
Historical Book of the Week: Blood-Pressure Its Clinical Applications (1927)
Traditional physicians were hesitant to take up new instruments like the sphygmomanometer (pictured) because they felt they were losing their skills and expertise.[i] The Importance

Historical Book of the Week: The Physician Himself, and What He Should Add to His Scientific Acquirements (1882)
The cover of Daniel Webster Cathell’s book, The Physician Himself, and What He Should Add to His Scientific Acquirements. A second-edition copy, published in 1882,

Historical Book of the Week: The Collected Syllabi of Dr. Thomas Dent Mütter (1850)
Wood engraving depicting the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia.[i] The Collected Syllabi of Dr. Thomas Dent Mütter By Kylie Sparks Formally titled Syllabus of the

Upcoming History of Medicine Talk on February 20th
2018 History of Medicine Talks Co-sponsored by the Ruth Lilly Medical Library, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, History of Medicine Student Interest Group, John

The Library will be closed Feb. 2nd and Feb. 9th due to a planned power outage
The Ruth Lilly Medical Library will be closed on Saturdays, Feb. 2nd and Feb. 9th due to a planned power outage. No one will be

Historical Book of the Week: The Work of the Digestive Glands (1902)
Figure depicting the stomach, in Ivan Pavlov’s The Work of the Digestive Glands.[1] Ivan Pavlov, the Accidental Psychologist By Matt Grieser Most who have heard

Historical Book of the Week: Evolution of Medicine (1927)
In the mid-19th century, John Snow used/created this map and found that the source of cholera was un-sanitized water from the Broad Street pump.[i] Evolution

The Library will be closed for MLK Day
Ruth Lilly Medical Library will be closed Monday, Jan. 21st to observe the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. We will resume regular hours on Tuesday,

The Library has a new internal website address
The Ruth Lilly Medical Library has changed its internal website url from https://mednet.medicine.iu.edu/medical-library/ to https://library.mednet.iu.edu/ effective January 2nd, 2019. The old url will be set to redirect

Library Winter Break Hours and Holiday Closings
The Ruth Lilly Medical Library will be open reduced hours during winter break starting on December 15th and closed for Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and