Historical Library News
Jan 6, 2016
What is deafness? From a medical perspective, deafness is an audiological condition that might be resolved through hearing aids or cochlear implants. But from another perspective, to be Deaf (often spelled with a capital “D”) is to belong to a culture, with a shared language and identity. This exhibit explores how people have understood deaf communication and Deaf culture since the seventeenth century, with displays on the history of education, medical interventions, sign languages, and popular culture. This exhibit runs Thursday, January 21, 2016 - Friday, April 1, 2016.
Dec 15, 2015
(by Nathan Rupp and Melissa Grafe) Nearly 900 Yale School of Medicine theses are now available through Yale University’s online institutional repository known as EliScholar. These include “current” theses published in the last decade that have come out of embargo as well as several YSM alumni theses published as far back as 1952. These theses document the rich research done by Yale’s medical students, and can provide a starting point for current medical students embarking on their projects. We’re also pleased to make this part of our collection... Read More
Nov 3, 2015
Monica Green, a scholar of the history of medieval medicine, recently profiled the Bamberg Surgery, which is part of the Medical Historical Library's collection. The Bamberg Surgery is a surgical text dating from the mid-12th century which was acquired by Dr. Harvey Cushing and subsequently formed part of the original Medical Historical collection at Yale. Green writes: The Bamberg Surgery doesn’t get a lot of love in histories of surgery, because of its patchwork character. As Corner himself said, “it is a notebook, a partially organized collection of notes, memoranda, prescriptions,... Read More
Oct 5, 2015
(Post authored by Melissa Grafe) The Medical Historical Library announces a new gift encompassing visual materials depicting medical practice, public health, disease, and more from the collection of Bert Hansen, Ph.D. Over a period of thirty years, Bert Hansen actively collected original materials to document and exhibit the visual record of public health and medical practice and research in America, primarily in graphics published in popular media. Hansen has been teaching history at Baruch College of CUNY since 1994. He holds degrees in chemistry (Columbia) and history of science (... Read More
Sep 17, 2015
The Medical Library's Digital Collections will undergo scheduled maintenance from 7:30am-noon on Wednesday, September 23. During that time, they will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Sep 10, 2015
Historical Illustrations of Skin Disease: Selections from the New Sydenham Society Atlas 1860-1884 The Atlas of Skin Diseases was among the first publications undertaken, in 1859, by the New Sydenham Society. Time-consuming and costly to produce, it was issued in seventeen parts over a period of twenty-four years. In this exhibit, Yale dermatologists Jean Bolognia and Irwin Braverman present the celebrated nineteenth century illustrations to a current clinical audience, making a relevant teaching point with each plate. Twenty-five of the Atlas’ forty-nine plates are selected for display... Read More
Aug 7, 2015
A number of the Library's Digital Collections are temporarily unavailable. Library staff are working to resolve the problem. Please check back for updates.
Jul 24, 2015
The Medical Historical Library is now on Instagram! Charlotte Abney, one of our student workers and a graduate student in the Program in the History of Medicine, is the force behind the account. We’re also on Twitter (@YaleMedHisLib) and experimenting with Pinterest.