Finding aid for the Hermann Krebs Apothecary Prescriptions
Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Hermann Krebs Apothecary
Title: Hermann Krebs Apothecary Prescriptions
Dates: 1867-1868
Extent: 0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: The Hermann Krebs Apothecary was founded in 1868 in Brooklyn, Ohio. The name was later changed to Hermann Krebs Pharmacy Company. The company moved several times before it closed in 1958. Its last location was at 2740 West 25th Street, SW, in Cleveland, Ohio. The collection consists of 500 prescriptions for medication, each signed by a physician, numbered, and marked "paid." Some also have the patient's name and others, particularly those from Dr. Henry Muller, are in German. Most are on pharmaceutical notepads with Kreb's letterhead, dated 1867 and 1868.
MS Number MS 3878
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English and German

Scope and Content

The Hermann Krebs Apothecary Prescriptions, 1867-1868, consist of 500 prescriptions for medication, each signed by a physician, numbered, and marked "paid." Some also have the patient's name and others, particularly those from Dr. Henry Muller, are in German. Most are on pharmaceutical notepads with Kreb's letterhead, dated 1867 and 1868.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of medicine and pharmacology in Cleveland, Ohio, in the 1860s.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection is maintained in three folders.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Drugstores -- Ohio -- Cleveland.
Hermann Krebs Apothecary (Cleveland, Ohio)
Medicine -- Ohio -- Cleveland -- Formulae, receipts, prescriptions.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] MS 3878 Hermann Krebs Apothecary Prescriptions, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio