Bronze hands of Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig Herff; prominent surgeon in old San Antonio.   Dr. Ferdinand Ludwig Herff emigrated to Texas from Germany in 1847.  He resided in San Antonio for 50 years and  was a well known San Antonio surgeon.  He was a master surgeon, which explains the bronze casts of his hands sculpted by Waldine Tauch.  For more information about the Herff Family consider checking out their memoir at the Briscoe Library:  http://briscoe.uthscsa.edu/search/Y?SEARCH=doctors+herff or come to the P. I. Nixon Medical Historical Library and see the hands up close.  The Nixon Library is open Monday – Friday 8AM-5PM.  We prefer appointments, but walk-ins are always welcome.  Any questions about this blog, please send to Mellisa DeThorne at dethorne@uthscsa.edu or 210-567-2470

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Advanced Practice Nursing — methods — Practice Guideline.
Clinical guidelines for advanced practice nursing : an interdisciplinary approach / edited by Geraldine M. Collins-Bride, JoAnne M. Saxe.
Burlington, Mass. : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2013.
WY 128 C6414 2013.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Anatomy — Examination Questions.
The big picture : gross anatomy / David A. Morton, K. Bo Foreman, Kurt H. Albertine.
New York : McGraw-Hill Medical, c2011.
QS 18.2 M891b 2011.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Anatomy, Regional.
Clinical anatomy by regions / Richard S. Snell.
Baltimore, Md. : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2012.
QS 4 C641 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Biometry — methods.
Intuitive biostatistics : a nonmathematical guide to statistical thinking / Harvey Motulsky.
New York : Oxford University Press, c2010.
WA 950 M922i 2010.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Carbohydrates — analysis — Laboratory Manuals.
Carbohydrate microarrays : methods and protocols / edited by Yann Chevolot.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
QU 75 C2646 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Cardiovascular Diseases — ethnology — United States.
Cardiovascular disease in racial and ethnic minorities / edited by Keith C. Ferdinand and Annemarie Armani.
Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press ; London : Springer [distributor], c2009.
WG 120 C2676 2009.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Cardiovascular Diseases — prevention & control — Atlases.
Global atlas on cardiovascular disease prevention and control / editors, Shanthi Mendis, Pekka Puska and Bo Norrving.
Geneva : World Health Organization in collaboration with the World Heart Federation and the World Stroke Organization, c2011.
WG 120 G562 2011.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Cell Culture Techniques — methods — Laboratory Manuals.
Human cell culture protocols / edited by Ragai R. Mitry, Robin D. Hughes.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
QS 525 H9175 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Cone-Beam Computed Tomography — methods — Atlases.
Color atlas of cone beam volumetric imaging for dental applications / Dale A. Miles.
Chicago : Quintessence Publishing, c2008.
WN 17 M643c 2008.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Corneal Diseases — Atlases.
Cornea / editor, Christopher J. Rapuano.
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2012.
WW 17 R221c 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Dentistry — Atlases.
Netter’s head and neck anatomy for dentistry / Neil S. Norton ; illustrations by Frank H. Netter ; contributing illustrators, Carlos A.G. Machado … [et al.].
Philadelphia, Pa. : Elsevier/Saunders, c2012.
WU 17 N886n 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Dependovirus — genetics — Laboratory Manuals.
Adeno-associated virus : methods and protocols / edited by Richard O. Synder, Philippe Moullier.
New York : Humana Press, c2011.
QW 165.5.P3 A232 2011.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Embryology.
The developing human : clinically oriented embryology / Keith L. Moore, T.V.N. Persaud, Mark G. Torchia.
Philadelphia, Pa. : Elsevier/Saunders, c2013.
QS 604 M822d 2013.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Ethics, Medical.
Medical ethics and humanities / edited by Frederick Adolf Paola, Robert Walker, Lois LaCivita Nixon.
Sudbury, Mass. : Jones and Bartlett Publishers, c2010.
W 50 M4896 2010.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Evidence-Based Medicine.
Systematic reviews to support evidence-based medicine : how to review and apply findings of healthcare research / Kalid Khan … [et al.].
London : Hodder Arnold, c2011.
WB 102.5 S995 2011.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Evolution, Molecular — Laboratory Manuals.
Molecular methods for evolutionary genetics / edited by Virginie Orgogozo, Matthew V. Rockman.
New York : Humana Press, c2011.
QU 475 M718 2011.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Forensic Medicine.
Simpson’s forensic medicine / Jason Payne-James … [et al.].
London : Hodder Arnold, c2011.
W 700 S613f 2011.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Gene Expression — Laboratory Manuals.
Protein expression in mammalian cells : methods and protocols / edited by James L. Hartley.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
