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20 Jul
Author: Erica Lande, Library, Museum Blog

Dissection of the Fabrica and Anatomical History

  • July 20, 2023
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Published by Margaret Balwierz

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06 Jul
Author: Erica Lande, Library, Museum Blog

Rumours of Nostalgia

  • June 1, 2024
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Published by Erica Lande On Pe...

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27 Aug
Author: Kelly Christian, Library, Museum Blog

My Role as a Library Collections Intern

  • August 27, 2020
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Published by Kelly Christian ...

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24 Apr
Author: Kelly Christian, Library, Museum Blog

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

  • July 21, 2024
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Published by Kelly Christian Many of ...

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12 Mar
Author: Erin Newton, Library, Museum Blog

A Note from the Library: Florence Nightingale Through Letters

  • March 12, 2020
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Published by Erin Newton Whi...

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23 Jan
Author: Erin Newton, Library, Museum Blog

A Note from the Library: Smellie’s ‘Treatise on Midwifery’: A debate between theory and practice

  • January 23, 2020
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Published by Erin Newton

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18 Jan
Author: Nada Abdelrahim, Library, Museum Blog

A Note from the Library: One Hit Wonder of 1698

  • January 18, 2020
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Published by Nada Abdelrahim Even tho...

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27 Nov
Author: Erin Newton, Library, Museum Blog

A Note from the Library: On Obstetrics and Gender in Tokugawa-Period Japan

  • November 27, 2019
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Published by Erin Newton Japanese his...

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20 Nov
Author: Nada Abdelrahim, Library, Museum Blog

A Note from the Library: De Medicina—A Complete Medical Text for its Time

  • November 20, 2019
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Published by Nada Abdelrahim

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

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