Health & Wellness
February 21, 2013

the doctor is in

Written by admin

 

This photo of Dr. Cyrus Schreiner was taken not long before his death in 1900. He is buried in St. Clair Cemetery on Scott Road along side his wife and three of their children.

 

 

THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF MOUNT LEBANON’S SCHREINER FAMILY COLLECTION IS BEING USED FOR A RESEARCH PROJECT ABOUT
MEDICINE IN THE 1800s. 

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Dr. Schreiner’s house stood at the northwest corner of Washington and Bower Hill roads. The small tree hides the door to his office.
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The doctor used this horse and buggy to make house calls.
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The doctor’s scale, on loan to the Historical Society of Mount Lebanon from Jim Baird.
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After 113 years, the glass vials in Dr. Schreiner’s leather medical bag are still intact.
instrument_box
The doctor kept his scalpels, saws and other sharp tools in this velvet-lined wooden box.
recipe_book
The doctor’s handwritten pharmacopeia contains recipes for powders, tinctures, elixirs, cough syrup and poultices along with one for shoe polish.
young_myrtilla
The doctor’s wife, Myrtilla, as
a young woman.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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