Misery & Remedy: The Rise and Eradication of Epidemic Diseases in East Texas

The Stone Fort Museum is hosting a reception and lecture to celebrate the exhibit, Misery & Remedy: The Rise and Eradication of Epidemic Diseases in East Texas. Six epidemic diseases - smallpox, cholera, yellow fever, Spanish influenza, tuberculosis and polio - are examined 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 uniforms and a pocket microscope to a ginger jar tell the story of epidemics in East Texas.