Texas Folk Medicine: 1,333 Cures, Remedies, Preventives, & Health Practices (open access)

Texas Folk Medicine: 1,333 Cures, Remedies, Preventives, & Health Practices

This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains a compilation of 1,333 folk cures, remedies and prevention techniques. It includes information about various diagnoses, such as acne, poison ivy, whooping cough, nosebleeds, and others.
Date: 1970
Creator: Anderson, John Q.
System: The UNT Digital Library
[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook, June - August, 1972] (open access)

[Barbara Jordan Scrapbook, June - August, 1972]

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Date: 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
Empowering Minority Communities with Health Information - WSSU (open access)

Empowering Minority Communities with Health Information - WSSU

Environmental health focus with training conducted as part of the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation/National Library of Medicine HBCU ACCESS Project at Winston-Salem State University, NC on November 10, 2010.
Date: November 10, 2010
Creator: McMurray, L. and W. Templin-Branner
System: The UNT Digital Library
Empowering Minority Communities with Health Information - UDC (open access)

Empowering Minority Communities with Health Information - UDC

Training update with Environmental a health focus. Training conducted as part of the United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation/National Library of Medicine - HBCU ACCESS Project at the University of the District of Columbia, Washington, DC on November 2, 2010.
Date: November 2, 2010
Creator: McMurray, L.; Foster, R. & Womble, and R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Empowering Minority Communities with Health Information - ASU (open access)

Empowering Minority Communities with Health Information - ASU

Training Manual updated for United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation/National Library of Medicine - HBCU ACCESS Project for Alcorn State University, Natchez, Mississippi, November 12, 2010
Date: November 12, 2010
Creator: McMurray, L. and W. Templin-Branner
System: The UNT Digital Library
Empowering Minority Communities with Health Information - Howard (open access)

Empowering Minority Communities with Health Information - Howard

Training conducted as a part of the United Negro College Fund Special Programs/National Library of Medicine -HBCU ACCESS Project at Howard University, Washington, DC on November 20, 2010.
Date: November 16, 2010
Creator: McMurray, L. and R. Foster
System: The UNT Digital Library
NLM Web Resources for Environmental Health and Biomedical Research (open access)

NLM Web Resources for Environmental Health and Biomedical Research

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is sponsoring this course to increase awareness of the availability and value of NLM’s online environmental health and toxicology information resources that provide invaluable tools to address these issues—for professionals and consumers alike. Participants will receive hands-on practice with selected NLM resources, and demonstrations of other valuable resources will be provided.
Date: September 12, 2010
Creator: Foster, R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Canaries : their care and management. (open access)

Canaries : their care and management.

A guide to the care and breeding of canaries.
Date: 1938
Creator: Wetmore, Alexander, 1886-1978
System: The UNT Digital Library
Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System: Issues related to hydrofluorocarbons and perfluorocarbons (open access)

Safeguarding the Ozone Layer and the Global Climate System: Issues related to hydrofluorocarbons and perfluorocarbons

This Special Report on Safeguarding the Ozone and the Global Climate System has been developed in response to invitations from Parties to the UNFCCC and the Montreal Protocol. It provides information relevant to decision-making in regard to safeguarding the ozone layer and the global climate system: two global environmental issues involving complex scientific and technical considerations.
Date: 2005
Creator: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
System: The UNT Digital Library
Medical and Nursing Specialists, Physicians, and Physician Assistants Handbook (open access)

Medical and Nursing Specialists, Physicians, and Physician Assistants Handbook

Handbook describing procedures for medical providers regarding medical and nursing specialists, physicians, and physician assistants.
Date: 2010
Creator: Texas Health and Human Services Commission
System: The Portal to Texas History
Weeds Used in Medicine. (open access)

Weeds Used in Medicine.

Lists and describes plants that are useful in "crude medicine" (or botanical medicine) to help the reader identify and use them.
Date: 1910
Creator: United States. Dept. of Agriculture.
System: The UNT Digital Library
TOXNET and Beyond - Using the NLMs Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal-February (open access)

TOXNET and Beyond - Using the NLMs Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal-February

The purpose of this training is to familiarize participants with reliable online environmental health and toxicology information, from the National Library of Medicine and other reliable sources. Skills and knowledge acquired in this training class will enable participants to access, utilize, and refer others to environmental health and toxicology information.
Date: February 24, 2010
Creator: Templin-Branner, W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
TOXNET and Beyond-Using the National Library of Medicine's Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal (open access)

TOXNET and Beyond-Using the National Library of Medicine's Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal

