Category Archives: medicine

The Art of Consumption

Posted on September 7, 2021 by David L. Rice Library

*Post written by Mona Meyer, Archives and Special Collections Metadata Librarian. If you’ve stopped to read this … surprise! I’m not talking about eating/drinking/using up something, but rather about tuberculosis, a disease once commonly called consumption. It has an amazing … Continue reading →

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Quarantine

Posted on January 11, 2021 by David L. Rice Library

*Post written by Mona Meyer, Archives and Special Collections Metadata Librarian. The threat of COVID-19 wreaked havoc on 2020 and threatens to continue to do so for much of 2021. More staying at home, working or attending school virtually. More … Continue reading →

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What Goes Around…

Posted on June 8, 2020 by David L. Rice Library

*Post written by Mona Meyer, Archives and Special Collections Metadata Librarian. … comes around. As we deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, it might be instructive to look to the past to see how others dealt with such disasters. One such … Continue reading →

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Taking Care of Business: Mead Johnson

Posted on January 4, 2018 by David L. Rice Library

*Post written by James Wethington, library assistant of the University Archives and Special Collections. Over the next several weeks, we are going to focus on various Evansville businesses. Businesses come and go throughout the years and Evansville has had their … Continue reading →

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Vanderburgh County’s Coroner Log Book

Posted on January 11, 2017 by David L. Rice Library

*Post written by James Wethington, library assistant of the University Archives and Special Collections. This book spans from 1888 to 1894 in Vanderburgh County, Indiana. They list various ways these individuals died: for instance, they died by drowning, hit by … Continue reading →

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