Welcome to the Medical Historical Library

Meet our first Simbonis Intern!

Emma Brennan-Wydra

We are delighted to share a report on the work of our first Simbonis intern, Emma Brennan-Wydra, who joined the staff in the Medical Historical Library at the end of May 2018.  Emma offered the following glimpses into her life and experiences as our intern.

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Dragon-flies vs. mosquitoes…who will win? For World Mosquito Day we brought out this collection of essays from 1890 titled Dragon flies vs. mosquitoes, which explores methods of destroying the irritating insects and what natural enemies, such as dragonflies (or “mosquito hawks”), might be pitted against them. Today marks the discovery of the link between malaria and mosquitoes by Sir Ronald Ross in 1897. #worldmosquitoday #mosquito #mosquitoes #malaria #infectiousdisease #dragonflies #insects #histmed #medhist #publishersbinding #publichealth #rarebooks #librariesofinstagram It’s been too long since we’ve posted on #publishersbindingthursday so we had to share this set of French domestic medicine manuals recently purchased for the collection. Titled Livre d’or de la santé (1909), the volumes are gorgeously illustrated and include a number of flap anatomies, which we will be sure to post coming up soon! #publishersbinding #librariesofinstagram #specialcollections #rarebooks #medhist #histmed #meta #medical #medicalhistory Ever have one of these days? This gentleman is experiencing trepanation, a surgical operation that involves drilling holes in the skull to relieve pressure due to injury. An ancient operation, trephination was also thought to release evil spirits, and relieve or cure epilepsy and other mental disorders. Our image is from Hans von Gersdorff’s 16th century surgery manual titled Feldbüch der Wundartzney. This 1528 edition is full of hand-colored woodcuts by the renowned German Renaissance artist Hans Wechtlin. #oneofthosedays #woodcut #gersdorff #hanswechtlin #germanrenaissance #wundartzney #surgery #medhist #histmed #librariesofinstagram We heard the #archiveshashtagparty is an #80sparty this month! Sporting traditional 80s garb this teen is rebelling in typical 80s fashion in a classic #80sposter by Partnership for a Drug Free America. This poster and others (non80s!) are on display in our exhibition highlighting new acquisitions from our collection of prints, posters, and drawings, which is up for just a few more weeks. #80s #80ssweater #80shair #archives80s #cocaine #partnershipforadrugfreeamerica #librariesofinstagram #archivesofinstagram #specialcollections