For the second year in a row, the Ruth Lilly Medical Library Makerspace welcomed anesthesiology students for an immersive workshop on 3D printing. Led by the Makerspace manager, Cassandra Jones-VanMieghem, the session gave 20 students hands-on experience and insight into the potential of 3D printing technology in healthcare. Students embarked on a journey through the […]
Degeneration and Regeneration of the Nervous System (1913), Santiago Ramon y Cajal By Erin Delaney “Every man, if he is so determined, can become the sculptor of his own brain” [1]. These are the famous words of Santiago Ramon y Cajal (1852-1934), the father of modern neuroscience. Most known for establishing the neuron doctrine as […]
On Friday, April 5th the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society presented a lecture titled “An Origin Story for 'Big Pharma' in the Reign of Louis XIV? An Early Modern History for the Present” with speaker Justin Rivest, professor of History at Kenyon College. The event was cosponsored by the John Shaw Billings History […]
The Toxic Amblyopias: Their Classification, History, Symptoms, Pathology, and Treatment (1896), George Edmund de Schweinitz By Mikaela Messer George Edmund de Schweinitz (1858-1938) was an American ophthalmologist whose work on toxic amblyopia contributed to the history of ophthalmology as we know it today. Toxic amblyopia, also known as toxic optic neuropathy, is a condition where […]
Ruth Lilly Medical Library’s Amy Blevins, MALS, has been honored with the prestigious Trustees' Teaching Award. This award recognizes faculty who have consistently exhibited excellence in teaching and have made significant contributions to the education mission of the Indiana University School of Medicine. Since 2017, Amy has led a dedicated team that developed learning objectives […]
The Early Historical Account of Inhalation Anaesthesia (1947), Barbara M. Duncum By Joseph Toliver The Development of Inhalation Anaesthesia with Special Reference to the Years 1846-1900 (1947) was quite a unique history book for the time. Barbara M. Duncum (1910-2001) studied history at the London University until she was elected to become an assistant researcher […]
A Manual on Diseases of the Nervous System (1886), Dr. William Gowers By Luke Denney A Manual on Diseases of the Nervous System is a work by Dr. William Gowers (1845-1915). Published in two volumes, the first in 1886 and the second in 1889, this manual has been described as a Bible of Neurology [2]. […]
McGraw-Hill is discontinuing its eBook Library platform and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library will not be able to renew its subscriptions to eBook collections on that platform. The First Aid Test Prep Collection will expire on April 30, 2024, the Clinical Medicine Collection will expire on June 13, 2024, and the First Aid for the […]
The Ruth Lilly Medical Library is bidding farewell to Tré Quarles. Tré has been the friendly and helpful Circulation Supervisor at the front desk since June 2019, and he recently graduated from the IUPUI Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering with his Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree. While Tré will […]
The Mystery of Childbed Fever: a 19th Century Understanding of Puerperal Fever, William Potts Dewees By Madeline Brown An accelerated pulse, extreme abdominal pain, bloating, teeth-chattering chills, weakness, and decreased milk production were all signs of a mother stricken with childbed fever [1]. In the nineteenth century, it was often fatal. The first American epidemics […]