UT Health Science Center Library

A Century of Medicine, 1936

Published On: November 24, 2009
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Due to the efforts of Dr. Pat Ireland Nixon, the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library has in its collection a growing assortment of unique medical books. First accumulated for the Bexar County Medical Society Library, these rare and old books were donated to the University of Texas Health Science Center in 1970. Among the records are books […]

The Medical Story of Early Texas, 1946

Published On: December 3, 2009
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Dr. Pat Ireland Nixon’s second book, The Medical Story of Early Texas, was published in 1946 with funds provided by John and Jamie Bennett.

A History of the Texas Medical Association 1853-1953

Published On: December 22, 2009
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By: P.I. Nixon A History of the Texas Medical Association 1853-1953 was written by Dr. PI Nixon. “The combination of a competent, busy physician and a trained, excellent historian is infrequent. No one in Texas except Dr. Nixon had both the knowledge and the ability to write “the larger story””. -Merton Minter

UTHSCSA Yearbooks Collection

Published On: April 21, 2010
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We are missing the following yearbooks: 1974-1976, 1978-1980, 1983-1984, 1986-1990, 1993-1994, 2000-2002 If you have a copy, please consider donating to the University Archives. If you have questions regarding this post, contact Mellisa DeThorne @ 567-2470 or e-mail dethorne@uthscsa.edu.

Albrecht Dürer’s Human Proportions

Published On: March 27, 2012
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Albrecht Dürer, one of the greatest known artists of the Northern European Renaissance, is best known for his beautiful engravings and religious paintings. Dürer was ahead of his time with his landscape paintings, which were the first of their kind, and the unique self-portraits that he started when he was only 13-years-old. He was born […]

Image of leg amputation by Charles Bell - Belldigital.lib.uiowa.edu

Published On: March 29, 2012
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Sir Charles Bell was Scottish and grew up in Edinburgh during the 18th century. He was a part of the famous Bell surgeons of Scotland. His older brother John Bell was a surgeon and became a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of the city of Edinburgh. John is best known for founding the […]

John Bell, Scottish Anatomist and Surgeon

Published On: April 3, 2012
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John Bell was born on the 12th of May 1762 to humble beginnings. He was the second of four boys, his father, Rev. William Bell, was a man of considerable courage, and John’s mother was well educated and quite a talented artist. And so we fast forward to 1779. It was in 1779 at the […]

Early ophthalmology text turns 500 this year

Published On: June 8, 2012
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The PI Nixon Medical Historical Library is celebrating the 500th birthday of one of its treasures, an edition of Symphorien Champier’s Speculum Galeni. The book includes one of the first treatises on ophthalmology ever printed. Symphorien Champier (1472-1539) was an early French humanist and physician to Charles VIII, Louis XII, and the Duke of Lorraine. […]

Darwin’s On the Origin of Species: A Rare Treasure at the P. I. Nixon Medical Historical Library

Published On: June 27, 2012
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Summer is a great time to explore nature and science with your family. The P. I. Nixon Medical Historical Library may be a place to begin your adventure. The library owns a rare first edition of Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for […]

Anatomists and their art

Published On: August 6, 2012
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In October 2011, Dr. Charleen Moore, Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Health Science Center’s Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, gave a fascinating presentation on “Anatomists and Their Art” which featured many of the most important works in the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library. Dr. Moore explained the interrelationship between anatomical study and art by […]