Digital Jigsaw Puzzles From the HS/HSL Historical Collections

Posted on May 1, 2020 by Tara Wink
Library Puzzle in progress; photograph is of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library at night.

Screen capture of one of the Puzzles available in the HS/HSL virtual puzzle collection.

According to articles by NPR and the Washington Post, jigsaw puzzles are in high demand and almost impossible to find right now.  Try to order a puzzle from Ravensberger, the world’s largest creator of jigsaw puzzles, right now and you’ll get the following message, “Due to unexpected demand, we are unable to fulfill orders at this time.”  Retail stores cannot get them in stock or keep them stocked. The HS/HSL has good news and we can help with this shortage!  We have selected images from our very own historical collections and turned them into virtual puzzles for free!  There are puzzles for a variety of interest: botanicals, animals, sports, campus buildings, etc.  Because these puzzles are online, you can choose the difficulty and the puzzle shape and even challenge friends and family anywhere to see who can complete the puzzle in the shortest time.

Davidge Hall Puzzle in Progress; Puzzle is a sketch of Davidge Hall, the oldest building on the University of Maryland, Baltimore's Campus.

Screen capture of the Davidge Hall Puzzle in progress from the HS/HSL’s virtual puzzle collection.

Interested in learning about any of the images found in these puzzles?  Contact the Historical Collections Librarian and Archivist for more information. 

Link to the HSHSL Puzzles: https://www.jigsawplanet.com/winkta01/university-of-maryland-baltimore

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“Her Smile” a Poem by Dr. Bert E. Doyle

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Tara Wink

The Health Sciences and Human Services Library Historical Collections’ strives to provide broad access to our diverse collections both in person and digitally. Materials in our collections appear as they originally were published or created and may contain offensive or inappropriate language or images and may be offensive to users. The University of Maryland, Baltimore does not endorse the views expressed in these materials. Materials should be viewed in the context in which they were created.

Rounding out National Poetry Month 2020, is a beautiful love poem by Dr. Bert E. Doyle, School of Dentistry Class of 1904.  The poem, titled “Her Smile” was published in the 1903 Bones, Molars, and Briefs, the original name for the University of Maryland, Baltimore’s yearbook.   

“Her Smile” by Dr. Bert E. Doyle, School of Dentistry Class of 1904. Poem from the 1903 Bones, Molars, and Briefs Yearbook.

Perhaps written with Doyle’s love interest in mind, “Her Smile” describes the life-altering effect and beauty of the smile of a girl named Pansy.  In December of 1903, Doyle married his “Pansy”, a Baltimorean named Mary Eleanor Porter.  A sketch of his wedding was also featured in the 1903 yearbook.  

Sketch of a bride and groom in the midst of their marriage ceremony.

Sketch by Bert E. Doyle, School of Dentistry, Class of 1904. He married Mary Porter in December 1903. Sketch from Bones, Molars, and Briefs Yearbook, 1903.

Dr. Bert E. Doyle was born in 1877 in Vermont.  He attended the University of Maryland Baltimore, serving as the Class of 1904’s treasurer.  Dr. Doyle was remembered in the yearbook as follows: “Doyle, our popular married man, is beyond criticism; in fact, Doyle never gives his friends a chance to see him. The cause you may well know; he has just been married.” Following graduation from the Department of Dentistry (the predecessor of the School of Dentistry) in 1904, Dr. Doyle returned with the new Mrs. Doyle to Vermont to start up a dental practice.  The couple had two daughters: Vera and Madeline.  Dr. Doyle died in 1976. 

Early yearbooks were a common place for students at the University to share their creativity.  Yearbooks feature artwork, poetry, essays, music, and play scripts to name a few.  The artwork and literature tended to have themes relating to the student’s coursework or current events; thus, yearbooks, as the poem and sketch in this post show, are an excellent window into student life at UMB.   

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Victory 3D Printing for Health Care Personnel

Posted on April 28, 2020 by HS/HSL

Health care personnel the world over are facing the dangers of a critical shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic. PPE includes items such as isolation gowns, eye protection, face masks, N95 respirators, ventilators, and more. In response to the global supply crisis, agencies like the CDC and FDA are recommending the use of improvised PPE to fill the gap until official supplies are more readily available.

