Author: Elisabeth Brander

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  1. Donations to the rare book collections
  2. Scheduling a class visit to Archives and Rare Books
  3. Presentations on the history of medicine and rare medical books
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  6. Learning more about or collaborating with the Center for the History of Medicine
Archives and Rare Books

Christopher Irvine’s Marvelous Magnet

By — October 22, 2015

October is a good time to highlight some of the more unusual items in our collection.  It doesn’t get much more unusual than medicinal cannibalism, which is exactly what it sounds like: the practice of using human body parts as an ingredient in medicinal recipes.

Archives and Rare Books

What’s In A Title Page?

By — August 12, 2015

Do you pay any attention to the title pages in your books, or do you just skip past them to get to the text?  Most of today’s books have the title and author printed right on the cover o

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