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The MHL at the HSS

The weekend before Thanksgiving, we were delighted to be a part of the 2013 History of Science Society meeting in Boston, Massachusetts. Kathryn Hammond-Baker (from the Center for the History of Medicine at the Countway Library) and Hanna Clutterbuck (Project Co-ordinator for the MHL) staffed our table on Friday and Saturday, giving out candy, postcards, and chatting with conference attendees about the MHL. Continue reading

Digital Highlights: It’s That Time of Year Again…

Check out some original sources on the ‘flu!

Flip through the pages above or follow this link to go to Worth B. Daniels’ An account of the origin, symptoms, and cure of the influenza or epidemic catarrh : with some hints respecting common colds and incipient pulmonary consumption (1823).

As always, for more from the Medical Heritage Library, please visit our full collection!