People all around the world are leveraging a wide range of tools and materials to make improvised PPE. Academic health sciences libraries with makerspaces are particularly suited to contribute to this effort. Not only are such libraries likely to have 3D printers and other fabrication tools, they are also likely to have a connection to the front lines of local responses to public health crises.

The University of Maryland Health Sciences & Human Services Library (HSHSL) has been contributing 3D printed parts for various local PPE needs.

  • A Baltimore-wide effort to make durable improvised PPE available to health care providers, by the case load at minimal cost. The organizers solicit people with 3D printers and sewing machines to print face shield parts and sew face masks. Organizers then sanitize, assemble, and package them for distribution.
  • The Infectious Disease department at the University of Maryland Medical Center. Multiple PPE designs have been prototyped and reviewed for usage.
  • All 10,000+ personnel at the University of Maryland Medical Center. All hospital staff wear face masks for extended periods of times, causing broken skin and irritation behind their ears. 3D printed surgical mask tension release bands (“ear savers”) can alleviate this issue. See the “S” design and the various head size design.

Various 3D printed personal protective equipment designs

The HSHSL is not alone in this effort. Other academic health sciences libraries are involved in similar work, including but not limited to: 

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Explaining COVID-19 Using Plain Language

Posted on April 25, 2020 by ebrown

Recent news stories related to populations that are being hit hardest with COVID-19 have brought to light the need for information written at a reading level that is accessible to everyone, also known as plain language.

This can be a challenge when trying to convey complex health issues and terminology at a fifth- to eighth-grade reading level. Finding such information in another language can pose another hurdle.

Librarians at the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HS/HSL) have put together a list of resources that may help you increase the knowledge and compliance of your patients, family members, and friends during this global pandemic (the spread of a disease in every country in the world).

You can access the resources on the HS/HSL’s Health Literacy subject guide.

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Upcoming Webinar on Sharing, Discovering, and Citing COVID-19 Data and Code in Generalist Repositories

Posted on April 22, 2020 by ebrown

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health is hosting a free webinar for researchers to learn how to share, discover, and cite COVID-19 data and code in generalist repositories on Fiday, April 24 from 2:00-3:45 p.m. ET.

The biomedical research community’s understanding of the novel coronavirus and the associated coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is rapidly evolving. Open science and the timely sharing of research data have played a critical role in advancing our understanding of COVID-19 and accelerating the pace of discovery.

Researchers will have an opportunity to hear from multiple generalist repositories about the ways each repository is supporting discoverability and reusability of COVID-19 data and associated code. The NLM will also provide an overview of available COVID-19 literature.

The webinar will be available via NIH VideoCast.

Instructions on submitting questions will be made available closer to the webinar. Interested participants are encouraged to bookmark this page for the latest updates and follow #NIHdata on Twitter.  The webinar will be recorded and available a week after the live event.

See the agenda on the ODSS website.

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Health: A Poem by the Physician Poet Edward Baynard

Posted on April 22, 2020 by Tara Wink

The Health Sciences and Human Services Library Historical Collections’ strives to provide broad access to our diverse collections both in person and digitally. Materials in our collections appear as they originally were published or created and may contain offensive or inappropriate language or images and may be offensive to users. The University of Maryland, Baltimore does not endorse the views expressed in these materials. Materials should be viewed in the context in which they were created.

Photograph of the title page of Health: A Poem by Dr. Edward Baynard

Title Page: Health: A Poem by Edward Baynard.

Celebrate National Poetry Month with a selection from Historical Collections.  Throughout history poetry and medicine are often intertwined and lists of poet-physicians abound.  Physicians have used poetry to heal themselves and their patients, to process the unexpected nature of life and health, and to teach.

In Health, A Poem, Dr. Edward Baynard, a seventeenth century poet and physician, uses poetry to teach.  He explains in an understandable—at least to someone in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries—tone the manner in which to live a long, prosperous life.  First published in 1719, the poem as well as the preface and the appendix poem, The Doctor’s Decade, was republished nine times between 1719 and 1764.  Perhaps, what made the volume so popular was that it was written in verse and easy for readers to relate to and understand rather than highly technical.  Publishing health advice in a poem allowed Dr. Baynard to reach a greater number of people than he would have otherwise. 

