Health and Medicine

Members of the 15th Minnesota Regiment boarding train for Camp Meade.

Members of the 15th Minnesota Regiment boarding train for Camp Meade.

Members of the Fifteenth Regiment boarding a train to Camp Mead.

15th Minnesota Volunteers at Camp McKenzie, Georgia.

15th Minnesota Volunteers at Camp McKenzie, Georgia.

Quarters of the Fifteenth Regiment at Fort McKenzie, c. 1898

15th Minnesota Volunteers at Camp McKenzie.

15th Minnesota Volunteers at Camp McKenzie.

Officers of the Fifteenth Regiment at Fort McKenzie, c. 1898

15th regiment moved from Camp Ramsey on the State Fairgrounds to try and control the spread of typhoid fever.

15th regiment moved from Camp Ramsey on the State Fairgrounds to try and control the spread of typhoid fever.

Temporary dwellings of the Fifteenth Regiment after abandoning the Fairgrounds, c.1898

1898 Typhoid Epidemic

In 1898, 400 members of the Fifteenth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry were hospitalized with typhoid after camping at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. U.S. Army Surgeons decided the epidemic's source was the public water of Minneapolis.

Sister Kenny's Polio Solution

Sister Kenny's Polio Solution

Seals, Sister Kenny Foundation

Seals, Sister Kenny Foundation

Sister Kenny Foundation seals used for fundraising campaign, 3 different presentations, date unknown.

Seals, Sister Kenny Foundation

Seals, Sister Kenny Foundation

Sister Kenny Foundation seals used for fundraising campaign, 3 different presentations, date unknown.

Seals, Sister Kenny Foundation

Seals, Sister Kenny Foundation

Sister Kenny Foundation seals used for fundraising campaign, 3 different presentations, date unknown.

Therapist assists elderly stroke victim with a walker, Abbott-Northwestern Hospital, Sister Kenny Pavilion.

Therapist assists elderly stroke victim with a walker, Abbott-Northwestern Hospital, Sister Kenny Pavilion.

Therapist assists elderly stroke patient with a walker, Abbott-Northwestern Hospital, Sister Kenny Pavilion. 2/21/1981.

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