MG 456 Stanford Pharmacy, Newark, N.J. Record Books, 1853-1905
MG 456
Stanford Pharmacy, Newark, N.J. Record Books, 1853-1905. 11 vols.
Collection of record books (1853-1905) from the Stanford Pharmacy in Newark
(Essex Co.: N.J.) The ledger dated 1853-1856 was kept by
the first proprietor, Dr. Luther G. Thomas, who founded the
pharmacy in 1852 and later served as an army surgeon during the
Civil War. When he did not return, William H. Stanford took over
until his death in 1915.
The ledger books, 1853-1856 and 1865-1871, list date, customer, some treatments and
many products and sundries sold including: box of pills, brandy,
camphor, castile soap, cigars, cream of tartar, elixir
opium, emery paper, gum drops, magnesium, pumice, quinine pills,
toothache drops, turpentine, strychnia, and in one instance
gonorrhoea. Customers include W. Caulfield, N.
Doremus, J.A. Rankin, and Nehemiah Tichenor, as well as many
Newark businesses: Alling Bros., Bentley & Briant, Alm
Jeroloman & Co., Krementz & Co., Miller Bros., Smillie
& Dorrance, Kent Simoni & Co., Swinnerton Bros.
Prescription books in nine volumes, 1892-1905, consist of pasted-in prescription
forms from physicians to their patients with treatment dates and
pharmacy inventory numbers. Prescriptions include: argyrol,
bicarbonate of soda, bromide, codeine, digitalis,
eucalyptus, heroin, hydrogen peroxide, iodine, morphine sulpher,
peptonoids, phosphate, potassium, quinine pills, vaseline, zinc
oxide. Most prescription forms do not show names of physician or
patient, but the names of many Newark doctors include:
J.Henry Clark, William S. Disbrow, William Glatzmayer, Eleanor
Haines, W.H. Martland, John M. Rand, J.W. Read, Hugh P.
Roden, R.H. Rogers, F.W. Thum, H.J.F. Wallhauser, Aaron Ward,
George S. Ward, and Charles Young. Also, prescriptions from
Universal Workmens Sick and Death Benefit Fund, Newark
Charitable Eye & Ear Infirmary, St. Michaels Hospital,
and the clinic at St. Barnabas.
Inventory available.
Gift of Benjamin Schapiro, 1961.
Box
Title
Dates
1
Record Book
1853-1856
Lists customer,
date, treatment or products sold, including
brandy, cigars,
elixir opium, gum drops, magnesium, quinine
pills, and in one
instance, gonorrhoea.
Record
Book 1865-1871
Lists
customer, date, and products sold, including alcohol,
camphor,
castile soap, cough syrup, cream of tarter, emery
paper,
muriatic acid, strychnia, and toothache drops. Customers
include
Newark businesses: Alling Bros., Bentley & Briant,
Durand
& Co., Alm Jeroloman & Co., Krementz & Co., Miller
Bros.,
Nester & Redway, Kent Simoni & Co., Smillie &
Dorrance,
A.J. Stackhouse, and Swinnerton Bros.
Prescription
Books: Medical prescription forms pasted into nine volumes,
with
dates and pharmacy inventory numbers
2
Volume 1 (Inv. #230532-234114)
Dec. 1892-Apr. 1893
3
Volume 2 (Inv. #234115-237935)
Apr.-Oct. 1893
4
Volume 3 (Inv. #259216-262695)
Nov. 1896-May 1897
5
Volume 4 (Inv. #267254-270722)
Jan. 1897-Aug. 1898
6
Volume 5 (Inv. #275076-278452)
Mar.-Sep. 1899
7
Volume 6: (Inv. #278453-281919)
Sep. 1899-Mar. 1900
8
Volume 7: (Inv. #281920-285288)
Mar.-Sept. 1900
9
Volume 8: (Inv. #294828-298138)
Feb.-Aug. 1902
10
Volume 9: (Inv. #315498-319088)
Nov. 1904-Apr. 1905
