Click “play” above or follow this link to go to “Smoking Controversy” (undated). As always, for more from the Medical Heritage Library, please visit our full collection! Continue reading
We are pleased to announce that the Medical Heritage Library has created a full-text search tool for use with the MHL collections. The original idea for the tool was generated by the MHL’s Governance Committee. Kathryn Hammond-Baker and Emily Gustainis liaised with Francis A. Countway Medical Library‘s technical team members, primarily David Hummel (lead) and Seth Paine. Thanks also to Zak Kohane, director of the Countway Library and the Center for Biomedical Informatics (CBMI) and Doug MacFadden, CIO… Continue reading
From James W. Roosevelt’s In sickness and in health; a manual of domestic medicine and surgery, hygiene, dietetics, and nursing (1896). As always, for more from the Medical Heritage Library, please visit our full collection! Continue reading
In 1871, John Ordronaux, professor of medical jurisprudence at the Law School of Columbia College, published a bilingual (Latin and English) edition of The Code of Health of the School of Salernum. The volume was found valuable enough even to run to a special edition of only 210 copies, printed on “extra large superfine tinted paper” for $5 a copy. Continue reading
Have you looked at our latest uploads? Here’s a sample of what’s come into the collection recently: Continue reading
From Ambrose Blacklock’s A treatise on sheep; the best means for their improvement, general management, and the treatment of their diseases. With a chapter on wool, and history of the wool trade, and the management of sheep in Australia (1853). As always, for more from the Medical Heritage Library, please visit our full collection! Continue reading
At the most recent conference of the Archivists and Librarians in the History of Health Sciences held in 2013 at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, the Medical Heritage Library was awarded the Publication Award for Best Online Resource. Continue reading
From Alexander Burnett’s The Medical adviser and complete guide to health and long life : containing the most plain and easy directions for the treatment of every disorder incidental to the human frame in all its ages (1825). As always, for more from the Medical Heritage Library, please visit our full collection! Continue reading
Click “play” above or follow this link to watch Today’s Neuroscience, tomorrow’s history: Doctor Ann Silver (2007). As always, for more from the Medical Heritage Library, please visit our full collection! Continue reading
The Medical Heritage Library delivered a successful lunch session at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine, held at Emory University in Atlanta, GA, on Saturday, May 18, 2013. Entitled “Maximizing the Medical Heritage Library’s Usefulness for Research: New Content, New Tools”, the four panelists highlighted recent additions to the MHL and offered a glimpse into future plans: Continue reading
