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Dr. Homer T. Jackson Collection, The (Late 19th Century to early 20th Century)

Dr. Jackson was a country doctor who practiced in Verona, NY and graduated from the UB Medical School in 1881. The collection features many of the tools and medicines that a country doctor of the late nineteenth century would have utilized.

The collection includes:

  • Medical instruments: mortar and pestle, surgical instruments, dental instruments, and more.
  • Handwritten journals and notebooks
  • Personal effects: Dr. Jackson's tophat, nameplate, telegraph, and more.
  • Photographs