Category: Medical History

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Histories of Latino/a and Latinx Medicine in California – A New Exhibit in Lane Library

by on September 16, 2024 3:45 pm
At Lane Library, we are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with a new exhibit from our Medical History Center. In 1883 Mariano Edward Gonzalez received his MD degree from Cooper Medical College – the school that later became Stanford University’s School of Medicine. He was one of the school’s first Latino graduates. But the histories of… Read more Histories of Latino/a and Latinx Medicine in California – A New Exhibit in Lane Library

Stanford Medicine Narratives: New Online Exhibit

by on September 6, 2024 9:42 am
The black granite benches that line the path from the Clark Center to the Center for Clinical Sciences Research are the work of artist Susan Schwartzenberg. The project was commissioned in 2008 by then-Dean of the School of Medicine, Dr. Phil Pizzo. You can now read and enjoy the panels from those benches in a… Read more Stanford Medicine Narratives: New Online Exhibit
Stanford Medicine's Lane Medical Library celebrating Pride Month with a stylized text of 'Happy Pride Month'

Pride & Progress: Empowering Inclusive Care with Library Resources

by on June 3, 2024 10:02 am
(LGBTQ) Pride Month is celebrated in June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, which was a milestone event for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. In honor of Pride Month, festivities and other activities occur globally to provide opportunities to reflect, celebrate, and increase awareness. But Pride Month is about so… Read more Pride & Progress: Empowering Inclusive Care with Library Resources
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Celebrating AANHPI Heritage Month: Join Us in Exploring Medical History

by on May 1, 2024 9:00 am
May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and the Medical History Center in Lane Library has resources to explore this rich history. Resources include: An online exhibit features one of the earliest Asian graduates of Cooper Medical College (the school that later became Stanford Medicine). Dr. Iga Mori (毛利伊賀) received his… Read more Celebrating AANHPI Heritage Month: Join Us in Exploring Medical History
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Color Our Collections

by on February 20, 2024 6:00 am
Do you like to relax or express your creativity by coloring in images? If so, check out our submission for this year’s Color Our Collections project! Every year the New York Academy of Medicine calls for libraries and archives to contribute historical images from their collections for people to color. The Medical History Center has… Read more Color Our Collections

Celebrate Black History Month: A Journey through Lane Library

by on February 2, 2024 2:34 pm
Lane Library celebrates Black History Month this February by proudly showcasing our diverse resources. We invite the Stanford Medicine community to visit the library (in-person or online) to explore our spaces and exhibits and browse our collections.  Visit the D-CORE Space Lane Library is proud to house the Diversity Center of Representation and Empowerment (D-CORE),… Read more Celebrate Black History Month: A Journey through Lane Library
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Public Domain Day 2024

by on December 31, 2023 9:00 am
January 1st, 2024, is Public Domain Day. Copyright laws vary by country, but in the United States, works registered or first published in the U.S. in 1928 enter the public domain on January 1st, 2024! The Public Domain and You Did you know that copyright can expire? When the copyright of a work expires, the… Read more Public Domain Day 2024
Photos of Sam McDonald, Dr. Mary Bennett Ritter, Dr. Iga Mori, and Dr. Mariano Gonzalez.

American Archives Month

by on October 13, 2023 8:00 am
October is American Archives Month. We’ve asked Drew Bourn, our resident Historical Curator, his thoughts on: how you learn about the history of anything? Maybe you look things up online (like the National Library of Medicine’s exhibit on Frankenstein), or maybe you read a book (like Rebecca Skloots’ The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks), or… Read more American Archives Month
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Celebrate Women’s History Month

by on March 8, 2023 9:00 am
March is Women’s History Month! This year we are sharing information about three incredible women in the history of medicine. Read below to learn more about Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler–the first Black woman to receive an MD in the US, Dr. Elizabeth Yates–one of the first women to graduate from Stanford Medicine’s predecessor, Cooper Medical… Read more Celebrate Women’s History Month
Hispanic Heritage Month in colorful text with a border pattern in yellow and red. There is also an portrait of Mariano Edward Gonzalez, one of the first Latino graduates of Cooper Medical College

Hispanic Heritage Month

by on October 7, 2021 1:43 pm
Celebrate Hispanic heritage month by learning more about Mariano Edward Gonzalez, one of the first Latino graduates of Cooper Medical College, which later became Stanford University’s School of Medicine. Gonzalez was a member of the Cooper Medical College Class of 1883. He wrote his medical degree thesis on pneumonia. The image below is the first… Read more Hispanic Heritage Month