Excerpt from the Preface of Health: A Poem.

In the preface of the poem, Dr. Baynard warns against the dangers of drinking and advises temperance.  In the main poem general advice on maintaining a healthy lifestyle is given.  Advice includes eating the proper food and in controlled amounts, sleeping regularly but not being lazy, avoiding alcohol and drinking plenty of water, and wearing the proper attire for the weather and climate.  The final poem, describes what a doctor can do to cure his patients and how best to communicate with them. 

Dr. Edward Baynard, was born in Preston, Lancashire in 1641.  In 1671 he studied Medicine at the University of Leyden and became an Honorary Fellow of the College of Physicians of London in 1684 and a Fellow in 1687.  In addition to his Health poem he wrote about the healing powers of the waters and spas in Bath.  He wrote his poem under the pseudonym Darby Dawne.  He died in 1719.  

Celebrate National Poetry Month by reading Health: A Poem in the UMB Digital Archive. 

 

References:

Lawlor, Clark and Ashleigh Blackwood. (2020). “Sleep and stress management in Enlightenment literature and poetry.” Interface Focus. Retrieved from: http://doi.org/10.1098/rsfs.2019.0089.

Stephen, Leslie. (1885-1990). Dictionary of National Biography. Macmillan, NY.  Retrieved from: https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofnati03stepuoft/page/n465/mode/2up/

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The University Ode: A Celebration of UMB Poetry

Posted on April 13, 2020 by Tara Wink

The Health Sciences and Human Services Library Historical Collections’ strives to provide broad access to our diverse collections both in person and digitally. Materials in our collections appear as they originally were published or created and may contain offensive or inappropriate language or images and may be offensive to users. The University of Maryland, Baltimore does not endorse the views expressed in these materials. Materials should be viewed in the context within they were created.

April is National Poetry Month, an appropriate time to dig into historical collections to celebrate the literary talents of past members of the UMB community.  Despite UMB’s deep roots in medicine and other health related fields, Historical Collections materials reveal an appreciation for the arts among faculty, students, and staff alike.  For example, Historical Collections houses a well-loved copy of The University Ode, a piece written for the Alumni Association.

Latin version of University Ode Alma Parens, jam annorum, Honoribus coronata! Caput carum candidumque Dii large benedicant. Tibi quae de-listi nobis Dona verbis permajora, Sicut die longe acta Rursus fider.! obligamus. Diem bene recordamur Qua stetimus trepidantes In theatro constipato Ut honores accepturi. Quamvis tempus tractaverit, Aulas tuas post relictas, Nos omnino male—semper Aspectu tui recreamur. Quid non tibi faceremus, Mater? fama est eadem, Conglomeremus bona, vitam Produceremus aurea victu. Sis prseclara! sis perpetua! Inopinatse glorige surgas! Surgant turresque ad astra, Radiisque sol collustret!

The University Ode words by Dr. Eugene F. Cordell, Music by Dr. Theodore Hemberger. Latin texts, 1905, from Old Maryland, January 1905.

The piece started out as a poem in Latin written by Dr. Eugene F. Cordell, then Librarian and Professor of the History of Medicine at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Eugene Fauntleroy Cordell was born in Charlestown, WV in June 1843.  He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War and attended the University of Maryland School of Medicine after his discharge, graduating in 1868.  Following graduation he held various positions in Baltimore hospitals and held a private practice; co-founded the Women’s Medical College in Baltimore; co-edited the Maryland Medical Journal; and authored A Historical Sketch of the University of Maryland (1891), Medical Annals of Maryland (1903), and The University of Maryland, 1807-1907 (1907).  He joined the faculty of the University of Maryland in 1903 and wrote the Ode around 1905.

The music to The University Ode was composed by Dr. Theodore Hemberger.  Dr. Hemberger was born in Bruchsal, Germany in 1871.  His first piece was composed at the young age of ten.  He studied music privately and conducted his first orchestra by age eighteen, after which he was sent to study law in Berlin.  While in Berlin his musical talents were once again discovered and he was invited to study at the Hochschule fur Musik.  In 1893 he met Emma Conrad, a singer from Scranton, PA.  He fell in love and followed her to the United States, marrying her in 1894.  In 1903 he moved to Baltimore to become director of the Germania Männerchor, which was founded in 1856.  While director of the Männerchor he also composed and performed in H.L Mencken’s Saturday Night Club (1904-1950) and taught violin as a faculty member at the Peabody Conservatory of Music (1910-1915).  Dr. Hemberger also served as director of the University of Maryland Musical Association from 1903 to 1907.

