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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A pandemonium of parrots for your Friday! This colorfully illustrated page comes from the massive 36-volume work Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière (1787) by French naturalist and mathematician Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Originally intended to cover all three kingdoms of nature but never finished, the final product chronicles the mineral kingdom as well as quadrepeds and birds in the animal kingdom. #parrot #parrots #pandemonium #psittacines #bird #birds #oiseaux #naturalhistory #histoirenaturelle #naturalism #historyofscience #librariesofinstagram #rarebooks This flower-like image of a dissected eye comes from the pages of Johann Gottfried Zinn’s Descriptio anatomica oculi humani iconibus illustrate (1755). Zinn was a German anatomist considered one of the first to conduct a detailed anatomy of the human eye. Zinn also published important works on botany—the plant genus “Zinnia” is named in his honor. This illustration was requested to be reproduced for an upcoming Yale University Press publication. #eye #johannzinn #ophthalmology #anatomy #anatomicalillustration #science #historyofmedicine #historyofscience #medhist #histmed #librariesofinstagram #rarebooks We love when visitors draw in the guest book at the Cushing Center, home of the Cushing tumor registry (aka “the Brain Room”)! A visitor drew this spry skeleton and also had some kind words to say about our benefactor, neurosurgeon and bibliophile Dr. Harvey Cushing. Cushing Center Coordinator Terry Dagradi encourages visitors to sign the center’s guestbook and especially appreciates when sketches and drawings are contributed—have you visited the Cushing Center? #harveycushing #cushingcenter #medicalmuseum #historyofmedicine #medhist #histmed #skeletons #brains #cushingisdaddy Who will blink first? Today we present a stare down between opposing flaps of an anatomical lift-the-flap illustration in the recently acquired domestic medicine manual, Livre d’or de la santé : méthode nouvelle, complète et pratique de la médecine naturelle et de l'hygiène priveé… (1900). Happy #flapbookfriday! #anatomy #flapbook #specialcollections #librariesofinstagram #libraries #medical #specialcollections #flapanatomy #flapbooks #anatomy #head #histmed #medhist #anatomicalillustration #rarebooks #moveablebook #anatomicalart