Galen (129-216) was an immensely influential physician whose theories on humorism, anatomy, blood circulation, pharmacology, and neurology guided the field of medicine for nearly 1200 years after his death.
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The Becker Library recently acquired a very interesting work: Jacob Christian Schäffer’s Die Eingebildeten Würmer in Zähnen (The Imaginary Tooth Worms), publi
I’m Emeritus; I love it.
There’s no title that’s above it.
Since I have no claim to Highness,
Please address me as Your Spryness
Becker Medical Library Health Information Services (HIS) Department has partnered with the Continuing Medical Education (CME) Office to offer CME credits for a Professional Development and Research Skills series.
Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) licenses are now available through Becker Library.
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.
Olin Library pays for a site license for ChemOffice version 15.0 from PerkinElmer, and makes it available to all in the Washington University community at no additional cost.
“There has been sin in the universe ever since Satan tore Heaven asunder and hell was born, and hand to hand with sin, down through the aisle of time, both in sacred and profane history, has stalked ‘The Scarlet Woman’ – at once man’s creation, man’s sorrow and man’s curse.”
– "Missouri Republican", December 29, 1872
Candace O'Connor will present the 47th Historia Medica lecture on Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 4:30 p.m.