{"id":147785,"date":"2025-03-21T13:49:16","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/american-history\/miss-h-m-rice-trade-card-boston-ca-1830s-past-is-present\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T13:49:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T13:49:16","slug":"miss-h-m-rice-trade-card-boston-ca-1830s-past-is-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=147785","title":{"rendered":"Miss H.M. Rice Trade Card. Boston, ca. 1830s \u2013 Past is Present"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-19456\">\n<div class=\"post-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"624\" height=\"351\" src=\"https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Blue-and-Cream-Mustache-For-Men-Themes-Twitter-Post-624x351.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Blue-and-Cream-Mustache-For-Men-Themes-Twitter-Post-624x351.png 624w, https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Blue-and-Cream-Mustache-For-Men-Themes-Twitter-Post-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Blue-and-Cream-Mustache-For-Men-Themes-Twitter-Post-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Blue-and-Cream-Mustache-For-Men-Themes-Twitter-Post-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/Blue-and-Cream-Mustache-For-Men-Themes-Twitter-Post.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\"\/>\t<\/div>\n<p><!-- .post-thumbnail --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The early 19<sup>th<\/sup> century saw a resurgence in the use of leeches for medical use, especially during the cholera epidemic of the 1830s in Europe and America. Though leeches did prove to have anti-inflammatory effects, they did not cure or mitigate cholera and by mid-century were rarely used in medicine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19457\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19457\" style=\"width: 479px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/620368_0001-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19457\" src=\"https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/620368_0001-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"479\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/620368_0001-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/620368_0001-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/620368_0001-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/620368_0001-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/pastispresent.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/620368_0001-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\"\/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Front of trade card.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This trade card touts a Miss H.M. Rice. She specialized in the application of leeches within the office of physician Ashel Boyden, whose office at 42 Hancock Street, Boston, was active from about 1836 to after 1840. Unfortunately, we have not yet found further identifying evidence of Miss Rice in Boston, but this card illustrates another important way women contributed to the workforce in the 19<sup>th <\/sup>century.<\/p>\n<p>~ Christine Morris, Associate Curator of Graphic Arts and Registrar<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The early 19th century saw a resurgence in the use of leeches for medical use, especially during the cholera epidemic of the 1830s in Europe and America. Though leeches did prove to have anti-inflammatory effects, they did not cure or mitigate cholera and by mid-century were rarely used in medicine. (Front of trade card.) 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