Members list of the 1906 University of Maryland Musical Association from the 1906 Yearbook

Musical Association Members from 1906 Terra Mariae Yearbook.

The University of Maryland Musical Association was founded in October 14, 1903 by Dr. John C. Hemmeter, Professor of Physiology and Clinical Medicine at the School of Medicine.  Dr. Hemmeter believed the study of music and musical performance was an important outlet for physicians and medical students.  He created the Musical Association to highlight the talents of the students at the University of Maryland; it was the first organization to include members from all schools at UMB.  The organization held performances which earned money for the University’s endowment fund.  Unfortunately, membership in the organization dwindled and by 1907 the club disbanded.

English Translation of the University Ode

University Ode, translated by Dr. Eugene Lee Crutchfield, 1908. Old Maryland, August-September 1908.

The University Ode was adopted by the University’s Alumni Association as the official song of the school in 1907.  The Ode was performed live in April 1906 by Dr. Hemberger and the Germania Männerchor, signaling the start of the Centennial Celebrations, which continued through 1907.  During the Centennial Celebrations, Dr. Cordell was given an honorary degree of Master of Arts for his scholarly contributions; The Ode was mentioned as an important part of these contributions during the awards ceremony.  It was featured in the 1907 Commencement exercises and in 1908 Dr. Eugene Lee Crutchfield, School of Medicine Class of 1887, translated the Ode from Latin to English.  After the fanfare of the Centennial Celebrations, The University Ode seems to have been forgotten.

The copy in Historical Collections dates to 1905 and is part of Dr. Cordell’s papers available in the department.  Beginning in October 1905 copies of The University Ode, like the one in Historical Collections, were available at Krantz’s Music Store at 7 West Fayette Street, Baltimore.  Copies sold for 30 cents. 

 

 

References:

Bones, molars, and briefs. (1904). University of Maryland, Baltimore. Retrieved from: http://hdl.handle.net/10713/2453.

Old Maryland. (1905-1906). University of Maryland Alumni Association, Baltimore. Retrieved from: http://hdl.handle.net/10713/472.

Old Maryland. (1907-1908). University of Maryland Alumni Association, Baltimore. Retrieved from: http://hdl.handle.net/10713/473.

Terra Mariae. (1906). University of Maryland, Baltimore. Retrieved from: http://hdl.handle.net/10713/2462.

Terra Mariae. (1905). University of Maryland, Baltimore. Retrieved from: http://hdl.handle.net/10713/2454.

Theodor and Emma Hemberger scores, PIMS.0080, Arthur Friedheim Library Special Collections, Peabody Institute, The Johns Hopkins University. Retrieved from: https://aspace.library.jhu.edu/repositories/4/resources/1289.

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Access HS/HSL Resources Easily!

Posted on April 8, 2020 by ebrown

If you are a UMB faculty, staff, or student and are on-campus (in a UMB building) you can search for journal articles and books online, no need to log in with your UMID and password or to go to the HS/HSL homepage. You will be recognized by your IP address.

If you VPN into campus you are also not prompted for a UMID and password. It is as if you are on campus – seamless access.

If you are off-campus, go to the HS/HSL homepage to log in. See the big blue Off-Campus Access button in the upper right-hand corner of our page? Click and enter your UMID and password for full-text access to journals we subscribe to.

Using Google Scholar off-campus? To get to full-text easily make sure you do a quick settings change.

Look at the upper left-hand corner of Google Scholar, click on the 3 parallel lines icon and you will see a link to Settings, click, then choose Library Links.

Type Maryland into the search bar and then choose the Health Sciences and Human Services Library, Univ of Maryland (Find It @ HS/HSL) and click Save.

Now, when searching Google Scholar you will now see a link on the right-hand side when you come to an article that the HS/HSL subscribes to.

