The W. Bruce Fye History of Medicine Library is a specialized library housing important collections in the history of medicine and allied sciences. Several thousand volumes of rare medical classics (from 1479) and early journal literature (from 1665) comprise the core collection of primary literature on all aspects of medicine and allied fields. More recently published histories, biographies, facsimiles, and other support materials comprise the remainder of the collection of some 23,000 total volumes. Special strengths include anesthesiology, cardiology, dermatology, immunology, ophthalmology and neurology. The library also has a large collection of Mayo physician bound reprints. Library Catalog Borrowing Privileges Services
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The W. Bruce Fye History of Medicine Library is located on the 15th floor of the Plummer Building.
Research access and tours are available Monday - Friday 8:00 am - 4:00 pm by appointment only. At least 24 hours notice is preferred.
Call or email for arrangements:
Emily Brown
507-284-3676
Please join us for our next hybrid History of Medicine Society Lectures
Thursday, March 28th at 6:00 pm ET
Researching & Writing Mayo Clinic in Florida: The First 35 Years
Presenter Virginia Wright-Peterson, Ph.D.
Virginia M. Wright-Peterson, Ph.D. will provide an overview of how Mayo Clinic came to be in Jacksonville, Florida through to the present day. She will share her journey researching the campus's rich history, incorporating personal narratives gathered from the nearly 100 oral interviews conducted by members and volunteers of Florida's Historical Activities Subcommittee, along with her firsthand experiences of being on-site when the Clinic opened.
Dr. Wright-Peterson is committed to researching and sharing powerful stories from the past that have the potential to enlighten our understanding of today and inform the choices we make that will impact the future. Virginia held administrative roles at Mayo Clinic in Rochester and Arizona for nearly 20 years. She is currently Vice Chancellor of Finance and Campus Resources at University of Minnesota Rochester. She has also taught writing and humanities. In search for a broader perspective, Virginia deployed to a military base in Iraq with the American Red Cross and taught as a Fulbright Scholar at University of Algiers. Virginia is the author of Women of Mayo Clinic: The Founding Generation (translated into Chinese), A Woman's War, too: Women's Work During WWII and Rochester: An Urban Biography. All three books have been finalists for the Minnesota Book Award.
Kinne Auditorium, Mayo Clinic Florida
Light buffet served at 5:30 p.m. ET
Lecture to begin at 6:00 p.m. ET
Questions? Please contact Carole LaRochelle at larochelle.carole@mayo.edu or 904-956-3127.
More information available here: https://librarycalendar.mayo.edu/event/11993216?hs=a
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Tuesday, April 9th at 6:00 pm CT
The Mayo Clinic Department of Anesthesiology Centennial: Innovations That Have Advanced the Specialty and Medicine in General
Presenter Mark Warner, M.D.
Annenberg Professor of Anesthesiology
Mayo Clinic Department of Anesthesiology, Rochester, MN
The Mayo Clinic Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine was officially formed on April 1, 1924. In its first century, the department has played pivotal roles in a variety of important developments that have advanced the specialty of anesthesiology. These include:
This presentation will focus on these innovations and the remarkable Mayo Clinic staff members that have influenced advances in anesthesiology and medicine in general.
Leighton Auditorium
Light buffet served at 5:30 p.m. CT
Lecture to begin at 6:00 p.m. CT
RSVP for In-Person Attendance is required by 4/2/24. Register online through the button below or contact Emily Brown at brown.emily@mayo.edu or 507-284-3676.
Please click the link below to join the webinar for online attendance:
https://mc-meet.zoom.us/j/92822226645?pwd=OTVt M2lUOHlTT1VSaUtuZ2NNRGJwdz09
Passcode: 650410
Webinar ID: 928 2222 6645
Previous lectures are available on the Video Exchange and additional information is available here.
For more information contact brown.emily@mayo.edu