Medical Historical Library

New Exhibit: Plastic Surgery at Yale: Surgical Expertise, Innovation, and History

Plastic surgery at yaleDiscover technologies used in reconstructive and cosmetic surgery today through the models and tools on loan from Yale Plastic Surgery. Read more

 

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Season's Greetings from the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library! Come over and visit our big, fat book tree! #CWMLbooktree #yalemed #yalelibrary #yale #christmastree #librarychristmas #booktree #librariesofinstagram #library #librarylife #partyatthelibrary #happyholidays #nationalunioncatalog Our archivist Kathi Isham is ready for the Cultural Heritage Crawl at the Yale Center for British Art (@yalebritishart), TODAY from 4-5:30 (Dec. 11)! Yale faculty, instructors, and educators of all levels are welcome to learn about teaching with Yale’s collections. Meet curators, librarians, and archivists who can work with you and your classes. Live teaching demos! Hands-on activities that you can adapt for your courses! #yale #yalelibrary #specialcollections #education #teaching #yalebritishart Can color be used to cure disease? “Chromopathy is the art of healing by means of Light and Color,” according to Edwin Babbitt’s The wonders of light & color : including chromopathy, or the new science of color healing. In his 1879 book Babbitt (1828-1905) claimed that by applying sunlight filtered through colored glass panes he saw improvements in his patients, using specific colors to treat specific diseases. This title was recently requested for reproduction through Inter-Library Loan. #chromopathy #color #light #colorhealing #phototherapy #histmed #medhist #librariesofinstagram