The purpose of this training is to familiarize participants with reliable online environmental health and toxicology information, from the National Library of Medicine and other reliable sources. Skills and knowledge acquired in this training class will enable participants to access, utilize, and refer others to environmental health and toxicology information. After completing this course, participants will be able to: (1) Identify quality, accurate, and authoritative online resources pertaining to environmental health, toxicology, and related medical information; (2) Demonstrate the ability to perform strategic search techniques to find relevant online information; and (3) Apply the skills and knowledge obtained in this class to their organization's health information needs. NLMs TOXNET (Toxicology Data Network) is a free, Web-based system of databases on toxicology, environmental health, hazardous chemicals, toxic releases, chemical nomenclatures, and specialty areas such as occupational health and consumer products. Types of information in the TOXNET databases include: (1) Specific chemicals, mixtures, and products; (2) Unknown chemicals; and (3) Special toxic effects of chemicals in humans and/or animals.
Date: January 1, 2011
Creator: Templin-Branner, Wilma
System: The UNT Digital Library
Notes on the Newer Remedies: Their Therapeutic Applications and Modes of Administration, Second Edition (open access)

Notes on the Newer Remedies: Their Therapeutic Applications and Modes of Administration, Second Edition

The book serves as a pharmacology reference text. It includes physical characteristics, modern therapeutic applications and recommended dosages for various synthetic and natural drugs. An index of diseases begins on page 229, and a general index begins on page 243.
Date: 1894
Creator: Cerna, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Treatise on the Eclectic Southern Practice of Medicine (open access)

A Treatise on the Eclectic Southern Practice of Medicine

This book serves as a reference text on the theory and practice of medicine. It includes "a rapid sketch of the history...of medicine," practical medicinal remedies, in depth discussions of the modifications of many diseases, special pathology and therapeutics, and common surgery practices (p. 9). The index begins on page 713.
Date: 1854
Creator: Massie, J. Cam.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Queer, Quaint Old San Antonio: Its Climate in Throat and Lung Diseases (open access)

Queer, Quaint Old San Antonio: Its Climate in Throat and Lung Diseases

This book is about the climate of San Antonio, Texas, and its potential benefits to individuals suffering from lung illness and disease.
Date: 1895
Creator: Fisher, C. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alternative Fuel News, Volume 4, Number 3 (open access)

Alternative Fuel News, Volume 4, Number 3

This issue of Alternative Fuel News focuses on transit buses and refuse haulers. Many transit agencies and waste management companies are investigating alternatives to traditional diesel buses and refuse haulers.
Date: November 14, 2000
Creator: Ficker, C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
TOXNET and Beyond: Using the National Library of Medicine's Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal (open access)

TOXNET and Beyond: Using the National Library of Medicine's Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal

The National Library of Medicine's Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal provides access to numerous databases that can help you explore environmental chemicals and risks. TOXNET and Beyond: Using NLM's Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal conveys the fundamentals of searching the NLM's TOXNET system of databases in chemistry, toxicology, environmental health, and related fields. In addition to TOXNET, the course will highlight various resources available through the Environmental Health and Toxicology Portal.
Date: October 20, 2010
Creator: Templin-Branner, W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican Lore (open access)

The Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican Lore

Collection of Texas and Mexican folklore, including folktales, Mexican folk remedies, and stories about Don Pedrito Jaramillo, who was the Curandero of Los Olmos. The index begins on page 137.
Date: 1951
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Health and Human Services System Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2015-2019, Volume 1 (open access)

Texas Health and Human Services System Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2015-2019, Volume 1

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Health and Human Services System describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2015 through 2019.
Date: Summer 2014
Creator: Texas. Health and Human Services System.
System: The Portal to Texas History
School Crime and Discipline Handbook: A Practical Reference Guide to Texas Law (open access)

School Crime and Discipline Handbook: A Practical Reference Guide to Texas Law

Handbook developed as a practical guide to the laws applicable to our public schools, with the goal of acting as a valuable tool to help find solutions when school officials are confronted with disciplinary problems (p. iii).
Date: 2002
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Environmental Health Information Partnership Proceedings: March 25-26, 2010 (open access)

Environmental Health Information Partnership Proceedings: March 25-26, 2010

Proceedings of the Environmental Health Information Partnership (EnHIP) Meeting March 25-26, 2010
Date: August 1, 2010
Creator: lange, L. and R. Foster
System: The UNT Digital Library
Children With Special Health Care Needs Services Program Provider Manual, 2011 (open access)

Children With Special Health Care Needs Services Program Provider Manual, 2011

Handbook describing procedures for medical providers regarding the Children with Special Health Care Needs Services Program.
Date: 2011
Creator: Texas. Department of State Health Services.
System: The Portal to Texas History
National Library of Medicine Web Resources for Student Health Professionals (open access)

National Library of Medicine Web Resources for Student Health Professionals

Familiarize students affiliated with the Student National Medical Association with the National Library of Medicine's online resources that address medical conditions, health disparities, and public health preparedness needs.
Date: April 2, 2010
Creator: Womble, R.
System: The UNT Digital Library