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Special Collections: P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library

Home » You searched for nixon library » Page 2 P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library Welcome to the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library at UT Health San Antonio. This unique library houses approximately 6,000 rare and classic texts in the history of medicine, nursing, dentistry, and other health care disciplines, dating from the 15th to [...] Read more

P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library

Hours Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 5:30 pm (by appointment) Address & Contact Information 7703 Floyd Curl Dr. Briscoe Library, 5th Floor San Antonio, TX 78229 (210) 567-2470 specialcollections@uthscsa.edu The Special Collections of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library The P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio [...] Read more

Nursing Faculty from Mexico Visit the Nixon Historical Library

On Friday, May 17, 2019 nursing faculty from Mexico toured the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library. Several works from the rare book collection were on display, including Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing (1859), Ophthalmodouleia (1583) by Georg Bartisch, Anatomical Tables of the Practice of Midwifery (1754) by William Smellie , and De Medicina (1481) by Aulus Cornelius Celsus. Also on display were […]

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Korean Nursing Students Visit the Nixon Historical Library

On Monday April 15, 2019, visiting nursing students and faculty from Korea toured the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library. Their visit was part of an exchange program through the School of Nursing. Several works from the rare book collection were on display, including Florence Nightingale’s Notes on Nursing (1859), Micrographia (1667) by Robert Hooke, Darwin’s Origins of Species (1859), and Our […]

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Register Now for the Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library Dinner

  Speaker: Gary Taubes Based on his April 2011 New York Times Magazine cover article and his latest book (The Case Against Sugar), Gary Taubes will discuss the history, politics, and science of sugar and high fructose corn syrup, arguing that these sweeteners may indeed be far more harmful to our health than public health authorities […]

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Author Gary Taubes to Speak at 48th Annual Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library Dinner

Gary Taubes is the co-founder and senior scientific advisor of the Nutrition Science Initiative (NuSI). He’s an award-winning science and health journalist, the author of Why We Get Fat and Good Calories, Bad Calories, and a former staff writer for Discover and correspondent for the journal Science. His newest book, The Case Against Sugar, was […]

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Upcoming 2016 Events for the Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library

The Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library are committed to the development and use of an exceptional collection of books and manuscripts relating to the history of medicine and the health sciences. The collection was established through the efforts of Dr. Pat Ireland Nixon (1883-1965), who was born in Guadalupe County, attended Johns Hopkins […]

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Francine Mary Netter to Speak at 45th Annual Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library Dinner

Medicine’s Michelangelo: The Life and Art of Frank H. Netter, MD Francine Mary Netter, daughter of famous medical illustrator Frank Netter, MD, will be the guest speaker at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library. Drawing on her personal remembrances, her father’s autobiographical notes, and hundreds of interviews, […]

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P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library Hosts Japanese Dental Students

On August 11, 2015, twelve students and faculty members from Japanese Dental Schools toured the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library. Their visit was part of the Japanese Exchange Program sponsored each August by the School of Dentistry at the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Eight treasures from the rare book collection were on […]

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

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 […]

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