Figure 13. Eari y 1 xhibii on homeopathy showing ii- history ; methods and remedies which 

 was installed about 1929. (Smithsonian photo 27049.) 



including a hypochlorinator for purification of water 

 on a farm was installed in tin- gallery. In 1942, the 

 first Emerson iron lung developed in 1931 by John 

 Haven I .merson I for artificial respiration was acquired 

 by the Division. The Division acquired, in 1944, the 

 first portable x-ray machine known to have been 

 operated successfully <>n the battlefield, as well as 

 other x-ray equipment and earl) medicine chests. 



Without a doubt, the most outstanding accession 

 in the field of pharmaceutical history during Dr. 

 Whitebread's years of service was the acquisition of 

 the I.. R. Squibb and Suns old apothecary shop. 

 \1ms( () f the baroque fixtures, including the stained- 

 trlass windows with Hessian-Nassau coats of arms and 

 wrought-iron frames, were part of the mid-1 8th- 

 century cathedral pharmacy "Minister Apotheke" 

 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. It was offered 

 for sale in September 1930 by Dr. Jo Mayer ol Wies- 

 baden, Germany, who was an enthusiastic collector 

 of antiques, especially those related to the health 

 professions. Earlier that year, a historian of phar- 

 macy and chemistry, Fritz Ferchl of Mittenwald, 

 Germain, had published a series ol scholarly and in- 



formative articles on the Meyer collection in which 

 the outstanding specimens were beautifully portrayed 

 .mil thoroughly described (see bibliography). 



As a result of Dr. Mayer's efforts to sell his 1 

 tion. the impact of Ferchl's illustrated articles, .nn\ 



the uniqueness of the collection. E. R. Squil>l> and 



Sons purchased it in 1 932 and broughi it to the I taited 



States "with the thought that it would provide lor 



American pharmacy, it- teachers and students, a 

 museum illuminating the history, growth, and de- 

 velopment of pharmacy, its interesting backgi 

 and struggle through the ayes."' It was displayed at 

 the Century of Progress exposition held in ( hicago 

 during 1933 and 1934; subsequently, il was assembled 

 in tin* Squibb Building in New York City as a private 

 museum where, for about 10 years, it was visited by 

 many interested in pharmacy, ceramics, and art. 

 Charles H. LaWall, who was originally engaged to 

 prepare a descriptive catalog on the exhibit, gave it 

 the title "I he Squibb Ancient Pharmacy." 



Late in 1943, E. R. Squibb and Sons ■'tiered the 

 collection as a gift to the American Pharmacei 

 V 11 1 ation if the latter would provide museum space 



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