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Author: Sally Monroe

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26 Nov
Author: Sally Monroe, Museum Blog

A Note from the Collections: The Lithotomy: A Sordid History

  • November 26, 2018
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Published by Sally Monroe. The history of bladder stone removal is both long and stomach-churning. Also known as calculi, the Latin ...

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10 Oct
Author: Sally Monroe, Museum Blog

A Note from the Collection: The Chamberlen Family Secret

  • October 10, 2018
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Published by Sally Monroe. In the International Museum of Surgical Science’s permanent collection, we have a great deal of forceps o...

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23 May
Author: Sally Monroe, Museum Blog, Uncategorized

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

  • May 23, 2018
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Published by Sally Monroe. The Thorek Manuscript and Rare Book Collection is home to Melchior Weikard’s Der Philosophische Artz, a b...

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05 May
Author: Sally Monroe, Museum Blog

A Note from the Collection: The Pretty Ladies of Tlatilco

  • May 5, 2018
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Published by Sally Monroe. Cinco de Mayo is here, and to celebrate the occasion we are delving into our collection to examine what m...

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10 Apr
Author: Sally Monroe, Museum Blog

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

  • April 10, 2018
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Published by Sally Monroe. When we catalogue texts at the Thorek Manuscripts and Rare Books Collection, one of the pieces of informa...

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

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