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
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
The gardeners among us have been planning their Spring 2013 gardening for months now. There are plenty of plants that can be prepared for the season before; perennials can be trimmed up and put to bed; beds for other plants can be prepared; the work is more or less endless if you want it to be. Just about now, too, the seed and plant companies start sending out their temptingly colored works for the creation of gardening wish-lists.
These works aren’t quite as colorful as, say, Burpee’s shiny Technicolor productions, but they provide valuable insight into the intersection between medicine, science, and gardening at the end of the 19th century and into the 20th. Continue reading
…You live in the US and you’re still looking for that perfect recipe for tomorrow, look no further! Continue reading
Here are some of the latest titles to be added to our Internet Archive collection… Continue reading
Plate from “Beiträge zur Geburtskunde und Gynaekologie…”
We’re pleased to announce that the Medical Heritage Library collection on the Internet Archive has topped 40,000 items. As of this writing, we are, in fact, over 43,000! Continue reading
Hawaiian language title page of Walter Murray Gibson’s He mau olelo ao e pili ana i ke ola kino ona kanaka Hawaii [i.e., Sanitary Instructions for Hawaiians]. (Honolulu: Paiia e R. Grieve, 1881).
English language title page of Walter Murray Gibson’s Sanitary Instructions for Hawaiians (Honolulu: P. C. Advertiser, 1881).
The English and Hawaiian language editions of Walter Murray Gibson’s Sanitary Instructions for Hawaiians represent interesting milestones in Hawaiian public health. Continue reading
We’ve been doing a little housekeeping on our Tools for Digital Research page. Continue reading
Frontispiece of “A Collection of Cases…”
Among the titles mentioned in our post on Wednesday was A Collection of Cases Illustrating the Restorative and Sanative Properties of Swaim’s Panacea, an early nineteenth century production of William Swaim. Continue reading
Here are some selected titles that are new to the MHL collection: Continue reading
