or until General Henry Clark Corbin returns, she would appreciate having Wood closer to immediate care should anything happen to him.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1905-07-22