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How Did We Get Hear? Historic Hearing Devices, 1800-2000
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Medicine in Times of Need: Washington University and Barnes Hospital's WWI and WWII Medical Mission
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Plentiful and Irresponsible: St. Louis Medical Schools in 19th Century
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Medical Journeys: Traveling Scholars from the 19th and 20th Centuries

 

 
 
 
 

Current Exhibits

A black and white image of a crowded dissection floor. Vesalius is touching a cadaver with its stomach open and organs exposed to the air as the other doctors watch. His face is calm amidst the tumultuous crowd of doctors surrounding him.
Becker Rare Books Tarot Project
A printer's mark depicting a woman surrounded by scientific instruments, framed by a scrolling ornate border
Printers' Marks in the Glaser Gallery
Group of female students in nursing school uniforms surround cot with woman lying under sheet having her pulse taken
Nursing Knowledge: Students of the Washington University Medical Campus
That Was Then – An Architectural History of the Washington University Medical Center
Comrades in Science? US-USSR Exchanges in Health and Medicine
"The Novel Nineteenth Century: Trends Treatments, and Technologies in 19th Century American Medicine" in various fonts to mimic 19th century advertisements
The Novel Nineteenth Century: Trends, Treatments, and Technologies in Nineteenth Century American Medicine
Legacy of Achievement: The Washington University School of Dental Medicine
Medicine in Times of Need: Washington University and Barnes Hospital's WWI and WWII Medical Mission
Plentiful and Irresponsible: St. Louis Medical Schools in 19th Century
How Did We Get Hear? Historic Hearing Devices, 1800-2000
Medical Journeys: Traveling Scholars from the 19th and 20th Centuries
Meet me at the fair: A medical student's journey from South Africa to St. Louis
Out of Scope: Unexpected Titles in the Rare Book Collections

Legacy Exhibits

Cordials, Unguents, and Plasters: Stocking the Early Modern Medicine Cabinet – 2018
Prophetic Illustration in the Paracelsus Collection – 2015
Vesalius and the Invention of the Modern Body – 2015
Rare Books@Becker – Highlights from the Becker Medical Library Collections – 2007
Deafness in Disguise – Concealed Hearing Devices of the 19th and 20th Centuries – 2005
Powerful Grace Lies in Herbs and Plants – 1998
Bernard Becker Collection in Ophthalmology & Optics – 1996