QU 475 P9668 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Histology — Outlines.
High-yield histopathology / Ronald W. Dudek.
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2011.
QS 518.2 D845h 2011.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Laboratories — organization & administration.
Laboratory management : quality in laboratory diagnosis / Candis A. Kinkus.
New York : Demos Medical, c2012.
QY 23 K55L 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Laser Capture Microdissection — methods — Laboratory Manuals.
Laser capture microdissection : methods and protocols / edited by Graeme I. Murray.
New York : Humana Press, c2011.
QS 130 L3426 2011.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Mental Health Services — Atlases.
Mental health atlas 2011 / World Health Organization.
Geneva : World Health Organization, c2011.
WM 105 W927m 2011.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Muscle Development — Laboratory Manuals.
Myogenesis : methods and protocols / edited by Joseph X. DiMario.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
WE 500 M9966 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Neisseria meningitidis — Laboratory Manuals.
Neisseria meningitidis : advanced methods and protocols / edited by Myron Christodoulides.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
QW 131 N416 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Neoplasms — epidemiology — United States.
Cancer disparities : causes and evidence-based solutions / Ronit Elk, Hope Landrine, editors.
New York : Springer Publishing, c2012.
QZ 220.AA1 C215 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Neoplasms — radiotherapy.
Clinical radiation oncology / senior editors, Leonard L. Gunderson, Joel E. Tepper.
Philadelphia, Pa. : Saunders/Elsevier, c2012.
QZ 269 C6412 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Nursing — Examination Questions.
Lippincott’s review for medical-surgical nursing certification.
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2012.
WY 18 H4348a 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Nursing Assessment.
Bates’ nursing guide to physical examination and history taking / Beth Hogan-Quigley, Mary Louise Palm, Lynn S. Bickley.
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2012.
WY 100.4 H714b 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Nursing Theory — Collected Works.
Perspectives on nursing theory / edited by Pamela G. Reed, Nelma B. Crawford Shearer.
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2012.
WY 86 P467 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Occupational Therapy.
Conditions in occupational therapy : effect on occupational performance / [edited by] Ben J. Atchison, Diane K. Dirette.
Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2012.
WB 555 C745 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Ophthalmologic Surgical Procedures.
Ophthalmic surgery : principles and practice / [edited by] George L. Spaeth … [et al.].
Edinburgh ; New York : Elsevier/Saunders, c2012.
WW 168 O64 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Regenerative Medicine — methods — Laboratory Manuals.
Nanotechnology in regenerative medicine : methods and protocols / edited by Melba Navarro, Josep A. Planell.
New York : Humana Press, c2012.
QT 36.5 N1868 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Terminology as Topic — Problems and Exercises.
Medical terminology : a short course / Davi-Ellen Chabner.
St. Louis, Mo. : Saunders/Elsevier, c2012.
W 15 C427m 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Terminology as Topic — Programmed Instruction.
Building a medical vocabulary : with Spanish translations / Peggy C. Leonard.
St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier/Saunders, c2012.
W 15 L581b 2012.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Translational Medical Research.
Principles of translational science in medicine : from bench to bedside / edited by Martin Wehling ; foreword by Francesco M. Marincola.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, c2010.
W 20.55.T7 P957 2010.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Water Quality — standards.
Valuing water, valuing livelihoods : guidance on social cost-benefit analysis of drinking-water interventions, with special reference to small community water supplies / edited by John Cameron, Paul Hunter, Paul Jagals, and Katherine Pond.
London : IWA Publishing on behalf of the World Health Organization, c2011.
WA 675 V215 2011.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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Yeasts — Laboratory Manuals.
Yeast systems biology : methods and protocols / edited by Juan I. Castrillo, Stephen G. Oliver.
New York : Humana Press, c2011.
QW 180.5.Y3 Y417 2011.Click here to view the Full Catalog Record
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This class will introduce standard and advanced search features in Google Scholar.  Attendees will learn how to set Google Scholar preferences to include full-text article links from the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio Libraries, export citations from Google Scholar to RefWorks or EndNote and set up and integrate the Library’s LibX Toolbar with Google Scholar on personal computers.

