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Sweats, Lies and the Law!
Posted: April 28th, 2009 by Pam Rose

Polygraph Testing circa 1930

Polygraph lie detection equipment does not detect falsehoods, only the physiological responses to stress.

Come and hear Dr. Ed Fine, UB Professor of Neurology, discuss the history of the discovery of physiological responses that the polygraph attempts to detect, and hear Dr. Charles Ewing, UB Professor of Law, discuss the legal aspects of polygraph testing.

Presented by the Friends of the Health Sciences Library

Buffet dinner and lecture followed by coffee & dessert reception

Friday, May 29, 2009, 6 pm - 9 pm
Austin Flint Main Reading Room
Health Sciences Library
South Campus, University at Buffalo

Member $16
Non-member $18
Student $9
Lecture only $5

Contact Linda Lohr for more information at 829-3900 x136

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Drugs in Sports lecture March 20th!
Posted: March 6th, 2009 by Pam Rose

Visual of olympic rings with syringe

The Friends of the Health Sciences Library cordially invite you to attend a lecture by Dr. Monica Spaulding, MD, entitled Performance Enhancing Drugs in Elite Sports on March 20^th 2009. Dr. Spaulding is UB Professor of Medicine and Chair of the Institutional Review Board. She graduated from Radcliffe College and the Medical College of Wisconsin. Following medicine residency training at Johns Hopkins Hospital, she completed a Hematology Fellowship at Yale University School of Medicine.

After becoming certified by the US Olympic Committee in 1993 as a crew chief for their doping control program, Dr. Spaulding developed the drug testing program for the swimming events at the World University Games held in Buffalo that year. As a lead medical officer at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, she supervised drug testing for aquatic and track and field events. At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Japan Dr. Spaulding was lead doping control medical officer for figure skating, short-track skating, and some long-track skating events and she was involved in drug testing for several events at the Olympics in Salt Lake City. Dr. Spaulding currently tests 10 to 12 events a year for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency including the Boston Marathon and several Olympic trials for track and field, fencing and curling and she has been accredited to test at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Friday, March 20, 2009
Roswell Park Room, B15 Abbott Hall
Health Sciences Library, South Campus
Buffet 6-7pm Presentation:7-8pm Coffee and Dessert 8-9
Cost:
- $16.00 Friends Members
- $18.00 non-member
- $ 9.00 Students
- $ 5.00 Program only

RSVP by March 12, 2009
For Further information, please contact Linda Lohr @ 829-3900 x 136 or email: lalohr@buffalo.edu

We hope to see you there!

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Roswell Park
Posted: February 5th, 2009 by Pam Rose

Many visitors to and residents of Buffalo may not realize that the Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RCPI) was named for an actual person. Dr. Roswell Park (1852-1914) was Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University at Buffalo until his death in 1914.

Dr. Park and Dr. Edward H. Butler were instrumental in securing funding to begin the New York State Pathological Laboratory as it was known in 1898, and Dr. Park served as its Director until 1904. The history of RCPI was nicely summarized recently in The Reporter.

The History of Health Sciences Collection is proud to have Dr. Roswell Park’s death mask on exhibit. Comparisons of his image on the death mask with photos of Dr. Park during his life show that the death mask is an exact likeness.

Death masks were plaster casts taken of of the face taken shortly after the person’s demise. They have been used since the time of ancient Egypt, and in recent centuries were a way of memorializing the deceased.

Dr. Park was also in private practice with another notable physician, Dr. Edgar R. McGuire, who succeeded Dr. Park and served as Chair of the Department of Surgery from 1914-1930. Dr. McGuire’s death mask is also in the collection.

Both death masks are displayed in the History of Health Sciences controlled environment stacks area, along with the metal sign that advertised the medical offices of the two physicians.

Dr. McGuire’s daughter, Mrs. Annette Cravens, established in 1985 an instrument collection in honor of her father. The Edgar R. McGuire Historical Medical Instrument Collection continues to grow, and displays of selected instruments are regularly rotated in the lighted display case that graces the first floor lobby of HSL.

Sign marking medical offices of Drs. Park and McGuire

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New History Acquisitions November 2008
Posted: November 19th, 2008 by Pam Rose

INSTRUMENTS

Thanks to the continuing generosity of Mrs. Annette Cravens, the Edgar McGuire Historical Medical Instrument Collection was further enriched by the addition of a number of fascinating instruments and artifacts.

Dettweiler’s sputum flask - A German sputum pot for patients with consumption.

Assalini Forceps with ivory handle Assalini forceps made from steel with a crosshatched ivory handle. The instrument is signed Ferguson 21 Giltspur Street London.

Gigli Saw (early 20th century) used for craniotomy. Three holes were drilled in the skull with the trephine and the flexible wire saw was passed under the skull and sawn through to remove a triangle of bone.

