Medicine at Work: A Selection of Instruments and Materials from the Medical Historical Library
September 22nd, 2012-January 13th,2013
Medicine at Work, on view beginning September 22nd in the Rotunda of the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library and foyer of Sterling Hall, exhibits instruments, prints, catalogs, fee bills, and books describing and depicting a variety of medical work. Surgical operations... Read More
Beaumont Medical Club Lecture
September 14, 2012 5:00 p.m.Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library
The New Haven Green: Heart of a City
by Ms. Karyl EvansProducer and Director
Karyl Evans is a documentary film maker whose work has been recognized with five Emmy awards. Ms. Evans’ recent films have dealt with Connecticut history and include films about African-Americans in Connecticut... Read More
On view June 22through September 17 in the Medical Library Foyer.
Avoid Fatigue: Eat a Lunch that Packs a Punch! 1943
Published by the War Food Administration
United States Department of Agriculture
Gift of George M. Smith 1943
During World War II, responsible food habits were promoted as a contribution to the war effort by the U.S. government.
The Eat to Beat the Devil series published... Read More
"Family Doctor" by Grant Wood and Works by Other Mid 20th Century American Artists
on view June 22-September 17 in the library hallwayGrant Wood's iconic lithograph "Family Doctor," for which he used his personal physician as a model, is currently on view with twelve other prints and drawings by American artists.
"Family Doctor" by Grant Wood, 1940Lithograph"Children's Ward" by Robert Riggs, c... Read More
New Exhibit on display in the Library foyer April 23 – June 18 2012
The Office of International Medical Student Education(OIMSE)
OIMSE, established in 2006 by Deans Richard Belitsky and Robert Alpern, facilitates opportunities for medical students to experience medicine as it is practiced throughout the world and to enrich the learning environment at Yale School of Medicine by providing... Read More
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.
In... Read More
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