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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.
Announcements
Popular eBooks + added features
The Becker Medical library provides eBooks from many different publishers on a number of websites with useful added features.
Scholarly Publishing
Scholarly Publishing Round-up January 2016
According to the Scopus database, authors from WUSM published approximately 2,300 peer-reviewed journal articles in 2015. The top five journals were PLoS ONE, PNAS, the Journal of Biological Chemistry, the Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, and the Journal of Immunology.
Archives and Rare Books
49th Historia Medica Lecture – Marc Moon
Dr. Moon joined the faculty at Washington University School of Medicine in 1998 and was promoted to Professor of Surgery in 2005. In 2014 he was honored as the John M. Shoenberg Chair in Cardiothoracic Disease.
Archives and Rare Books
Juan Pablo Bonet and his Reduction de las letras
Some of the most fascinating objects in the CID-Max A. Goldstein Collection in Speech and Hearing are works that contain examples of early modern manual alphabets. One of the most significant of these is Juan Pablo Bonet’s Reduction de las letras, y arte para enseñar a ablar los mudos (Simplification of the Letters of the [Read more]
Archives and Rare Books
The new guide to the Park J. White Papers at the Bernard Becker Medical Library, Washington University School of Medicine
Park Jerauld White was born to Sophia Banker White and Park Jerauld White in Green Ridge, Staten Island on December 31, 1891. He entered Harvard College in 1909, after attending Staten Island Academy (Harvard College Class of 1913; 1917).
Announcements
2015 Becker Library Annual Report Now Available
During the 2015 fiscal year Bernard Becker Medical Library continued to provide a world-class collection of information resources and services to the Washington University Medical Center and St. Louis communities.
Science and Informatics
Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) Software Training Workshop – December 3rd
A scientist from Qiagen will be on campus to lead an Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA) software training workshop on December 3rd.
Scholarly Publishing
NIH Biosketch Updates
NIH biosketches are subject to two reviews for rule compliance: automatic preliminary review by eRA Systems upon initial submission and manual review.