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A Renaissance Man at Work: Volcher Coiter’s “Externarum et internarum...
One under-seen and fascinating book to be found in the NYAM rare book collection is Externarum et internarum principalium humani corporis partium tabulae… published by Dutch Renaissance man Volcher...
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Winsome Fetal Skeletons Bearing Scythes: Monro’s Traité d’ostéologie of 1759:...
A note from the Center for the History of Medicine & Public Health: This is the last post in Morbid Anatomy‘s guest series leading up to our Festival of Medical History and the Arts. If you’ve...
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Thanks to everyone who came to our first Festival of Medical History and the Arts on Saturday! It was a great day, with over 1,000 visitors — we’ll be posting more on the day soon, but in the meantime...
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Shadow Journals: The Story of Medical Advertising (Part 1 of 3)
Today we have part one of a guest post written by David Herzberg, Ph.D., who will present “The Other Drug War: Prescription Drug Abuse and Race in 20th-Century America” on Tuesday, October 22. Read...
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Shadow Journals: The Story of Medical Advertising (Part 2 of 3)
Today we have part two of a guest post written by David Herzberg, Ph.D., who will present “The Other Drug War: Prescription Drug Abuse and Race in 20th-Century America” on Tuesday, October 22. Read...
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Thank You! Festival of Medical History and the Arts Wrap-Up
By Lisa O’Sullivan, Director, Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health Whew! Our first Festival of Medical History and the Arts was a great success; more than 1,000 people attended and...
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Shadow Journals: The Story of Medical Advertising (Part 3 of 3)
Today we have the third and final part of a guest post written by David Herzberg, Ph.D., who will present “The Other Drug War: Prescription Drug Abuse and Race in 20th-Century America” on Tuesday,...
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“A Passionate Statistician”: Florence Nightingale and the Numbers Game
In conjunction with its exhibit, “Extraordinary Women in Science & Medicine: Four Centuries of Achievement,” the Grolier Club is holding a symposium on October 26, 2013, to which all are welcome....
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Congratulations, Captioners!
At our Festival of Medical History and the Arts on October 5, we asked attendees to submit captions for three images from items in our collection. Today, we’re happy to announce the winners of the...
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Help! I’m Buried Alive!
By Johanna Goldberg, Information Services Librarian “The most horrible torture which a human being may be exposed to is undoubtedly to be buried in a state of lethargy, that is to say, alive, and wake...
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