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Constantine Hering, circa 1850s (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

19th century homeopathic medicine journal now online

The Legacy Center digitized the Correspondenzblatt der Homoeopatischen Aerzte (Correspondence Paper of Homeopathic Physicians), the first journal published in the United States, where homeopathic practitioners submitted case notes, observations and questions about their patients. The issues were originally in German but have been translated into English; both versions can be found online.

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Matilda Evans, class photo

Two Women, Two Paths

Students at Constitution High School worked with the primary sources of Eliza Grier (Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania graduate of 1897) and Matilda Evans (Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania graduate of 1897) to compare and contrast the lives and careers of the two physicians and to discover how students respond to how history is taught. This blog post describes the different methods used in the lessons and how these methods changed students' responses to the same questions.

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"Any Questions?" - article in the The British Medical Journal (BMJ, Vol. 2, No. 4799, Dec. 27, 1952, pp. 1431-1432. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

Schamberg's Well-Known Kissing Party: Mistletoe, syphilis, and other holiday hazards

Syphilis is a disease that can be transmitted through simple affectionate actions such as a kiss. This blog post elaborates on the popularity of this topic in the early 20th century by using student theses from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania and Jay F. Schamberg's 1911 article about the risks of holiday kissing.

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Archivist Alex Miller setting up the American Medical Women鈥檚 Association and American Women鈥檚 Hospital Service exhibit.(The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

Open for Interpretation: Squeezing more use out of our collections

Interpretation, in the context of museum exhibits, refers to the way a museum staff uses artifacts and materials to relay and create a theme or story with an exhibit. This blog post explains why interpretation is so important and how it can be used by archives and museums alike to help people learn about collections. The blog post also announces several new exhibits at the 91制片厂 Legacy Center Archives.

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Potrait of Dr. Emeline Horton Cleveland. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

So Long, Farewell, Auf Wiedersehen, Good-bye

In this blog post, Lisa Grimm, archivist at the Legacy Center, looks back on her time working in the archive, all of the materials that she has worked with, and the hidden stories discovered within the collections, as she moves on from the archives profession.

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Illustration of women working out in the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania gymnasium. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

A Bit of Good News

The 91制片厂 Legacy Center Archives received a grant from the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage intended for the development of an interactive online learning program that incorporates the archive鈥檚 collection. The program is designed to reach students in grades 6-12 and is focused on the topic of 鈥渟erious play鈥.

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Marie Curie and Martha Tracy in front of Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

Ada Lovelace Day: A Visit from Marie Curie

On May 23, 1921, the renowned radiologist Marie Curie visited the Woman鈥檚 Medical College of Pennsylvania and was granted an honorary degree. Mme. Curie was present at the College as a stop on her fundraising tour, led by Marie 鈥楳issy鈥 Mattingly Meloney, to help fund Mme. Curie鈥檚 research. This blog post, made in honor of Ada Lovelace Day, recounts Mme. Curie鈥檚 visit and her warm reception by Woman鈥檚 Medical College of Pennsylvania Dean Martha Tracy.

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Class of 1898, Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania.(The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

Could Catharine Macfarlane鈥檚 work have lengthened Ada Lovelace鈥檚 life?

Catherine MacFarlane graduated from the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1898, and worked as a practitioner and lecturer on obstetrics and gynecology. MacFarlane is best known for founding the Cancer Control Research Project in 1938, where women could be screened for uterine cancer. The findings of the Cancer Control Research Project determined that through the use of regular cancer screenings on healthy women, various forms of cancer could be detected early on and prevented. This blog post, made in honor of Ada Lovelace Day, recognizes Catherine MacFarlane鈥檚 accomplishments and poses the question that if Ada Lovelace lived in MacFarlane鈥檚 time, could her deadly cancer have been prevented?

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A memento of the Dean's reception, held Oct 10, 1885. Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. (The Legacy Center Archives and Special Collections)

From the Collections: Constant Diversity?

The Woman鈥檚 Medical College of Pennsylvania stood out in the number of foreign students who attended the college. Students such as Dr. Kei Okami, Dr. Sabat Islambooly, and Dr. Anandibai Joshee, all from the class of 1886, were often photographed in their native attire and written about in local newspapers. This blog post highlights the complex legacy of this diversity, focusing specifically on the experiences of several Japanese students who enrolled in Woman鈥檚 Medical College during the Second World War. Students such as Dr. Toshiko Toyota and Dr. Ruby Inouye enrolled while their families were in Japanese Internment Camps and faced many setbacks from administration. Overall, the blog post highlights the many sides of Woman鈥檚 Medical College diversity.

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