The Duke University Medical Center Library Archives spring newsletter includes two items worth noting:
The DUMC Archives has digitized its collection of Duke University School of Medicine yearbooks, The Aesculapian, which is now available online. The collection consists of 34 volumes spanning more than 60 years, from 1950 to 2013. The yearbooks feature student portraits, essays on notable events or key figures in the medical center's history, and photographs of faculty, staff, clubs and organizations, events and campus buildings over the years. To see the collection, visit http://www.digitalnc.org/collections/yearbooks/.
Also of note, John Hamilton, MD, professor emeritus of medicine (Infectious Diseases), has written a new book "The History of Infectious Diseases at Duke in the Twentieth Century." Charting the history of the medical center and the department from their founding in 1930, the volume features key faculty members and their contributions to the research, prevention, and treatment of prominent diseases during the last century, including tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, and HIV. The book aims to make the medical center's past accessible and engaging by highlighting its significant achievements and placing them within a broader historical and social context. Look for it to be published later this year and available at http://www.lulu.com.
Also of note, John Hamilton, MD, professor emeritus of medicine (Infectious Diseases), has written a new book "The History of Infectious Diseases at Duke in the Twentieth Century." Charting the history of the medical center and the department from their founding in 1930, the volume features key faculty members and their contributions to the research, prevention, and treatment of prominent diseases during the last century, including tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, and HIV. The book aims to make the medical center's past accessible and engaging by highlighting its significant achievements and placing them within a broader historical and social context. Look for it to be published later this year and available at http://www.lulu.com.