The Medical Historical Library recently acquired a collection of letters by John J. Cushing, one of the first homeopathic physicians in California. Cushing wrote in the 1850s to his family in Providence, Rhode Island from San Francisco, where he set up practice. The collection contains colorful anecdotes about Gold Rush era San Francisco, including some on his experiences as a doctor there.
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On View in the Library Corridor through January 6
Selections from the Historical Collections
L.C. Clinker and M.J. Dwyer
Don’t Waste Food While Others Starve! c.1918Lithograph printed by Heywood Strasser and Voight Lithograph Company, New York, for the U.S. Food AdministrationPurchased through the Lucia P. Fulton Fund 2010
Harvey T. Dunn U.S.A. 1884-1952
Victory is a Question of Stamina,... Read More
Anti-Drug and AIDS Awareness Posters from the 1980’s and 1990’s
On View in the Library Foyer through January 6
Selections from the Historical Collections
Andrej PagowskiPolish b. 1953
Narkotyki to gówno [Drugs are Shit] Published for Fundacja Wspierania Tworzcosci, Kultury i Sztuke ARS [Foundation for Supportof Culture, Art, and Creativity... Read More
]On October 28, 1810, the Connecticut Legislature approved a charter to create a medical school at Yale. The Medical Institution of Yale College, now Yale University School of Medicine, was the sixth medical school in the United States. From a single rented building with five faculty members and no hospital in the state of Connecticut, the Yale School of Medicine, in association with Yale-New... Read More