Have you read author and women’s rights advocate Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story, “The Yellow Wall-Paper”? If not, I encourage you to do so, and then check out the DMU Library’s latest exhibit, “The Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman […]
A prescription for driving women crazy Read More
George Washington was much more than America’s first president. He’s a representative of an era when medicine was slowly becoming a licensed profession and a man who often turned to a growing class of experts with new and emerging knowledge
What would George Washington do? Read More
DMU’s Kendall Reed Rare Book Room is home to a fascinating 1820s collection of hand-colored plates illustrating human anatomy.
Detailing the beautiful body Read More
Together with the Des Moines University library and the Community Service Committee, the Global Health Department initiated a book drive to benefit the Sudan-American Foundation for Education (SAFE) during the month of May. The response was above and beyond what
Global Health book drive to benefit the Sudan-American Foundation for Education Read More
Get thee to the State Library on Thursday or Friday (June 3-4)! The state medical library closed in March and they’re selling medical books and journals! The state library is in the Miller Building, 1112 E. Grand Ave., and is
Health & medical book sale Read More