From historical anatomies to apothecary artifacts to early 20th-century pharmaceutical equipment, there are three new exhibits at the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library that have something interesting for everyone to explore.
Display Case 1: Dr. Lisa Koby’s donation to the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions. Ansomi Normals Du Corps Human Atlas Inconographique, by Sigismond Laskowski (1841-1928).
Lisa’s father, Dr. Victor Koby was a direct descendant of Andrei Kobyla – the progenitor of the Romanov dynasty in Russia. Dr. Koby attended medical school in Prague, where he became friends with Dr. Katherine Euler. After graduation, Euler gifted Koby the Atlas pictured (wherever photo is). The Atlas made it through World War II and over to America, where it was given to a friend of Lisa Koby’s, Dr. Stillman (University of Cincinnati), who then had it restored. It was then donated to UC Libraries.
Display Case 2: Dorothy Blank Apothecary Artifacts Collection.
Dorothy “Dot” Blank was born September 11, 1914, and died August 7, 1987 at the age of 72. She was the University of Cincinnati College of Pharmacy freshman class secretary, as well as the historian for the Alpha Phi Gamma sorority. She graduated in 1934 with a Candidate in Philosophy degree. Her husband, Robert E. Lonneman Sr. graduated in 1944 with a Bachelor of Science degree from the College of Pharmacy. The display consists of apothecary weights, sets of mortar and pestle, apothecary scales and glass test tube.
Display Case 3: Compound & Traditional Pharmacy Provisions.
