Nooks & Crannies Tour - Historical Medical Library Tour

[George Ouellette <george.ouellette@YALE.EDU>]

There are a few spots left for the Historical Medical Library Tour. If you 
are interested in attending you can meet Toby and the rest of the party at 
the Medical Library circulation desk tomorrow at noon.

George Ouellette
M&PSA



The first of the Nooks and Crannies Tours, sponsored by M&PSA, will take 
place on Wednesday, April 3 from 12-1. Toby Appel, Historical Medical 
Librarian, will lead a tour of the Historical Medical Library.

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The Historical Library contains a large and unique collection of rare
medical books, medical journals to 1920, pamphlets, prints, and 
photographs, as well as current
works on the history of medicine. The library was founded in 1940 by the 
donations of the
extensive collections of Harvey Cushing, John F. Fulton, and Arnold C. 
Klebs. Special strengths are
the works of Hippocrates, Galen, Vesalius, Boyle, Harvey, and S. Weir 
Mitchell, and
works on anesthesia, and smallpox inoculation and vaccination. The Library 
owns over 300 medical
incunabula.

The notable Clements C. Fry Print Collection has fine prints and drawings
from the 16th century to the present on medical subjects by artists such as 
Gillray, the
Cruikshanks, Hogarth, and Daumier. The Peter Parker Collection contains 
manuscripts of
the 19th century medical missionary Peter Parker and paintings by the 
artist Lam-Qua of
patients at Canton Hospital with pronounced pathological conditions. The 
Edward Clark Streeter
Collection of Weights and Measures is one of the most comprehensive and 
extensive
collections of its kind in the world. Parts of this collection are on 
permanent display throughout
the Library.