From Walter J. Kilner’s The Human Atmosphere, or, The Aura Made Visible by the Aid of Chemical Screens (1911). As always, for more from the Medical Heritage Library, please visit our full collection! Continue reading
Dr. Bethenia Owens-Adair, born in Missouri in 1840, published her life-story in 1906, writing down her experiences of life with pioneering parents and her medical education as one of the first women to aim for a medical degree. She was married as a teenager and left her husband before she was twenty. She began attending school after leaving her husband and received funding from family friends and admirers, allowing her to set herself up as a school… Continue reading
We’ve recently added a few new resources to our Tools for Digital Research page and wanted to take a minute to draw them to your attention. The Giant’s Shoulders: This is a monthly collation of author-submitted blog posts from other blogs on the history of science and medicine. For an example, check out the most recent one from around Halloween time, hosted by the Early Modern Experimental Philosophy blog at the University of Otago, featuring posts on… Continue reading
From William Atkinson’s The Orientation of Buildings; or, Planning for Sunlight (1912). As always, for more from the Medical Heritage Library, please visit our full collection! Continue reading
In 1843, Sir Alexander Morison published The Physiognomy of Mental Diseases, a compilation of observations and sketches of mental patients. Continue reading
Welcome to midweek! Here are some stories that have come across our desks recently at the MHL… Continue reading
From Mrs. H.R. Haweis’ The Art of Beauty (1883). As always, for more from the Medical Heritage Library, please visit our full collection! Continue reading
David Livingstone was a nineteenth century celebrity; his travels in Africa gained him an international reputation. In 1880, William G. Blaikie published The Personal Life of David Livingstone through the Fleming H. Revell Company, “publishers of evangelical literature.” Continue reading
The NLM, as well as being a valued partner in the MHL, has also created a great database of medical images, Images from the History of Medicine. The database features a variety of images, including postcards, broadsides, posters, public health advertisements, and caricatures among others. Images features almost 70,000 images from the historical collections at NLM. The bulk of the images are from prior to World War II, but later public health images are also included,… Continue reading
From George J. Engelmann’s Labor Among Primitive Peoples (1883). As always, for more from the Medical Heritage Library, please visit our full collection! Continue reading
