The two volumes of the 1858 Dictionary of Daily Wants aim to do for the nineteenth century family what Google does today: answer any possible question on any possible topic. Want to know what you should always have in the house in case of accidents? Turn to page four and the list starts with “A piece of adhesive plaster.” Need a quick batch of almond cakes? That’s page 19. How about how to catch a bird? Page 141… Continue reading
Click “play” above or follow this link to watch The Nation Prepared For Every Good Work : Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Response (2009). As always, for more from the Medical Heritage Library, please visit our full collection! Continue reading
From Cups and their customs (1863). As always, find more from the Medical Heritage Library at our full collection! Continue reading
Click “play” above or follow this link to watch Living anatomical model (1933). As always, for more from the Medical Heritage Library, please visit our full collection! Continue reading
The Rush University Medical Center Archives, Chicago, Ill., is the official archival agency of Rush University Medical Center and Rush University. The Rush Archives holds almost 3000 linear feet of material from these two institutions and their predecessor schools and hospitals going back to the founding of Rush Medical College in 1837, two days before the city of Chicago was incorporated. The Rush Archives also includes the personal papers of many individuals related to those… Continue reading
From Edward Coleman’s Observations on the structure, œconomy, and diseases of the foot of the horse, and on the principles and practice of shoeing. (1798) As always, for more from the Medical Heritage Library, please visit our full collection! Continue reading
The Medical Heritage Library collection has more than doubled in size in the past year, with the upload of its 100,000th item this month. In October 2014, 10 new institutions from the United Kingdom joined the project and have so far contributed 30,000 titles to the growing collection, including its 100,000th item. This milestone was achieved by the digitisation of Recent Developments in Massage by Douglas Graham, published in 1893 and originating from the collections… Continue reading
Check out some of the latest additions to our collection! What’s More Frightening than a Great White Shark? (2015) Hospital Hi-Lites November 1943 L’entozoaires de l’encephale (1890) Sir John Lubbock’s Scientific lectures (1879) Oeuvres de Rufus d’Ephèse : texte collationné sur les manuscrits, traduit pour la première fois en français, avec une introduction (1879) Colour vision : being the Tyndall lectures delivered in 1894 at the Royal Institute (1895) Cups and their customs (1863) As always, there’s more… Continue reading
From Thomas J. Pettigrew’s Medical portrait gallery : Biographical memoirs of the most celebrated physicians, surgeons, etc., etc., who have contributed to the advancement of medical science (1839). As always, for more from the Medical Heritage Library, please visit our full collection! Continue reading
From Gautier Dagoty’s Anatomie de la tête : en tableaux imprimés, qui representent au naturel le cerveau sous différentes coupes, la distribution des vaisseaux dans toutes les parties de la tête, les organes des sens, & une partie de la nevrologie ; d’après les piéces disséquées & préparées, par M. Duverney … en huit grandes planches, dessinées, peintes, gravées, & imprimées (1748). As always, for more from the Medical Heritage Library, please visit our full… Continue reading
