Meet Michelle Wolfson!
Since August 2022 we have had the pleasure of working with Michelle Wolfson in her role as the 2022-2023 Josiah Charles Trent History of Medicine intern. Michelle is completing a graduate degree in library science from East Carolina University, an online program that provides the opportunity for her to spend time working with our History of Medicine Collections. We invite you to read more about Michelle and her internship!
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History of Medicine Collections Travel Grant Recipients
Congratulations to our most recent group of travel grant recipients. We look forward to sharing more about their research and use of our collections.
- Christopher Blakley, Faculty, Core Program, Occidental College, “Race Science and the Senses in the US Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842.”
- Austin Bryan, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University, “‘It’s Our Aid’: Liberation Through Disease in Uganda.”
- Sarah Parker, Faculty, School of Humanities, Jacksonville University, “Science as Spectacle: Satirizing Scientific Discourse in Shadwell’s The Virtuoso (1676).”
- Matthew Soleiman, Ph.D. candidate, Department of History, University of California San Diego, “The Person in Pain: A Genealogy of Bodily Experience.”
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Bluett's first edition work, a seemingly rare text, "is not intended to be an elaborate Treatise on the Eye, but a simple work to guide the public... an ill-fitting or badly-made pair of Spectacles is of far more serious consequence to them than a badly-fitting Coat or Dress." Along with describing the anatomy of the eye and various eye disorders, the work includes testimonials and a price list of spectacles.
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M. S. Lyon diary, 1887-1889: autograph manuscript signed. Produced: Atlantic City, New Jersey; Philadelphia, 1887-1889. Melvern S. Lyon maintained this diary daily while he was a homeopathic medical student. He mentions his professors, classroom and other medical lectures, dissections, post mortems, his textbooks, purchases of items for classroom use, and fellow students. In addition, he briefly outlines medical cases and prescriptions he uses while treating patients on his own, although he admits, "The more I practice the more I show my ignorance & the more I feel it" (14 September 1888). Lyon treats both Black and white patients, and mentions cases to be reported to public health authorities, including measles during an outbreak in 1887. Lyon graduated from the Hahnemann Medical College of Philadelphia: Homeopathic Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1889. After graduation, Lyon practiced homeopathy throughout New Jersey. He died in 1927.
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This ephemeral item is a diphtheria antitoxin inoculation record for children. The item opens into a folded page that consists of four "tickets," one for each "station," or date of inoculation, on the journey to No-Diphtheria-Town.
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The Horrors and Heroes of Hiroshima
Currently on display in the Josiah Charles Trent History of Medicine Room is The Horrors and Heroes of Hiroshima. Curated by Michelle Wolfson, the exhibit explores the horrors of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, as well as the medical staff heroes, who during an unprecedented time, treated patients and worked to understand the mysterious medical implications of the bombing. At its center is Hiroshima Diary, which provides a doctor’s perspective on the day of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and its immediate aftermath. Pictured above are Doctors Warner Wells, Michihiko Hachiya, Neal Tsukifuji, Translator, author, and editorial advisor of Hiroshima Diary.
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We love classes! We have been working with a number of students and instructors recently. Below is a list of some of the classes we have met with:
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In his post, Roger shares more about musician Jimmie Rodgers and the context of life with tuberculosis.
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