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The new exhibit “Compounding Potential – A History of the Neurosciences at WashU” is on display in the Drs. Helen H. and Robert J. Glaser History of Medicine Gallery on the 7th floor of the Bernard Becker Medical Library now through June 2026.
What is now termed “neuroscience” has its origins in many distinctive disciplines of medicine, engineering, and science, including the academic divisions of Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Medicine, Surgery, Psychiatry, and Radiology as well as undergraduate programs in Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Psychology, and Physics. Washington University has been successful at integrating these different disciplines because of leadership, excellence, and cooperation among faculty and staff. With over a century of pioneering work in neuroscience, this exhibit highlights some past and current examples of this exceptionally collaborative work.
Sarah A. Luse, MD, a neuropathologist, was among the first scientists to perform electron microscopy of the nervous system. In 1964, Luse was the first woman to be officially named to an administrative post in the School of Medicine when she was appointed Acting Head of the Department of Anatomy. The new exhibit “Compounding Potential – A History of the Neurosciences at WashU” is on display in the Drs. Helen H. and Robert J. Glaser History of Medicine Gallery on the 7th floor of the Bernard Becker Medical Library now through June 2026.