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UMB Ties to the Hospital Ship USNS Comfort

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Tara Wink

The Health Sciences and Human Services Library Historical Collections’ strives to provide broad access to our diverse collections both in person and digitally. Materials in our collections appear as they originally were published or created and may contain offensive or inappropriate language or images and may be offensive to users. The University of Maryland, Baltimore does not endorse the views expressed in these materials. Materials should be viewed in the context within they were created.

Photograph of the USNS Comfort hospital ship in Baltimore's Port.

USNS Comfort docked in Baltimore, 2010. Image from Wikimedia Commons.

On March 30, 2020 the USNS Comfort arrived in New York City’s Harbor on a mission to provide assistance to the city’s overwhelmed hospitals in the midst of the Coronavirus Pandemic.  The USNS Comfort is a Navy Hospital Ship with 1,000 beds and 12 operating rooms, which has been deployed in times of crisis and peace around the world.  The USNS Comfort is stationed in Norfolk, VA but for a significant portion of her life (1988-2013) as a hospital ship, she was stationed in Baltimore’s Port.  The location is not her only ties to the city of Baltimore, as several UMB alumni and faculty served on this hospital ship during her 33-year history. 

Photograph of Dr. H.G. Knapp

Dr. H.G. Robert Knapp, School of Medicine Class of 1946, from the 1946 Reflexions Yearbook. Following graduation Dr. Knapp served on the USNS Comfort.

The USNS Comfort is actually the third Navy ship christened with the name Comfort.  The first Comfort (USS Comfort AH-3) was a repurposed passenger and Army transport ship that was transferred to the Navy during World War I (1918-1921) and commissioned as a hospital ship.  This USS Comfort, like the current Comfort, was stationed in New York’s Harbor to support the hospitals during the 1918 Flu Pandemic.  However, it was primarily used to transport wounded soldiers across the Atlantic following World War I.

The second ship christened the USS Comfort (AH-6) served the Navy as a hospital ship during World War II.  Following the war the ship was transferred to the Army.  It was on this Comfort that Dr. H.G. Robert Knapp, University of Maryland School of Medicine Class of 1946, served as Chief Medical Officer treating patients returning from Germany and Japan following the war.  Dr. Knapp achieved the rank of Captain in the Army.  After being discharged Dr. Knapp opened a private practice in Orthopedics and taught at the University of Arkansas.  Dr. Knapp passed away in 2010.

Photograph of Commander Barbara Vernoski hugging her husband and daughter before boarding the USNS Comfort in 1990.

Commander Barbara Vernoski, graduate of the School of Nursing, hugging her husband and daughter before deploying on the USNS Comfort during Desert Storm, 1990. Image from Navy Medicine Vol. 81, No. 5.

The current USNS Comfort is a converted oil tanker; it was transferred to the Navy in 1987.  The USNS Comfort served in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in the 1990s.  During this deployment, Commander Barbara Vernoski, Lt. Commander Barbara Schmitz, and Lt. Commander Elana Schavalend, all graduates of the University of Maryland School of Nursing, served onboard. Schmitz served as head of the Burn Unit on the ship and shared her experiences of wartime nursing with The Washington Post in 1990, “Some people felt like they didn’t do enough when they died, even though we did everything we could.  It’s different at home – when they die they’re 90.  Here I’m writing the ages – 20, 22, 25 is the oldest.”

Photograph of Eddie Lopez

Lt. Commander, Eddie Lopez, School of Nursing graduate in 2002, served on the USNS Comfort in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake. From the 2010 Nursing magazine.

The USNS Comfort was also deployed to New York’s Harbor following the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.  During that deployment it served as a place for emergency workers to get medical care, rest, and showers while sifting through the rubble.  In 2005, the ship was sent to aid Hurricane Katrina victims in the Gulf Coast and in 2010 it was sent to Haiti to provide medical aid to those injured in the earthquake.  While in Haiti, Eddie Lopez, University of Maryland School of Nursing Masters Graduate in 2002, served as Lt. Commander on the vessel.  Lopez reflected on his time onboard in a 2011 School of Nursing publication, “We worked 16-hour days with limited supplies. It was disaster medicine, which means you just do the best you can with what you have.”

