Published by Emily Baughman Beauty is pain. Whether you’ve scored a nasty cut while shaving or destroyed your feet breaking in a pair of heels, everyone has flirted with danger … Continue reading X-Ray Hair Removal: Seeing Through the Beauty Industry
Published by Bailey Kirsten “Beauty is pain!” one may think as they stuff their feet into 6-inch pumps, or meticulously tweeze their brows into the perfect arch. How far, however, … Continue reading A Note from the Collections – From Assassinations to Witches’ Brews: The Troubled History of the Belladonna Plant
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
Published by Emily Baughman “This historic image depicts a quarantine card, which would be used to notify people not to enter or leave a house that had been quarantined due … Continue reading A Brief and Contained History of Quarantines
Published by Erin Newton While surgical textbooks and treatise on diseases can tell us much about the history of medicine, it is important to remember that the men and women … Continue reading A Note from the Library: Florence Nightingale Through Letters
Published by Education Intern, Lillian Climo Patent medicine trading card. Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, c. 1887. Miami University Libraries Digital Collections. Advertisement for “Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup”, from 1887. The … Continue reading A Note from the Collections: Dangerous “Soothing Syrups:” Patent Medicines
Published by Education Intern, Jackie Guataquira Over the past twelve weeks, I’ve been continuously reflecting on my time here at IMSS, keeping a journal to do so. The experiences I’ve … Continue reading Reflecting on my Experience as an Education Intern
Published by Erin Newton “William Smellie,” photoprint. Accessed 1/8/2020. <http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101429306> William Smellie (1697-1763) is often referred to as the father of British obstetrics. He spent most of his long career … Continue reading A Note from the Library: Smellie’s ‘Treatise on Midwifery’: A debate between theory and practice
Published by Nada Abdelrahim Even those of us that are only slightly acquainted with the medical field can appreciate the way it has come to be an interdisciplinary practice. Medical … Continue reading A Note from the Library: One Hit Wonder of 1698
Published by Claire Olszewski. With the Museum fully decked with festive decor, it is starting to feel like the holiday season is among us. I would like to take this … Continue reading A Note from the Collection: Christmas at IMSS
