Editor’s note: An item in Wednesday’s UNMC Today was published in error. Check out this article and photos from Tuesday’s event.
The UNMC community marked America’s 250 years of independence on Tuesday, June 30, with a reception and a spotlight on McGoogan Health Science Library’s new historical exhibit. UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, talked with faculty, staff and students in the Dr. Leland and Dorothy Olson Atrium at the Wigton Heritage Center in Omaha as they enjoyed cookies.
The event also highlighted the new McGoogan Library exhibit titled “From Colony to Country: Medicine in America’s Founding Era.” The exhibit, which will run through September 2027, examines different topics related to health, illness and healthcare during the colonial period, the Revolutionary War and the early American republic.
The exhibit, located on level 8 of the library and soon to be available online, will explore how “heroic” medical practices dominated the era, characterized by harsh, often poisonous medications and a reliance on bloodletting. It also will highlight the health difficulties of the colonies’ last monarch King George III and the country’s first president, George Washington.
Read more about the “From Colony to Country” exhibit in this UNMC Today article.