Published by Claire Olszewski. With Memorial Day having just passed, I thought it would be a good opportunity to discuss objects I have found within the collection that have been dated … Continue reading A Note from the Collection: Hypodermic Needles, Syrettes and Ampoules from the World War II Era
Published by Sally Monroe. The Thorek Manuscript and Rare Book Collection is home to Melchior Weikard’s Der Philosophische Artz, a book which is perhaps most famous in the medical community … Continue reading A Note from the Library: Prominence and Peril as a Royal Court Physician
Published by Tannaz Motevalli. As one of the International Museum of Surgical Science’s Collection Interns, I have been working specifically in archiving documents pertaining to the house history and early … Continue reading A Note from the Archive: Stories of and from “the Help”
Summer – Fall 2018 Artist in Residence Announced Emma Rozanski June – October 2018 The International Museum of Surgical Science is proud to present our Summer-Fall 2018 Artist-in-Residence: Chicago-based filmmaker … Continue reading Emma Rozanski announced as Summer – Fall 2018 Artist in Residence
Published by Claire Olszewski. Over the last two and a half months, the Museum has proudly hosted Justus Harris as Artist-in-Residence. At age 14, Harris was diagnosed with Type-1 Diabetes, a … Continue reading A Note from the Collection: The Surgical History of Diabetes
Published by Sally Monroe. One of the most exciting things about the Thorek Manuscripts and Rare Books Collection is that it contains no shortage of strange and enigmatic books. One of … Continue reading A Note from the Library: Dr. Paulus Pfann’s Mysterious Book of Medical Recipes
