Collections : [Yale University -Medical Historical Library]

Words and music by Gene Crowley. London: Peter Maurice Music Co., Ltd, c. 1951. Recorded by Phil Harris. His romantic life is spoiled by sneezing, coughing, the flu, and hay fever.

By Chris Smith. New York: Skidmore Music Co., c. 1921. Sung by Bert Williams in "Broadway Brevities." Blackface characters on cover.

Puck (6:143), front cover of complete issue. J. Keppler, Uncle Sam as watch dog protecting public school funds from parochial schools. Hansen database #153.

By Bert Brown. Troy, N.Y.: Koninsky Music Co., c. 1918. Cover shows a child in a Red Cross uniform and a boy dressed as a soldier. If needed, they will fight in the future like their parents did in World War I.

Chic (1:18), page 42006, front cover, color. Very rare midwife image. "Young Democracy, Born at Cooper Institute, Tuesday, December 28, 1880. Monthly Nurse.--"Faix but yer a wake little crayture, all as wan as yer dead Mother. There's no sign av thrivin' about ye, at all, at all." In a windowless garret or basement, we see a dead donkey in bed to the left with this nurse holding the baby donkey, giving it a worried, cross-eyed look. Among the medications lying around: Develin plaster, Hancock powder, Bennett boodle, Hewitt's glue, Sun cholera mixture, Tilden Barl-y (sic) sugar. The nurse wears a checkered apron, a white bonnet or kerchief, stockings, and house slippers. Page 2 masthead is dated January 11, 1881, a day earlier than the cover date. "Published every Tuesday." No editorial on the cover, but there is a relevant 16-line verse about it, mentioning John Kelly, Irving, Tammany, and Hewitt. "Monthly nurse" was apparently a common term, often used in classified ads for women seeking positions. Seemingly this distinguished it from a children's nurse and graduate nurses were yet very uncommon. While not slovenly like Sairy Gamp, this figure carries no image of skill or professionalism. Hansen database #4397.

Newsweek (146:7), pages 32-39 in complete issue. Cover story. Title on page 33: "Reading Your Baby's Mind." Title on page 36: "Inside a Baby's Brain." Hansen database #4173

Booklet by Parke, Davis & Company, 11" x 14," 16 pages. "Recent advertisements in a series which has been appearing in leading magazines since 1928." Each page depicts one advertisement. Topics include appendicitis, cancer, heart disease, and others. Many of the narratives in these pages are about parental mistakes to be avoided by seeing one's physician. The audience for this expensive book is not clear, may have been physicians (series emphasized seeing and trusting your doctor), management, or others with corporate interests. Hansen database #3513