Science and Informatics
Partek Flow software workshop on campus-March 10, 2016
To honor requests from Researchers on campus, Becker Library recently purchased a Partek Flow group license for the WUSM community.
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Archives and Rare Books
Mungo Park’s Travels to the Interior of Africa
Although we are a medical library, not every single volume in our rare book collections takes medicine as its focus. Our shelves also have 19th century novels, 18th century poetry, and 19th century poetry of questionable quality. We also have quite a few travelogues! Today we’ll look at Mungo Park’s account of his explorations in West Africa in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
Science and Informatics
PyMOL software hands-on training workshop – March 15, 2016
A Trainer from Schrodinger will lead two sessions of hands-on training for PyMOL software, on March 15, 2016 at a cost of $25 per attendee per session.
Archives and Rare Books
“The Green Sheet”: Letters from Home During World War II
Beginning in 1942, the staff of the Jewish Hospital of St. Louis created and mailed “The Green Sheet,” a monthly newsletter which earned its nicknamed from the colored paper it was printed on. Officially named “216 South Kingshighway,” the missive was sent to members of Jewish Hospital serving in the military during World War II, and contained both news of the staff left at home, as well as excerpts from deployed staff members’ letters. The 31 issues held in the Bernard Becker Medical Library Archives provide an intimate glimpse into the global experiences of St. Louis servicemembers during the Second World War.
Archives and Rare Books
Prophetic Illustration in the Paracelsus Collection
Prophetic works began to be printed as soon as Gutenberg developed his system of printing with movable metal type. In the early modern period, illustrated prophetic texts provided a way for people to try and understand the political and religious upheavals that surrounded them.
Archives and Rare Books
Monkey Business at the Medical Center
On a fall day in September 1972, the medical campus was on high alert for an escaped research patient. A small rhesus macaque somehow broke loose from his quarters on the tenth floor of McMillan Hospital. Now free to wander around on his own, this clever monkey was able to climb outside through an open window.
Mastering Information
Zika Virus: Information for Healthcare Providers and Patients
The emergence of the Zika Virus is a growing public health concern.
Archives and Rare Books
William R. Gowers: clinical neurologist and artist
William R. Gowers (1845-1915) died 101 years ago. I was first introduced to Gowers by an American Academy of Neurology fellow who requested many editions of his Manual of diseases of the nervous system. I continue to be amazed that he could capture so much of neurological signs and symptoms in line drawings.
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Popular eBooks + added features
The Becker Medical library provides eBooks from many different publishers on a number of websites with useful added features.