Southey’s Trocar Set Used to drain peripheral oedema from the ankle or the leg. Invented by Henry Herbert Southey (1783 -1865) sometimes referred to as Southey tubes this trocar contains 4 silver perforated cannulae in the handle compartment so that another was readily available when it was needed to leave one inserted in the body for drainage purposes. (Seen on page 178 of Elisabeth Bennion’s Antique Medical Instruments) One such purpose would have been for the drainage of peripheral oedema in the ankle, leg or even the vulva.

Three 19^th century glass infant feeding bottles

Mathieu surgical stitching instrument (cased)

Chartroule tuberculosis treatment device

BOOKS

Christian Friedrich Daniel. Commentatio de infantum nuper umbilico et pulmonibus. 1780
The first edition of a comprehensive study of forensic methods of detecting infanticide. The first part surveys methods of analyzing the umbilical cord to determine cause of death in newborns. The second part is devoted to a discussion of the hydrostatic lung test, first proposed by Johann Scheyer in 1689, based upon Swammerdam’s discovery twenty years earlier, that the lungs of newborns will float on water if respiration has taken place. Daniel was a physician at Halle who wrote several books on forensic medicine.

Joannes Christianus Heyne. Tentamen cheirurgico-medicum, de praecipuis ossium morbis. 1705
The first edition of a very early treatise on the practice of orthopedic surgery by a physician specializing in diseases of the bones. Among many subjects, Heyne describes bone inflammations, abscesses, ulcers, spina ventosa and rickets.

(bound with)

Jacopo Berengario da Carpi. De fractura cranii liber aureus. 1629

An early edition of the author’s great work on skull fractures in which he groups the consequent lesions according to their symptoms. He here observes the relationship between the location of the lesions and the resulting neurological effects. Berengario was the greatest of the pre-Vesalian anatomists.

Petition of the Medical faculty of the University of the City of New-York to the honorable the Senate and Assembly of the State of New-York for the legalization of anatomy.

(bound with)

John Draper, MD. An introductory lecture, delivered at the opening of the Medical Department of the University, for session 1853-4, and entitled An appeal to the people of the State of New York, to legalize the dissection of the dead. 1853

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About the Collection

The Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection was established as a separate entity in 1972. The collection was named in 1985 for Robert L. Brown, MD, former Associate Dean of the School of Medicine, in recognition of his strong support of the Health Sciences Library for more than twenty-five years.

The collection includes historical materials in all areas of the health sciences, including dentistry, nursing, pharmacy, & public health.

Our Location

History is on the lower level of UB's Health Sciences Library in Abbott Hall on the South Campus. Users enjoy our main reading area, which includes a History Reference section & tables for using our materials, as well as our climate controlled Rare Book Room which contains all of our monographs as well as interesting artifacts.

Materials in Our Collection

The print portion of the History collection includes:

• over 13,000 nineteeth century monographs with particular strengths in surgery, dentistry, obstetrics/gynecology, pharmacology, & oncology
• 500 pre-nineteenth century titles
• historical journal volumes
• The Bonnie and Vern Bullough History of Nursing Collection

Non-print materials, artifacts, and instruments in the History collection include:

The Edgar R. McGuire Historical Medical Instrument Collection
Death masks of Dr. Edgar R. McGuire and Dr. Roswell Park
The official mace carried in the School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences graduation procession
The original cap and gown designed by Dr. Robert L. Brown for the Dean, now used by all graduating medical students

Visting and Using Our Collection

Visitors to the History Collection are always welcome! Normal hours are Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

It is best to schedule an appointment to use the collection and/or for a consultation so we can help you locate exactly what you need. Our materials do not circulate, so must be used on site. However, photocopies of pages in good condition are offered free of charge.

Reference questions on health science history are welcome and may be sent to Linda Lohr, (716) 829-3900 ext. 136.

Special Projects

Buffalo Medical Journal Database

Buffalo Medical Journal Indexing Project

McGuire Instrument Collection

The Edgar R. McGuire Historical Medical Instrument Collection was established in 1985 by Mrs. Annette Cravens in memory of her father, chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Buffalo from 1914 until his death in 1931.

The collection, containing more than 150 instruments or sets of instruments chosen for their illustration of past medical and dental procedures, includes microscopes, surgical instruments, anatomical models, a leech jar and bleeding cups, and dental instruments.

The collection is housed in the Robert L. Brown History of Medicine Collection in the Health Sciences Library, Abbott Hall, South Campus, University at Buffalo.

