On December 25, 1809 surgery took a pioneering step forward. In December of that year, forty-seven-year-old Jane Crawford of Motley Glenn, Kentucky seemed to be pregnant, although she thought she was too old to have more children. Her stomach grew and grew – and kept growing, beyond nine months. At the recommendation of her local… Read more »
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Protection from Hepatitis A
Starting this summer, Wayne County has seen a meteoric rise in cases of hepatitis A this year, now totaling over 100 infections. This makes us the leader in the state (most Indiana counties have less than five cases a year), and one of the top ten counties in the entire country – but most of… Read more »
Disease Research
May is Hepatitis Awareness Month, but whether you have a research interest in Hepatitis or in any infectious disease, the library is the place to go for information. We all do some of our research on the Internet – even when we know there are better choices. But with medical topics, that’s a particularly bad… Read more »