In: Library
Eyes on Wilmer: 100 Years of Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins
October 7, 2025A new exhibit, “Eyes on Wilmer: 100 Years of Ophthalmology at Johns Hopkins,” invites visitors to explore centuries of discovery and…
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Sigerest Medieval Manuscript Reproduction Collection
August 1, 2025We recently rehoused the Henry E. Sigerist Medieval Manuscript Reproduction Collection, moving its contents from their original folders into updated storage…
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Codex medicus Hertensis
July 11, 2025Above image: Leipzig, Germany: medical historians: group portrait. Photograph, 1929. Wellcome Collection. In July of 1917, Karl Sudhoff published an article…
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New to the Historical Collection:
May 15, 2025Three journals and one ledger documenting the work and travels of Dr. Israel Shipman Pelton Lord.
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Filming at the Institute
April 17, 2025A film crew recently visited the Institute to shoot footage for a short documentary on salpingectomy, the removal of one or…
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Nightingale Graduate Lounge opens at the Institute
March 14, 20252024 was the year of space updates at the Institute.
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Collection Highlight – Solomon H. Snyder, M.D.
January 15, 2025Upon his retirement in 2022 Dr. Solomon H. Snyder, M.D. donated a small collection of his authored works to the Historical Collection.
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Hearing History: The Robert J. Ruben Collection of Otolaryngological Instruments
November 4, 2024Cover image caption : Helmholtz Resonators, c. 1900 Ear trumpets, tuning forks, hearing aids, oh my!
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