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Category: Author: Kelly Christian

Posted on August 27, 2020August 27, 2020

My Role as a Library Collections Intern

Published by Kelly Christian I’ve been working as the Library Collections Intern here at the International Museum of Surgical Science since the beginning of February. I was very excited to … Continue reading My Role as a Library Collections Intern

Posted on April 24, 2020

A Note from the Library – A Horrible Laceration: The Impact of the Minié Ball in the American Civil War

Published by Kelly Christian Many of the surgical textbooks held in the Thorek Manuscripts and Rare Books Collection reference how to operate on and care for wounds from war. The … Continue reading A Note from the Library – A Horrible Laceration: The Impact of the Minié Ball in the American Civil War

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      • The Operating Room: Surgical Technology Then and Now
      • IF/THEN® Contemporary Women in STEM
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      • The Life and Deaths of The Mels (Here Lie the Bones)
      • BODIES III
      • The Next Generation in Biomedical Visualization
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