In case you missed last week’s John Shaw Billings History of Medicine talk by Wendy Kline, “Exposed: The Hidden History of the Pelvic Exam”, cosponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society, IU School of Medicine Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, IU School of Medicine History of Medicine Student Interest Group, IUPUI Medical… Read more »

“History of Medicine Book of the Week” is a series featuring blog posts written by students in the course, HIST H364/H546: The History of Medicine and Public Health (Instructor: Elizabeth Nelson, School of Liberal Arts, Indiana University, Indianapolis). The following post is the first in the Spring 2024 series. Woman, and Her Diseases: From Cradle… Read more »

The Ruth Lilly Medical Library is pleased to announce a new addition to the History of Medicine Collection that is now open for research. Arthrotek product literature for a meniscus screw (rlml-005-er-000001) The Stephen B. Trippel Total Joint Replacement Orthopedic Surgery Collection (4 linear feet, 9.6 gigabytes of digital files) consists of materials relating to… Read more »

The Ruth Lilly Medical Library welcomed Em Bennett to the RLML team as the new Administrative Assistant a few weeks after the start of the 2023 Fall Semester. Em studied technical writing and DEI leadership at IU. She comes to us from the School of Nursing where she worked as the Administrative Assistant to the… Read more »

Congratulations to Ruth Lilly Medical Library Circulation Supervisor and IU MLIS Candidate, Cantron “Tré” Quarles! Tré was recently awarded the American Library Association’s 2024 Lois Ann Gregory-Wood (LAGW) Fellowship. Winning the LAGW Fellowship adds to Quarles’ long list of accomplishments. He serves as Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis’ (IUPUI) Staff Council Representative (2022-23). He was the… Read more »

In case you missed any of the amazing guest speakers who participated in the Fall 2023 John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Fall Lecture Series, here is a list of links to the materials from each lecture: October 3: IU’s Jim Brokaw presented “Beneath the Scalpel: Exploring the Dark Chapters in the History of Body… Read more »

Ruth Lilly Medical Library’s Business manager, Angi Hill, attended the IU School of Medicine Business Manager Retreat last week and returned with some fresh ideas. Business Manager team members from across the 9 campuses gathered on the beautiful IU Bloomington campus for their annual meeting. Attendees spent most of their time meeting at the Indiana… Read more »

Thank you to everyone who was able to attend last Friday’s History of Medicine talk by Chris Flook’s talk, “A Famine of Cadavers: Indianapolis Graverobbing in 1902″. The event was cosponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society, IU School of Medicine History of Medicine Student Interest Group, and the Ruth Lilly Medical… Read more »

The William H. Schneider History of French Eugenics Research Collection consists of publication manuscripts, conference presentations, correspondence, and other materials created and acquired by the donor (William H. Schneider, Professor Emeritus of History and Professor of Medical Humanities and Health Studies, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis) while researching the history of eugenics in France. The Ruth… Read more »

The IU School of Medicine Ruth Lilly Medical Library is pleased to welcome Molly Montgomery to the role of Assistant Director for Medical Education and Access Services. She will start on Monday, July 24. Molly joins RLML from the Idaho College of Osteopathic Medicine where she served as the Director of Library Services and Assistant… Read more »