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Images From the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library Digital Library

The Cushing/Whitney Medical Digital Library contains collections of digital images taken from original materials held by the Medical Historical Library or other departments of the Medical School. These collections now include 19th century Lam Qua portraits of Dr. Peter Parker’s patients with large tumors; over two thousand portrait engravings of physicians and scientists; early […]

Selections from the Clements C. Fry Collection

Psychiatrist Clements C. Fry collected two thousand prints and drawings related to medicine. Bequeathed to the Library in 1955, the collection spans six centuries and represents the works of over six hundred artists.
From among the hundreds of subjects represented in the collection, selections from three subjects which were of particular interest to Fry—mental […]

UpToDate Now Has Links to Fulltext

( All and News )

UpToDate, the popular clinical reference tool, has recently added the capability of linking to the Yale Library’s collection of fulltext journal articles.  All journal articles cited in UpToDate and indexed in PubMed contain a link to our “Yale>Links” service.  Instead of the distinctive YaleLinks logo you’ll see “View the full text of this referenced article” […]

Welcome New Students!

( All and News )

Welcome to the Yale School of Medicine and the Cushing/Whitney Medical Library from the staff of YOUR Library. 
We’ve put together some links to both Medical Library and other Web pages that will help you get started: 
Student Computing Information
Medical Student Questionnaire
Find your personal librarian

 
 
 

150 Years of Gray’s Anatomy: A Brief Publishing History

( All and News and Past Exhibits )

There have been many medical textbooks whose editions have long outlived their original author, but none has had as long a history and is as widely known as Gray’s Anatomy. Originally published in 1858 under the title Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical, this text was a collaboration between surgeon/anatomist Henry Gray and his friend Dr. […]