	Papier Mache Anatomical Models Louis Auzoux (1797-1880),a French physician, began making anatomical models out of papier mache in 1822. By the time of his death, Dr. Auzoux had perfected his techniques and created a wide range of models for teaching anatomy. The models are accurate in detail, labeled, and painted. They are not easily damaged by use or climatic changes and remain unsurpassed to this day. The McGuire Instrument Collection includes Auzoux models of the ear, eye, and larynx

	Lithotomy and Lithotrity Case This superb case of lithotomy and lithotrity instruments was manufactured by Charriere in Paris in approximately 1840. Removal of stones from the bladder was one of the earliest and most frequently performed operations. By the ninetheenth century, it had become a highly successful procedure and carried a low mortality rate. However, frequent infection and lack of anesthesia made the operation dreaded by most patients, and led to the development of instruments that could be introduced through the urethra to crush the stones. Shown here is Charriere's case of instruments, actual bladder stones, and a forceps from 1580 designed to extract stones from the bladder.

	Powell and Lealand No. 1 Stand Microscope Donated to the McGuire Instrument Collection by William H. Merrilees, MD, this instrument manufactured in 1884 represents perhaps the height of microscope design and craftsmanship in England.

	Dental Drill This unique dental drill, patented in 1873, is rotated by a Pitman crank worked by the thumb of the operator.

Friends of HSL

The Friends of the Health Sciences Library, founded in 1975, support the collections and services of HSL, with a primary focus on the History of Medicine Collection. The supported programs include the Health Sciences Art and Media Group art initiative and the Buffalo Medical Journal database indexing project, as well as our annual meeting and lecture events.

Our annual meeting features the C.K. Huang Memorial Lecture, named for one of HSL's former directors. For example, in 2005 Dr. Edward Fine and Dr. Arie Weinstock of UB's Department of Neurology presented a wonderful program on past and current methods of treating epilepsy. In addition to the presentations, the evening always includes food, drink, and great company.

Print out our membership form and send it along with your check or credit card information to the address indicated. Or, better yet, stop and visit History and get acquainted with our collection!

History of Health Sciences Exhibits

Art in the Health Sciences Library Exhibit No.3: "The Tools of Medicine"

"The Tools of Medicine" exhibit, which opened on November 19, 2003, features images of selected instruments contained in the the Edgar R. McGuire Historical Medical Instrument Collection. The exhibit features 6 enlarged, framed images mounted in the main staircase area on the first floor of HSL.

Made possible through the generous support of the Friends of the Health Sciences Library and the Medical Historical Society, the exhibit is the third of a series developed by the Health Sciences Art and Media Group (HSAMG) which includes staff from HSL and iMedia, a unit of Academic Services at UB.

The Historical Medical Instrument Collection is a remarkable assemblage of instruments and artifacts from medicine, surgery, dentistry, pharmacy, and nursing, dates from the Roman period to the 20th century. Among the items are microscopes, surgical and forensic instruments, anatomical models, a leech jar and cage, bleeding cups, and dental instruments. Established in 1985 by Mrs. Annette Cravens in memory of her father, the prominent surgeon Dr. Edgar Robinson McGuire, the collection vividly brings to life the history and evolution of the health sciences.

Dr. McGuire graduated from the University of Buffalo Medical School in 1900. He succeeded Dr. Roswell Park as chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University in 1917 and held the position until his death in 1931. In 2002, Mrs. Cravens permanently donated the portion of theCollection that had previously been on loan to the University.

The talented iMedia staff (Fred Kwiecien, Donald Trainor, Monica Carter, and Jim Ulrich) selected and photographed 6 instruments from the Historical Medical Instrument Collection to create The Tools of Medicine exhibit. The images were enlarged and framed for display in the natural gallery area of the main staircase between the 1st and 2nd floors.

Please visit iMedia.buffalo.edu/art/ to view items for sale from the first Art in the Library inititiave, 19th Century Botanicals.

For more information, please contact Linda Lohr, Manager, at 839-3900 x136.

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Academic Programs

Stanford University Program in Science, Technology, and Society

Archives, Libraries, Museums, and Other Special Collections

Bochum Anaesthesia Antiques Online Museum
Connecticut and New Haven's First General Hospital
Johnstone-Need Medical History Unit, University of Melbourne
Lives They Left Behind: Suitcases from a State Hospital Attic
Lloyd Library and Museum
Medical and Dental History Museum Catalogues, University of Melbourne
National Library of Medicine History of Medicine Division
Osler Library of the History of Medicine
Otis Historical Archives, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Profiles in Science
Relief of Pain and Suffering Symposium and Exhibit
UCLA Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History & Special Collections Division
Universitat Zurich Medizinhistorisches Institut and Museum
University of Michigan Historical Center for the Health Sciences
University of Manchester (UK) Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Vanderbilt Medical Center Eskind Biomedical Library Archives
Wellcome Trust History of Medicine

