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History of Medicine Collection

Medical Scrapbook Collection

Item set

Title

Medical Scrapbook Collection

Description

The Medical Scrapbooks contain clippings which focus on Western’s Medical School, medicine in London, southwestern Ontario and the world. The scrapbooks were created by Western’s medical school and are a great resource for local medical history.

Date

1921-1964

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Collected clippings, 1963-1964

A scrapbook of newspaper clippings about medical news, advancements, and achievements. Many of these newspaper clippings discuss the smoking-cancer link, anti-smoking campaigns, danger labels on cigarettes; birth control; and the typhoid epidemic.
Collected clippings, 1921-1953

A scrapbook of newspaper clippings about Western’s libraries, focusing on the medical library but also discussing general campus library news including J. D. Barnett's passing.