The Medical History Interest Group invites you to attend "Mariners' Maladies: Examining Medical Equipage from the Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck" presented by Dr. Linda F. Carnes-McNaughton, RPA; Archaeologist, Fort Bragg...
Laupus Library is hosting the 4th annual Health Sciences Trick or Treat event on the evening of October 26th! We would like to extend the opportunity to you and your...
2018 marks several historical centennial anniversaries. Earlier this year, I curated an exhibit for the one-hundredth anniversary of World War I and described the experiences of North Carolina doctors and...
Chartered in 1967, The Country Doctor Museum (CDM) holds over 4,500 artifacts and documents related to rural healthcare in America. Because many of these objects were donated by heirs and...
The Medical History Interest Group invites you to attend "Paleopathology: Rewriting the History of Plagues and Diseases with Modern Molecular DNA Methods" presented by Richard J. Baltaro, MD, PhD, Professor...
The Medical History Interest Group invites you to attend The Health Principles Practiced at John Harvey Kellogg’s Battle Creek Sanitarium presented by Roman Pawlak, PhD, RD, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition...
A daylong celebration at the oldest museum in the nation dedicated to the history of rural health care will be held Saturday, April 21. From 10 a.m. until 3 p.m., the Country Doctor Museum will host "History Alive! A 50th Anniversary Celebration" – a family-friendly event that aims to offer visitors a glimpse into the past. Free activities will include museum tours, a petting zoo and horse-drawn carriage rides from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m....
Join Laupus Library’s History Collections staff on April 16-19 for a series of demonstrations about preserving artifacts and manuscripts. Learn more about book preservation, caring for photographs, digitizing items for the database, performing conservation on artifacts and archival materials, packing and storing family heirlooms, and more. Handouts and supplemental materials will be available each day. ...
Your feedback is essential to the ECU Libraries. Could we have ten minutes of your time? In collaboration with the Faculty Senate Libraries Committee, we are conducting a needs assessment survey of faculty. Your participation will determine plans for future library improvements, services and resources....
Laupus Library will open the art exhibit “Eye Rain and Heart Cramps,” with a 4:30-6:30 p.m. opening reception on April 10 in the Evelyn Fike Laupus Gallery on the fourth floor of the library. On display through June 1, the exhibit showcases a collection of paintings and mixed media artworks by April Holbrook, administrative support specialist for clinical financial services in the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. “Art is my therapy,” said Holbrook. “I feel as if every soul on this earth is here to leave some mark on the world and I feel my purpose was to create things to make others feel like they are not alone.”...