Register now to reserve your space: http://library.uthscsa.edu/events/30/google-scholar-for-scientific-and-clinical-literature-searches/

For more information, contact Katie Prentice, Head of Education and Information Resources at prenticek@uthscsa.edu or 210-567-6606.

*Google Scholar users are reminded to update their Scholar Preferences to be sure that Library E-Journal links are appearing correctly.  Inside Google Scholar, (http://scholar.google.com), click Options – Scholar Preferences (click the gear image in the top right corner of Google Scholar to see Preferences) to un-check FIND at UTHSCSA (be sure that UT Health Science Center at San Antonio – HSC Link is checked) and SAVE the new preferences to have the new HSC Link e-journal links appear in search results.

The University Archives owns a rare tintype of Crawford Long demonstrating the use of ether as an anesthetic. Long is credited with the first use of ether as an anesthetic in a surgical procedure.  In the early 1840’s, a new fad of inhaling “laughing gas” at parties had developed.  Dr. Long noticed that persons under the influence of ether at these parties literally felt no pain when falling.  It occurred to him to use ether to render surgery painless.  On March 30, 1842, Long used ether during the removal of a cyst on the neck of James Venable, who insisted he felt no pain.  This was four years before William Morton’s famous demonstration of chemical anesthesia at Massachusetts General Hospital.  Dr. Long’s claim was eventually verified, and he is now recognized as the discoverer of modern anesthesia, although he did not publish his findings or make them known to the medical profession.

The photographic image, probably made between 1855 and 1860, was staged to portray Dr. Long’s original discovery and use of anesthesia.  The image shows a surgeon ostensibly preparing to amputate, an anesthetist monitoring the patient’s pulse and administering ether on a cloth, and an assistant standing by with instruments.  The picture raises several interesting questions: first, which medical man in the photograph is Crawford Long, since other known likenesses of Long bear resemblances to both the surgeon and the anesthetist in the picture; and second, what does the lettering on the wooden box in the photograph mean?

Crawford Long was living in Athens, Georgia at the probably time the ferrotype was made.  He operated a drug store and shared a practice with his brother, Robert, also a physician.  Long’s approximate age at the time the photo was made would have been between 39 and 45, making it more likely that Long is the surgeon in the picture.  Could the young man administering the ether be Robert Long?  His dress and posture in the photograph suggest that he is a medical professional, and the family resemblance to Long is strong.

The wording on the box in the foreground reads “Williamson” on the first line, “Temperane” on the second, and “Ga” on the third.  The box is evidently a shipping crate and the words on the side an address.  It is speculated that “Temperane” was a misspelling of “Temperance.”  There were three towns called Temperance in Georgia, one of them relatively close to Athens.  The wording appears reversed due to the process of producing a tintype, which resulted in a direct positive image that was reversed.  Tintypes were on thin sheet iron that had been lacquered black or chocolate brown.  Since they were on metal plates, they could not be corrected by turning them over.

The Crawford Long tintype, the only known photograph of Dr. Long, was discovered in 1986 by an antique dealer in Gainesville, Georgia, who purchased it from a descendant of Dr. Long.  It was purchased for the Nixon Library by Dr. Scott Smith, who found the rare tintype at a book fair in Austin, in honor of Dr. Maurice Albin, professor of anesthesiology at the Health Science Center and director of neuroanesthesiology at Medical Center Hospital and the VA Medical Center.

To view the tintype, contact Anne Comeaux (210-567-2429) or Mellisa DeThorne (210-567-2470)

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