From The Retail Druggist of Canada (1913).
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Dr. David Hosack: “Stormy Petrel” of American Medical Education
Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library
History of the Health Sciences Lecture Series
Dr. David Hosack: “Stormy Petrel” of American Medical Education
By Michael Nevins, M.D., President, Medical History Society of New Jersey
Wednesday, March 13: Refreshments, 5:30; Lecture, 6pm
Russ Berrie Medical Science Pavilion, Room 2, 1150 St. Nicholas Ave. at West 168th St. Continue reading
Medical Heritage Library Increases Warren Museum Accessibility
Gallery of the Warren Anatomical Museum (1906-1999), The Warren Anatomical Museum of Harvard Medical School and the Arrangement of its Collection, 1911, Warren Anatomical Museum in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine
Recently digitized works in the Medical Heritage Library have created a window into the historical and modern collections of Harvard Medical School’s Warren Anatomical Museum. Digital surrogates of six books and pamphlets, published between 1835 and 1911, have been made available through the efforts of the Center for the History of Medicine and the National Library of Medicine. Continue reading
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From Eleanour S. Rohde’s The old English herbals (1922).
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The College of Physicians of Philadelphia begins digitizing with Internet Archive
The Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia has just completed its first book shipment to the Internet Archive. The College is one of four sub-grantees in the NEH grant awarded to the MHL via the Open Knowledge Commons. With this shipment, The College begins digitizing over 500,000 pages of rare American medical journals, some of which only exist in a handful of libraries nationwide. Continue reading
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From Louisa S. Cook’s Geometrical psychology, or, The science of representation : an abstract of the theories and diagrams of B. W. Betts (1887).
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Digital Highlights: Discouragment and Encouragement
Title page from the published version of Comegys’ lecture.
In the mid-1850s, C.G. Comegys delivered the introductory lecture at the start of the new session of the Miami Medical College in Cincinnati. It was printed for general distribution in 1856. Continue reading
New Titles in the MHL!
The National Library of Medicine has been adding new titles to the MHL collection — check out the full list at the This Just In page or check out highlights below: Continue reading
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From James Birch Sharpe’s Elements of anatomy : designed for the use of students in the fine arts (1818).
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A/V from the Library
Click here to listen to BAT: Structured Creativity. British American Tobacco (BAT) personnel discuss the future of marketing and product development of tobacco products in the light of marketing constraints and social shifts towards a smoke-free society.
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