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The Making of Medicine

Tag: Claude Moore Health Sciences Library

This an old, black-and-white image of Walter Reed en route to Cuba.
Good Read on Walter Reed
11/15/2019

Here's a very interesting write-up about Walter Reed, his efforts to show that mosquitoes transmit yellow fever, and his connections to UVA. Click for link.

Raiders of the Lost Ark
10/21/2016

Deep in the bowels of UVA's Claude Moore Health Sciences Library is a treasure trove of medical history. In a secure facility on the very bottom floor are stored all sorts of astounding relics, from a lancet owned by UVA's first medical professor, Robley Dunglison, to the papers of UVA…

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