We haven’t done a round-up of the latest items to hit our collection in awhile, so lets see what we have… And there’s many, many more! See the full date-sorted list here! Continue reading
We weren’t sure if we would have the funding to support a second fellowship but we do and we’re excited to see the applications! The Medical Heritage Library (MHL) seeks a fellow to develop and organize the planning of the MHL’s Biennial Conference. Collaborating with the MHL President, the MHL Project Co-ordinator, and/or the MHL Governance group, the fellow will help plan a virtual conference to take place on November 3, 2023. The fellow will… Continue reading
Check out the write-ups on the Henrys in Cocker’s English dictionary (1715): Continue reading
We’re accepting applications for our summer 2023 fellowship! The Medical Heritage Library seeks a motivated fellow to assist in the continuing development of our education and outreach programs. Under the guidance of a member of our governance board, the fellow will develop a curated collection or sets for the MHL website on the topic of mental health and illness. Examples of existing primary source sets can be found on the MHL website: http://www.medicalheritage.org/resource-sets/. These collections… Continue reading
If you’re thinking about taking that vacation we talked about last week, you’ll need to get some new clothes, yes? Well, Thomas Gerald Garry in his 1911 Some factors influencing health in tropical and sub-tropical countries is (at least by implication!) suggesting this: Continue reading
The second set from our 2022 fellow, Genie Yoo, on climate, health, and empire. Watch this space! Continue reading
I don’t know about you, but January 2023 came in like a rabid bear with a hangover and a bad attitude, so these health resorts in the British Isles look pretty good. Continue reading
The MHL is looking for new partners. Do you have material in your collections related to the history of medicine and the health sciences? Is it already in Internet Archive or do you have it digitally available elsewhere and want to put it in IA? Want to make your material part of a large and heavily used online corpus? Come talk to us! Continue reading
Having some fun this week going through our copies of Vesalius to find images for our next coloring book! Continue reading
The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow (1 year duration, with potential for renewal for up to 3 years) to assist with research development and community engagement within the recently launched University of California-Johns Hopkins University (UCSF-JHU) Opioid Industry Documents Archive. Fellowships typically start July 1, 2023 but dates are flexible. The UCSF-JHU Opioid Industry Documents Archive (OIDA) https://www.industrydocuments.ucsf.edu/opioids/, established in Spring 2021, is a digital collection of publicly disclosed… Continue reading
