Monthly Archives: April 2012

Answering the call: 25th General Hospital featured in UC Magazine

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Barbara Lincoln Ashbaugh with patients in Tongres (Belgium)

Barbara Lincoln Ashbaugh with patients in Tongres (Belgium)

The April edition of UC Magazine features an article based on Courage and Skill in World War II: 25th General Hospital, a UC Libraries online exhibit. Additional photographs, texts and video can be viewed from the digital collection.

During the summer of 1941, the U.S. Army invited the University of Cincinnati to organize the 25th General Hospital to serve as a major medical facility in the European war theater. More than 600 physicians, surgeons, nurses, and enlisted men served the 25th with distinction in England, France, and Belgium until the end of the war. An earlier incarnation of the 25th had bravely served on the battlefields of World War I.

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Hungry?! Bite into Some Tasty Books at the Annual International Edible Book Festival

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For the 10th year, the University of Cincinnati Libraries will celebrate the International Edible Books Festival with an event scheduled for Thursday, April 5 from 12:30-1:30pm on the 5th floor lobby of Langsam Library.

At the event, over 20 participants will present edible creations that represent a book in some form. There are few restrictions in creating an edible book – namely that the creation be edible and have something to do with a book. Continue reading →

The Albert B. Sabin Digitization Project: Featured in the Ohio Archivist

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In my estimation no man has ever contributed so much effective information — so continuously over so many years — to so many aspects of poliomyelitis, as Sabin.
-John R. Paul, MD, renowned epidemiologist

The Spring 2012 issue of the Ohio Archivist is now available on the Society of Ohio Archivists’ (SOA) website. Along with SOA news and information for Ohio archivists, this issue features an article on the Sabin digitization project by Stephanie Bricking, Linda Newman, and Stephen Marine. The article describes how the Henry R. Winkler Center is “Making Dr. Sabin Accessible for All.”

Be sure to click the Ohio Archivist logo above to visit the SOA website and download a copy of the issue!
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The Albert B. Sabin Digitization Project: March 30 is National Doctors Day

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The One Hundred First Congress of the United States passed a joint resolution marking March 30, 1991, as “National Doctors Day.” This resolution recognized the importance of physicians by saying:

Whereas society owes a debt of gratitude to physicians for the contributions of physicians in enlarging the reservoir of scientific knowledge, increasing the number of scientific tools, and expanding the ability of health professionals to use the knowledge and tools effectively in the never-ending fight against disease; and

Whereas society owes a debt of gratitude to physicians for the sympathy and compassion of physicians in ministering to the sick and in alleviating human suffering

The resolution also called on the President to issue a proclamation for “National Doctors Day.” Continue reading →

Now Available: JoVE (Journal of Visualized Experiments)

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The Neuroscience, Bioengineering, and General sections of the Journal of Visualized Experiments are now available!

As its name implies, the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) is a combination of text and video.  This peer-reviewed, PubMed indexed journal captures and transmits experimental techniques for life science research, providing advanced state-of-the-art techniques more quickly to the research community.   Learn more about JoVE.

View one of the video-articles entitled: Inducing Dendritic Growth in Cultured Sympathetic Neurons

JoVE welcomes participation and contributions; find out how you can submit video-articles to this dynamic journal.

Find the  Neuroscience, Bioengineering, and General sections of the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE) on the library’s journal list at http://aj2vr6xy7z.search.serialssolutions.com/