Photograph of Doctors Brian Kirkwood and Andrew Pakchoian before a mission on the USNS Comfort

Drs. Brian Kirkwood and Andrew Pakchoian, School of Dentistry, served as dental students on the USNS Comfort during a peacetime deployment to the Caribbean in 2009. Image from the May 2009 Voice.

The USNS Comfort has also been deployed in peacetime missions as it was in 2009, when Brian Kirkwood and Andrew Pakchoian, then third-year students in the School of Dentistry, served with Dr. Patricia Meehan, assistant dean of admissions and recruitment, and Dr. Gary Hack, professor, on board the ship.  In the mission, the members of the Dental School traveled throughout the Caribbean to work with other students and faculty from dental schools in the region on digital dentistry. 

In 2013, the USNS Comfort left its home in Baltimore for the last time and was transferred to the Naval Station in Norfolk, VA, ending a 25-year history with the city.  During that time, medical personnel, including several from the schools at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, saved thousands of lives. 

References:

“A Mother’s Duty.” (10 Sept. 1990). People Weekly. 34(10). Retrieved from: https://people.com/archive/cover-story-a-mothers-duty-vol-34-no-10/.

Berberich, S. (May 2009). Voice. 29(8):12. Retrieved from: http://hdl.handle.net/10713/10883

Chappell, B. (30 Mar. 2020). “Hospital Ship USNS Comfort Arrives in New York to Ease Coronavirus Pressure.” NPR Website. Retrieved from: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/03/30/823826987/hospital-ship-usns-comfort-arrives-in-new-york-to-ease-coronavirus-pressure.

“Comfort and Joy.” (18 Dec. 1990). Voice. 8(9): 12. Retrieved from: http://hdl.handle.net/10713/10320.

DeMetrick, A. (26 Feb. 2013). “USNS Comfort Departs Baltimore for the Final Time.” WJZ13 CBS Baltimore Website. Retrieved from: https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2013/02/26/usns-comfort-departs-baltimore-for-the-final-time/.

“H.G. Robert Knapp.” (2012). Bulletin of the University of Maryland School of Medicine. 96(3):34. Retrieved from: http://hdl.handle.net/10713/3592.

“Historical Note.” (02 May 2019). Records Relating to Hospital Ships and USNS Comfort during Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, 1906-1991. Finding aid at Naval History and Heritage Command Website. Retrieved from: https://www.history.navy.mil/research/archives/research-guides-and-finding-aids/hospital-ships-and-usns-comfort-1906-1991.html.

Krause, P. (2011). Nursing. 5(1): 39. Retrieved from: http://hdl.handle.net/10713/4513

Navy Medicine. (1990). 81(5):Cover.  Retrieved from: https://archive.org/details/NavyMedicineVol.81No.5September-october1990/mode/2up.

Moore, M. (08 Nov. 1990). “D.C. Trauma Trains Medic for the Gulf.” The Washington Post. Washington D.C.: a01. Retrieved from ProQuest: https://search.proquest.com/docview/307332972?accountid=57689.

Patani, A. (02 Nov. 2018). “Legacy of USNS Comfort.” The Sextant. Official Blog of Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved from: https://usnhistory.navylive.dodlive.mil/2018/11/02/legacy-of-usns-comfort/.

Sobocinski, A. (27 Mar. 2020). “Navy Hospital Ships Have History of Answering Nation’s Call.” U.S. Department of Defense Website. Retrieved from: https://www.defense.gov/Explore/Features/Story/Article/2128626/navy-hospital-ships-have-history-of-answering-nations-call/.

 

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HS/HSL 3D Printing for Health Care Workers in Response to COVID-19

Posted on April 1, 2020 by ebrown
3D printed headband sets for medical face shields

Here is an update on our progress so far:

  • 20 face shield headband sets have been delivered to the local MD Makers Unite effort (based at Open Works here in Baltimore). There they will be sanitized and assembled with clear plastic sheets into face shields. Printing continues.
  • A living guide has been set up with information for health care workers and for those who would like to join the effort to produce more personal protective equipment (PPE) https://guides.hshsl.umaryland.edu/ppe
  • We’re helping the UMMC’s Infectious Disease Department procure some of the crowd made PPE. #VictoryPrints!
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