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Photo by Dan Davenport Celebrating the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library Students study in the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library. The University of Cincinnati reached a milestone this summer with the opening of the splendid Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library. This library is situated in the midst of a soaring, light-filled space that joins the new Center for Academic and Research Excellence (CARE)/Crawley Building with the existing Medical Sciences Building on UC’s Academic Health Center campus. The library is named for Donald C. Harrison, M.D., Senior Vice President and Provost for Health Affairs from 1986-2002, whose vision and generosity brought this project to fruition. His professional experience includes 23 years at Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford University Hospital where he was chief of cardiology and the William G. Irwin Professor for 20 years. When the UC Board of Trustees named the library for Dr. Harrison, he said, “The library is a critical component of the education, research, and clinical care mission of the Academic Health Center. It provides a service that is absolutely essential. It lies in the heart of our new building and, in many ways, acts like the lifeline for UC’s upand-coming physicians, scientists, and health professionals.” The new Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library is designed to meet the research needs of the students, faculty, and staff of the College of Medicine, the College of Nursing, the College of Allied Health Sciences, and the James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy. It also serves health sciences professionals of affiliated institutions, including University Hospital and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, as well as national and international scholars and researchers. The library encompasses 44,872 square feet with a 90-seat computer lab, electronic classroom, and comfortable study spaces. Its collections include over 200,000 print volumes on site, over 600 online databases, 60,000 electronic journals, and 392,000 e-books. It is home to the Center for the History of the Health Professions (more on the center on page 5). The library’s Web site is . Learned in Science, Explored in Art To mark the opening of the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, the Libraries presented “Learned in Science, Explored in Art: An Exhibit of Paintings and Sculpture by Wolfgang Ritschel,” comprising 35 paintings and 10 pieces of sculpture with medical or health themes. The exhibit was on display September 15 through December 15, 2008. “To mark the opening of this vibrant, new library we knew we needed an event that would delight and inspire the first wave of library users and visitors,” said Victoria A. Montavon, Dean and University Librarian. “Fortunately for us, the remarkable talent and art of Wolfgang Ritschel immediately presented the perfect solution.” The artwork in the exhibit embraced the medical areas of diagnosis, therapy, surgery, and research. It was grounded in respect for the patient, the health professional, and the researcher. With such pieces as “Dyslexia,” “When All Fades into Nothing,” and “The Horror of Toxic Dangers,” the exhibit did not shy away from unpleasant subjects. Themes of hope and life were also represented, however, with pieces such as “Ode to Life,” “The Conquest of Polio,” and “Healing.” Wolfgang Ritschel is Professor Emeritus of Pharmacokinetics and Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology. He is an accomplished artist who has exhibited his work throughout the world with over 60 solo and 250 group art shows. Ritschel describes his painting style as “expressionism influenced by fauvism.” After being on display in the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, the exhibit will be transported to health sciences libraries throughout the United States for the next two years. Host libraries include Howard University; the University of Maryland, Baltimore; the University of South Florida; and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, among others. Source vol. 8 no. 1 www.libraries.uc.edu/source by Melissa Cox Norris, Director of Library Communications, melissa.norris@uc.edu 4 Medicine [Collage], Wolfgang A. Ritschel, 2006.
Documenting Medical History in the Center for the History of the Health Professions By Doris Haag, Director of the Center for the History of the Health Professions, doris.haag@uc.edu Located in the new Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library is the Center for the History of the Health Professions (CHHP), a rich resource of books, journals, archives, photographs, and medical artifacts of the history of medicine in Cincinnati and the history of medicine in general. The center was organized in 1974. It consists of over 35,000 rare and classical works in the history of medicine, dating from 1500 to 1920, and a modern circulating history of medicine collection. The collection includes 2,000 medical artifacts such as Civil War field surgery kits, busts and paintings of past UC faculty, and an iron lung. An excellent photograph collection from the 1890s to date represents medicine as it was practiced in the late 19th century to the most modern technology of today's scientists. Class and individual photographs of UC faculty members are also available. Over 64 archival collections are available in the center including the Cincinnati Obstetric and Gynecology Society minutes and papers, local hospital archives from Jewish Hospital, the now defunct Seton and Dunham Hospitals, and University Hospital patient indexes from 1837-1977. Among the most noted archives in the CHHP are those of: • Daniel Drake, founder of the Medical College of Ohio and of Cincinnati College in 1819. His archive includes manuscripts, diplomas, and personal memorabilia. • Albert B. Sabin, UC researcher and developer of the oral polio vaccine. His archive includes his papers, medals, awards, and honors. • Robert A. Kehoe, a pioneer in occupational and environmental medicine. His archive includes his studies in lead and all of his research materials from the early 30's to the mid-1970s. • Leland C. Clark, the “Father of Biosensors” and pioneer of the first viable heart-lung machine. His archive includes one of the first heart lung apparatus, papers and manuscripts, photographs and awards, spanning over 30 years or research. • Elwood V. Jensen, Lasker award winner for his work on estrogen receptors. The center houses awards, photographs, and papers related to his work. On November 6, 2008, Dr. John J. McDonough, Chair of the Center for the History of the Health Professions Advisory Board, and Victoria A. Montavon, Dean and University Librarian, hosted a gathering of fellow CHHP Advisory Board members, friends, and colleagues to celebrate the grand opening of the center in the new Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library. The new facility includes the Stanley J. Lucas, M.D. Board Room, a meeting space and showcase for some of the CHHP’s treasures such as the spectacular Cantagalli Jars (a 109-piece set of ceramic jars replicating a 15th-century apothecary shop), as well as a sampling of medical artifacts, photographs, and ephemera. For more on the Center for the History of the Health Professions, visit . Cantagalli Jars Medical-themed stained glass panels and a portrait of Stanley J. Lucas Medical artifacts 5 Source vol. 8 no. 1 www.libraries.uc.edu/source Photo by Cole Osborn Photo by Cole Osborn
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