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Blood Transfusion: 350 Years
By Paul Theerman, Associate Director Three hundred and fifty years ago, on December 17, 1666, the Philosophical Transactions published the first account of blood transfusion, in the form of a letter...
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Shoot That Needle Straight (Item of the Month)
By Allison Piazza, Reference Services and Outreach Librarian November is National Diabetes Month. As one would assume, the New York Academy of Medicine Library has a large collection of books about...
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Today is #GivingTuesday
After Black Friday and Cyber Monday, two whirlwind days for getting deals, #GivingTuesday is a day for giving back. Through this campaign, millions of people have come together to support and champion...
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Found in the Eyes of Rams: The Bezoar and its Powers
By Emily Miranker, Project Coordinator This post title is not strictly true. Or remotely true, actually. Bezoars are not found in rams’ eyes (to the relief of sheep everywhere, I’m sure). Maimonides,...
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12 Gifts for the Medical History Buff in Your Life
By Emily Miranker, Project Coordinator Search no further for one-of-a-kind gifts for the medical history buff in your life: the Library’s online shop has you covered with over 3,000 products to choose...
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Item of the Month: John E. Stillwell’s Prize Notebook
By Becky Filner, Head of Cataloging In the 19th and early 20th centuries, medical schools offered academic prizes, frequently accompanied by a monetary award, for the best essays, examinations, and...
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A Show of Hands
By Emily Miranker, Project Coordinator Welcome to my celebration of one of our collections’ unsung heroes – not a specific book, or author, but a punctuation mark that decorates many of them: the...
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Cakes and Ale at Woodbine: From Twelfth Night to New Year’s Day
By Paul Theerman, Associate Director Part of the Margaret Barclay Wilson collection of cookbooks and cookery, Cakes and Ale at Woodbine: From Twelfth Night to New Year’s Day is a pseudonymously...
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Getting to Know GreyLit: National Network of Libraries of Medicine Grant...
The New York Academy of Medicine hosted the 18th International Conference on Grey Literature: Leveraging Diversity in Grey Literature (GL18) on November 28 – 29, 2016. The Academy received a...
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#ColorOurCollections 2017: Day 1
The second annual #ColorOurCollections week has officially begun! From February 6th through 10th, libraries, archives, and other cultural institutions are showcasing their collections in the form of...
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