Middleton Goldsmith was a surgeon in the Union Army during the American Civil War working primarily in the Louisville, Kentucky area. He was born in Port Tobacco, Maryland in 1818, the son of surgeon Alban Goldsmith. His father was the professor of Surgery at Kentucky School of Medicine in Louisville in the mid-1830s, and Middleton […]
Read moreClarissa Harlow Barton was born in Oxford, Massachusetts, on the 25th of December in 1821. She was the youngest of six children, and she took a keen interest in education early in her life. When she was a toddler, she was sent to school with one of her older brothers, where she developed a love […]
Read moreThe P. I. Nixon Medical Historical Library owns a report to the Surgeon General of the United States by Civil War surgeon Middleton Goldsmith on the use of bromine to treat hospital gangrene in wounded soldiers. Published in 1863, the report is entitled A Report on Hospital Gangrene, Erysipelas and Pyaemia as Observed in the […]
Read moreThe January issue of News from the Libraries is now available. For links to individual articles, see the table of contents below. Happy New Year! What’s New in ClinicalKey? History of Medicine Trivia Night Did you know? Interlibrary Loan Being Mortal—Book Review New Leisure Books Featured New Books See all past issues of News From the […]
Read moreBuying a pair of glasses is something that has become quite common, and most times can even be done over the internet. Beyond a routine checkup, more serious ocular issues may suggest a trip to the local ophthalmologist, but even that is often quite convenient due to technology and medical advances. Typically you can […]
Read moreDigoxin is a modern drug used to treat irregular heartbeat, atrial fibrillation, and congestive heart failure and to relieve symptoms of edema associated with congestive heart failure. The Western world of medicine’s knowledge of Digoxin’s incredible ability to help treat certain heart diseases was due to the efforts of an English physician called William […]
Read moreCase files. Anatomy / Eugene C. Toy, Lawrence M. Ross, Han Zhang, Cristo Papasakelariou. New York : McGraw-Hill Education Medical, c2015. QS 18.2 C337 2015. Click here to view the Full Catalog Record Cases in medical microbiology and infectious diseases, 4th ed. / by Peter H. Gilligan, Daniel S. Shapiro, and Melissa B. Miller.; Washington, D.C. […]
Read moreGeorge Bartisch, a German physician, was born in 1535 in Königsbrück, a village near Dresden, Germany. He could not afford medical school, so apprenticed at the age of 13 to a barber surgeon in Dresden. This was followed by two additional apprenticeships to an oculist and a lithotomist. He acquired medical experience and became a […]
Read moreNeed help designing and executing a research project? Check out SAGE Research Methods (SRM) a new library database that covers all aspects of the research process, from developing a research question to defining results. Within this database are numerous e-books and select e-journal articles that focus on research design and development. Coverage includes the full range […]
Read moreStudents at the UT Health Science Center have never been shy about letting us know what they need to improve their experiences in the library. When possible, we do our best to “make it so!” More Whiteboards! Every group study room has a whiteboard. The study rooms on the 5th floor have whiteboards that cover […]
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