Artifacts

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The Wangensteen Historical Library artifact collection contains 8,000 objects. The collection includes focus is medical and surgical equipment, instruments, and pharmaceutical products and containers. The collection includes:

16th century-Italian pharmaceutical jars,
Civil War-era amputation kits,
X-ray tubes,
patent medicines,
plant-based pharmaceutical products,
pharmacy equipment,
and infant feeding devices.

To learn more about our artifact collection holdings, request a consultation or contact the library (612-626-6881; [email protected]).

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