Images from the Library

From Arthur E. Baines’ Germination in its electrical aspect, a consecutive account of the electro-physiological processes concerned in evolution, from the formation of the pollen-grain, to the completed structure of the seedling, together with some further studies in electro-physiology (1921). As always, for more from the Medical Heritage Library, please visit our full collection! Continue reading

A/V from the Library

Click “play” above or follow this link to watch The choice is ours (1970). And since we missed last Friday, we present a two-fer this Friday! Click “play” above or follow this link to watch Foxgloves in medicine (1951). And, as always, for more from the Medical Heritage Library, please visit our full collection!   Continue reading

Digital Highlights: Our 50,000th Item “The Doctor’s Advice”

The Medical Heritage Library recently passed a milestone: we uploaded our 50,000th item, the wonderfully titled The doctor’s advice : or how, when, and what to eat and drink, how to secure good health and long life, how to prevent and treat disease, what mothers and nurses ought to know : how to care for the baby, and give to our boys and girls the best moral, mental, and physical culture, when and whom to marry,… Continue reading