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Historical Insights: Sickness at Sea, Rediscovering an 1843 Thesis on Scurvy
In 1843, Dr. Augustus J. Bowie, Acting Assistant Surgeon in the U.S. Navy, completed his medical education at the University of Maryland School of Medicine with his dissertation on Scurvy. This post, written by Alternative Spring Break Intern, Tessa Mills (MLS Student at the University of Kentucky), discusses the dissertation and the influence of scurvy in the nineteenth century. Continue reading
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Exhibit: Early Dissertations from the School of Medicine
A new exhibit on the first floor of the HS/HSL features a selection of Early Dissertations from the Historical Collections. This exhibit celebrates the art of these dissertations … Continue reading
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