DiAnna Hemsath McGoogan Health Sciences Library

Early Omaha doctors treated lion bites, battle wounds  

In this medical history article, the McGoogan Library showcases emergency care at the heart of Omaha’s international exposition. 

May 22, 2026

Emergency Hospital Building, located on the West Midway, looking west.  

The life and work of Dr. Olga Stastny: A Nebraska doctor’s global impact

Dr. Stastny retired from the University of Nebraska College of Medicine in 1943, leaving a remarkable legacy of service.

Sep 17, 2024

Dr. Olga Stastny posing in her American Women’s Hospital Uniform, 1918. Photo courtesy of Drexel University Libraries, American Women’s Hospitals Records

UNMC history: Early 1900s doctor was skilled in microscopy

Metha Helfritz Jonas, MD, was ‘intensely devoted to her profession.’

Oct 10, 2022

Correspondence to Dr. Eliza H. Roul from August F. Jonas, MD. March 2, 1897. From the Woman’s Medical College of Chicago Alumnae Biographies: Jonas, Martha Helfritz, Class of 1889. (1897). Courtesy of Drexel University Libraries.
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