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Photo of Heather Mumford beside text reading "Getting to Know the Center"

Getting to Know the Center: Meet Heather!

March 19, 2025

In our series Getting to Know the Center, we're highlighting some of the incredible people, projects, and resources in Countway's Center for the History of Medicine.

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Victor W. Sidel papers open for research!

March 7, 2025

Center for the History of Medicine is pleased that Victor W. Sidel papers are now open for research!

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New Center for the History of Medicine Artifact - Wells Air Centrifuge

March 3, 2025

New Center for the History of Medicine artifact

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New AI search feature in DynaMedex

February 28, 2025

A new AI-based search tool in DynaMedex, EBSCO’s clinical point-of-care reference, is now available to Harvard users.

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Getting to Know the Center: Meet Emily!

February 28, 2025

In our series Getting to Know the Center, we're highlighting some of the incredible people, projects, and resources in Countway's Center for the History of Medicine.

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Deleted U.S. Government Health Information

February 6, 2025

Important health-related information has been removed from U.S. government websites, but Countway Librarians may have some avenues to uncover or retrieve recently captured copies or versions of the deleted information.

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Getting to Know the Center: Meet Scott!

January 30, 2025

In our newest series, Getting to Know the Center, we will be highlighting some of the incredible people, projects, and resources in Countway's Center for the History of Medicine.

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Elaine Martin, Countway Library Director, Retires

January 22, 2025

After 43 years as a medical librarian and eight years at Harvard, Elaine R. Martin, DA, has retired from Countway Library. Please join us in wishing her well! 

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Prescriptions for Peace Exhibit Now On View

January 21, 2025

Countway's Center for the History of Medicine is pleased to announce that Prescriptions for Peace, a new exhibit on physician anti-nuclear activism from 1961 to 1985, will open on Tuesday, January 21 on floors 1, L1, and L2 of the Countway Library. 

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HMS Department of Legal Medicine Records Open to Research!

January 6, 2025

The Center for the History of Medicine is pleased to announce that the records of the Harvard Medical School Department of Legal Medicine are now open to research!

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Boston Surgical Society records open for research

November 20, 2024

The Boston Surgical Society records are now open for research!

Read Between the Lines. Banned Books Week, September 22-28, 2024

Banned Books Week

September 24, 2024

Banned Books Week takes place each September as an opportunity celebrate the freedom to read and to highlight the harms of censorship. We asked our Lead Collection and Knowledge Management Librarian, Matthew Noe, MSLS, for his thoughts on this important observance.

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