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Editor’s note: The item in Wednesday’s UNMC Today was published in error. Check out this article from Tuesday’s event.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The UNMC community marked America\u2019s 250 years of independence on Tuesday afternoon (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, on the fourth floor of the Wigton Heritage Center in Omaha, as they enjoyed cookies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Dr.
UNMC Interim Chancellor H. Dele Davies, MD, visits with McGoogan Library colleagues.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The event also highlighted the new McGoogan Library exhibit titled \u201cFrom Colony to Country: Medicine in America\u2019s Founding Era.\u201d 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibit, located on level 8 of the library and soon to be available online<\/u><\/a>, will explore how \u201cheroic\u201d 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\u2019 last monarch King George III and the country\u2019s first president, George Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read more about the “From Colony to Country” exhibit in this UNMC Today article.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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