Misery & Remedy: The Rise and Eradication of Epidemic Diseases in East Texas
Misery & Remedy:
The Rise and Eradication of Epidemic Diseases in East Texas
February 1, 2015 - December 20, 2015
Misery and Remedy examines six epidemic diseases – smallpox, cholera, yellow fever, Spanish influenza, tuberculosis and polio – through the mid-1900s, focusing on early remedies, 
scientific discoveries, and the advancement of public health. The exhibit includes more than 150 artifacts from 23 institutional and private lenders throughout the East Texas region and across the United States. A wide range of objects from bloodletting devices to a nurse’s uniform, a pocket microscope and a ginger jar tell the story of epidemics in East Texas: an international story that is an example of the old adage, ‘all history is local’.