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Access to the Cushing Center is Changing

Dec 19, 2023

As part of a larger reimagining of the Cushing Center, we’d like to share our new mission statement: The mission of the Cushing Center is to inspire wonder about the human brain and its disorders, to educate visitors about the history of modern neurosurgery, and to respectfully steward the remains of patients contained within the Cushing Brain Tumor Registry. The Cushing Center will be closed... Read More

Patent Medicines, Medicine Shows, and The Secret Life of Blackface

Oct 12, 2023

Written by Michael Ortiz-Castro, Harvard University Ferenc Gyorgyey/Stanley Simbonis YSM’57 Research Travel Grant recipient, 2023-2024 Medicine shows were grand spectacles—among some of the first large scale, public, and free theatrical venues in the United States. The spectacles were incredibly popular in the U.S., particularly in the South and the West, from the 1870s to about the... Read More

New Exhibition Celebrates 100 Years of Yale School of Nursing

Aug 24, 2023

Yale School of Nursing Centennial (1923 - 2023) On view in the Cushing Rotunda August 18, 2023 - January 14, 2024 Please join us for our newest exhibition celebrating 100 years of the Yale School of Nursing. The core mission of Yale School of Nursing (YSN) is “better health for all people.” As we celebrate YSN's 100th anniversary, we take this opportunity to explore and reflect on the school’s... Read More

An Intern’s Journey Through History: Extending the Past for the Future

Aug 17, 2023

Article by Blake Spencer – July 7, 2023 At Yale University’s Center for Preservation and Conservation, there is an air of care and fastidiousness when dealing with materials that hold irreplaceable value to multiple audiences. From arabesque covers bearing allegories relating to metaphysics to the material world of important information detailed within those covers, there... Read More

Sketchy Medical – New Resource Alert!

Aug 14, 2023

The Medical Library is happy to announce that we have licensed Sketchy Medical for the upcoming academic year. To access, click "Continue with your school" and select Yale. This popular resource received a 90% student satisfaction rate on the LCME Independent Student Analysis Report and ranked the highest of the online learning materials for medical education!  Sketchy Medical’s creative... Read More

New Resources!

Aug 3, 2023

The Medical Library recently added dozens of new resources to our collections as well as upgraded access to some existing ones. Highlights include: ERIC and Agricola are now searchable via the OVID interface, which maximizes advanced search capabilities. New modules are available in Aquifer (Clinical Excellence, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Internal Medicine, Integrated Illness Scripts... Read More

New Exhibition: This Lead Is Killing Us

Jul 6, 2023

The Medical Library is pleased to annouce a new banner exhibition "This Lead Is Killing Us: A History of Citizens Fighting Lead Poisoning in their Communities" produced by the National Library of Medicine. The exhibition is on view in the corridor between SHM L 112A/B from July 3 - August 12, 2023. "This Lead Is Killing Us" explores the story of citizen action taken against an environmental... Read More

Closed - Tuesday, July 4

Jul 3, 2023

The medical library will be closed Tuesday, July 4, 2022. We will reopen on Wednesday, July 5th at 7:30am. As always, the 24/7 room will remain open and accessible via the staircase by the library entrance. 

Access to American Hospital Association (AHA) Data

Jul 3, 2023

Access to American Hospital Association (AHA) Data After years of requests for American Hospital Association (AHA) data, the Medical and Marx libraries at Yale have made access to this important U.S. hospital data available for all Yale affiliates. Containing multiple decades of annual survey and supplemental datasets, this data resource provides information about U.S. hospitals'... Read More

Fellowships Awarded for Research

Jun 16, 2023

We are pleased to announce awards for our first Ferenc Gyorgyey/Stanley Simbonis YSM’57 Research Travel Grants since 2019, to two recipients, Michael Ortiz (Harvard University) and Jiemin (Tina) Wei (Harvard University). Ortiz’s proposed project, “American Nature: Life and Political Community in Post-Reconstruction United States, 1877-1927,” shifts the debate on citizenship away from strictly... Read More