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The Winkler Center’s display illuminates Covington, Kentucky as the “X-Ray City”
By Devhra BennetJones, Winkler Center Archivist In the early 20th century the excellence of the Bar-Ray Products Company and the Kelley-Koett Manufacturing Company gave Covington, Kentucky the distinction as “X-Ray City.” While they were independent enterprises, these two Covington-based companies were instrumental in their influence on early radiology science, medical imaging and the manufacture of radiation protective equipment. The Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions installed recently a display of a Bar-Ray X-Ray Stitching Stand (circa 1940s) and a Kelley-Koett X-Ray Machine (circa 1920). The radiology equipment was once utilized at the Cincinnati General Hospital. The X-Ray Stitching Stand was accessioned with an attached document…
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The Illustrated Human: The Impact of Andreas Vesalius
This past academic year, the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions, along with University of Cincinnati Libraries and the UC College of Medicine, celebrated the seminal work of Andreas Vesalius with a series of online and in-person lectures and exhibits. The series, titled “The Illustrated Human: The Impact of Andreas Vesalius,” ran from October 2021 through March 2022 and provided an in-depth look and study of this monumental book of human anatomy first published in 1543. Andreas Vesalius was a Renaissance anatomist and physician who revolutionized the study and practice of medicine through his careful description of the anatomy of the human body. Basing his observations on…
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Two Hundred Years of Curation
DAAP Galleries: The Dorothy W. and C. Lawson Reed, Jr. Gallery September 18-December 1 In celebration of the University of Cincinnati’s Bicentennial, the DAAP Galleries are pleased to present 200 Years of Curation. Over the course of the university’s history, the facilities, technologies and individuals have changed and evolved, often replaced by new faces and spaces. The records of these changes and how we have arrived at this moment remain within books, archives and the various collections of UC. On an occasion such as this, it seems only relevant to look to the past as we envision our future. In this unprecedented collaboration of five separate archives and collections from…
