23 May

Author: Sally Monroe, Museum Blog, Uncategorized

A Note from the Library: Prominence and Peril as a Royal Court Physician

May 23, 2018
By imss

Published by Sally Monroe. The Thorek Manuscript and Rare Book Collection is home to Melchior Weikard’s Der Philosophische Artz, a b...

14 May

Author: Tannaz Motevalli, Museum Blog, Uncategorized

A Note from the Archive: Stories of and from “the Help”

May 14, 2018
By imss

Published by Tannaz Motevalli. As one of the International Museum of Surgical Science's Collection Interns, I have been working spec...

14 May

News, Uncategorized

Emma Rozanski announced as Summer – Fall 2018 Artist in Residence

May 14, 2018
By imss

Summer - Fall 2018 Artist in Residence Announced Emma Rozanski June – October 2018 The International Museum of Surgical Science is prou...

05 May

Author: Sally Monroe, Museum Blog

A Note from the Collection: The Pretty Ladies of Tlatilco

May 5, 2018
By imss

Published by Sally Monroe. Cinco de Mayo is here, and to celebrate the occasion we are delving into our collection to examine what m...

18 Apr

Author: Claire Olszewski, Museum Blog

A Note from the Collection: Pick Your Poison

April 18, 2018
By imss

Published by Claire Olszewski. Poisons, while not common in everyday life today, were abundant in the medical sciences of the late...

10 Apr

Author: Sally Monroe, Museum Blog

A Note from the Library: Dr. Louis Shapiro, International Man of Medicine

April 10, 2018
By imss

Published by Sally Monroe. When we catalogue texts at the Thorek Manuscripts and Rare Books Collection, one of the pieces of informa...

20 Mar

Author: Claire Olszewski, Museum Blog, Uncategorized

A Note from the Collection: The Surgical History of Diabetes

March 20, 2018
By imss

Published by Claire Olszewski. Over the last two and a half months, the Museum has proudly hosted Justus Harris as Artist-in-Residen...

13 Mar

Author: Sally Monroe, Museum Blog, Uncategorized

A Note from the Library: Dr. Paulus Pfann’s Mysterious Book of Medical Recipes

March 13, 2018
By imss

Published by Sally Monroe. One of the most exciting things about the Thorek Manuscripts and Rare Books Collection is that it conta...

01 Dec

Artist in Residence, News

2018 Winter Artist-in-Residence Announced: Justus Harris

December 1, 2017
By imss

2018 Winter Artist-in-Residence Announced Justus Harris January - March 2018 The International Museum of Surgical Science is proud to p...

23 Oct

Author: Lorca Jolene, Library, Museum Blog

A Note From the Library: Facial Reconstruction in the 1940s and the Guinea Pig Club

October 23, 2017
By imss

Published by Lorca Jolene. Tremendous advances in facial reconstructive and plastic surgery occurred during the 1940s due to the ...