Biography
Ask Osleriana: A Searchable Database (Sir William Osler)
The Problem of the "Difficult Woman" (Dr. Mary Dixon Jones)
Texas Physicians Historical Biographical Database
"That Girl There is Doctor in Medicine" (Elizabeth Blackwell Exhibit)

Digitized Images and Manuscripts

Bodleian Image Collection
Connecticut and New Haven's First General Hospital
General Directions for Collecting and Drying Medicinal Substances of the Vegetable Kingdom (1862)
Guide for Inspection of Hospitals and for Inspector's Report (1861-1865)
Islamic Medical Manuscripts at the National Library of Medicine
Moody Medical Library Microscope Collection
National Library of Medicine History of Medicine Collection
Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe
Poison Labels
Eleven images of vintage labels used on old poison jars, freely available for reproduction. A link to a larger images zip file is also offered.
Profiles in Science
Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections Portfolio
A Selection of Letters Written by Florence Nightingale

Electronic Journals

Ellingwood's Therapeutist
Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences

Meta-Sites

Directory of History of Medicine Collections
Directory of Regional, State and Local Archival Organizations in the United States
Glossing the Body Electric: A Review of Web Resources for Historians of Psychology
Guide to Collections Relating to the History of Artificial Organs
Ready, Net, Go! Archival Internet Resources
Special Collections Resources on the Internet
Special Collections Web Resources

Professional Organizations

American Association for the History of Nursing
American Association of Neurological Surgeons Section on History
History of the Health Sciences Section of the Medical Library Association
History of the Philosophy of Science Working Group
International Network for the History of Public Health
International Society for the History of the Neurosciences
Northeast Document Conservation Center

Publishers

Science History Publications

Regional and Cultural History

A Celebration of Black History
Classical Islamic Biomedicine
Early Canadiana Online
Islamic Culture and the Medical Arts
Islamic Medical Manuscripts at the National Library of Medicine
WNY Medical History

Research Aids

Canadian Health Obituaries
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
(Peter Hirtle, Cornell Institute for Digital Collections -- a concise chart of types of works (unpublished, published in the U.S. and published outside the U.S.), the copyright term, and specifics of what was included in the public domain (thus exempt from copyright restrictions) as of 1 January 2007. The chart should be updated each year.
EAD (Encoded Archival Description) Help Pages
The Getty Information Institute--Vocabularies
Historical Services Resources for Students
History of Medicine Division Factsheet
National Library of Medicine History of Medicine Division
Ready, Net, Go! Archival Internet Resources
Recent Dissertations in the Medical Humanities
(U. of Pittsburgh Health Sciences Library System, History of Medicine division)
Special Collections Resources on the Internet
Special Collections Web Resources
Whonamedit.com

Thematic Sites

Anesthesia History Files
Curious Expeditions
Glossing the Body Electric: A Review of Web Resources for Historians of Psychology
Guide to Collections Relating to the History of Artificial Organs
History of Nutritional Science
History of Syphilis
In Rousseau's Own Hand—His Book, His Notes, and Botany
Neuroscience History Archives
Plague and Public Health in Renaissance Europe
Relief of Pain and Suffering Symposium and Exhibit
RETICULUM: Neuroscience History Resources
Texas Physicians Historical Biographical Database
Ten Great Public Health Achievements in the 20th Century
"To Bind Up the Nation's Wounds: Medicine During the Civil War"
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study

Visual History of Alternative Medicine
Washington, D.C. Historical Medical Sites
The Zwerdling Nursing Archives

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Alternative Medicine, Visual History
American Association for the History of Nursing
American Association of Neurological Surgeons Section on History
Anesthesia History Files
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Otis Historical Archives
Ask Osleriana: A Searchable Database (Sir William Osler)

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Bad Blood: The Troubling Legacy of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study
Bochum Anaesthesia Antiques Online Museum
Bodleian Image Collection

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CDC Tuskegee Syphilis Study Page
Canadian Health Obituaries
A Celebration of Black History
Classical Islamic Biomedicine
Connecticut and New Haven's First General Hospital
Copyright Term and the Public Domain in the United States
(Peter Hirtle, Cornell Institute for Digital Collections -- a concise chart of types of works (unpublished, published in the U.S. and published outside the U.S.), the copyright term, and specifics of what was included in the public domain (thus exempt from copyright restrictions) as of 1 January 2007. The chart should be updated each year.
Curious Expeditions
An eclectic journey by two explorers "devoted to unearthing and documenting the wondrous, the macabre and the obscure from around the globe". One section of the site includes a wealth of photos from extraordinary libraries from all over the world: Librophiliac Love Letter: a Compendium of Beautiful Libraries including Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, France, England, United States, Hungary, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Austria, Canada, Brazil, Scotland, and more.