
Original 1913 Journal of the National Medical Association - African American Medical History & Antique Advertising An original July-September 1913 issue of the Journal of the National Medical Association, Volume 5, Number 3. Measuring 10 × 7 inches, this early-20th-century publication is an interesting historical artifact documenting African American medical history, professional life, and contemporary advertising.
Published during the Jim Crow era, the journal provides a window into the institutions, businesses, and professional activities of African American physicians and healthcare professionals. HISTORICAL CONTENT & ADVERTISING This issue features a variety of period advertisements and medical material, including: C. Glyco-Heroin: An intriguing period pharmaceutical advertisement for a cough remedy, illustrating early-20th-century patent-medicine marketing.
Tuskegee Institute: Material relating to its nursing education and medical institutions, including the John A. Period medical advertising: Advertisements for medical equipment, pharmaceutical preparations, and other products and services of the era. This publication may appeal to collectors of African American history, Black business history, antique advertising, pharmaceutical history, medical ephemera, and early-20th-century printed material.