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Item consists of a notebook. Compilation of home remedies, medical and veterinary advice, and general helpful hints devised to ease lot of turn-of-the-century rural families. Indicative of the self-sufficiency and ingenuity of rural populace, as well as their isolation.

Item consists of a pamphlet that touts the virtues of condensed air as a cure for maladies ranging from nasal congestion to paralysis.

Item consists of an almanac which contains recipes and advertisements for cures to diseases and ailments.

Item consists of a videocassette. Item details the and career of local Richmond Hill physician, Dr. Jim Langstaff.

Item chronicles life and career of Lillian Langstaff, M.D., the "Lady Doctor of Richmond Hill"; while focusing largely upon Richmond Hill, this work provides general insight vis-a-vis the state of medicine in and medical problems common to early-twentieth century rural Ontario.