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The MHL Welcomes a New Content Contributor

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The History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group was established in 1990 as the Wellcome Trust’s History of Twentieth Century Medicine Group. In October 2010 it moved to the School of History, Queen Mary University of London, where it is supported by a Wellcome Trust Strategic Award to Professor Tilli Tansey. In developing and strengthening links between members of the biomedical research community and medical historians, the Group played – and continues to play – a prominent role in promoting and facilitating the study of the history of twentieth-century medicine and medical science by encouraging the creation and deposit of material sources for use by present and future historians. Continue reading

The MHL Welcomes a New Content Contributor: Emory Contributes to the Medical Heritage Library

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The Robert W. Woodruff Health Sciences Center Library at Emory University is pleased to contribute digitized versions of over 180 titles selected from our Historical Collection to the Medical Heritage Library. Many scholars find these additions valuable for learning and research. Individual volumes in DiscoverE will include a link to these volumes. Continue reading

Dr. David Hosack: “Stormy Petrel” of American Medical Education

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Hosack P-000442

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

Mirroring Medicine: Medals from the Collection of Dr. Ira Rezak

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Medal issued to commemorate the 70th birthday of Louis Pasteur, 1892.

The Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at the Columbia University Medical Center, one of the MHL partner institutions, is pleased to present “Mirroring Medicine,” an exhibition of medical-themed medals from the collection of Dr. Ira Rezak, Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. Continue reading