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Canada's foremost scholarly resource for the history of medicine.

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Osler Library@OslerLibrary
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We are no longer on X. Here’s how to stay connected with us: / Nous ne sommes plus sur X. Voici comment rester en contact avec nous. 🔗mcgill.ca/libraries/location… 📷instagram.com/oslerlibrary/ 🎦facebook.com/osler.library
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Some great resources compiled by our @McGillLib colleagues for #TransgenderDayofVisibility news.library.mcgill.ca/trans…
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It's always gratifying to see our collections highlighted in scholarly publications. Congratulations on your article! M Carlyle and M D Nichols, “Flap Anatomies and Victorian Veils: Penetrating the Female Reproductive Interior.” Gender & History (2026): doi.org/10.1111/1468-0424.70…

Flap Anatomies and Victorian Veils: Penetrating the Female Reproductive Interior

This article examines the reappearance in the early nineteenth century of anatomical flapbooks in the context of obstetrical education in Britain, America and France. It asks why liftable paper...

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Excellent piece by @AllisonHanes in today's @mtlgazette highlighting our current exhibit, "How to transform black and white incunabula into luxury items." The voices included highlight our strong ties to @AmericanOsler. montrealgazette.com/opinion/… #histmed @drjmariomolina

Hanes: McGill's Osler Library shares the fine art of early medical books

McGill's Osler Library of the History of Medicine is displaying some of its collection of incunabula for the first time – the first mass-produced copies of precious medical texts – to illustrate the...

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Join our team! We are accepting applications for a tenure-track librarian through 6 April 2026. Find out more: mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com…
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All #OslerLibrary activities are made possible by the generosity of donors like you. Thank you! Are you looking to have your gift go further? Today is #McGill24 ! alumni.mcgill.ca/give/?alloc… @McGillLib @McGillMed #histmed
Image of a table in a wood-paneled library, with a tall painted glass window behind. There are 2 rows of books open on supports, three large works in the back, 4 smaller ones in the front.

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McGill students: submit your applications by 20 March! mcgill.ca/libraries/about/aw…

Friends of the Libraries Student Library Awards

Encouraged by  the Trenholme Dean  of  Libraries, Dr. Guylaine Beaudry, the Student Library Awards were established by the Friends of the Libraries in 2025 to promote the use of library

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Read about Ambassador Alessandro Cattaneo's recent visit to the Osler Library for a guided tour of our current exhibit on illuminated incunabula, curated by Prof Brenda Dunn-Lardeau. cittadino.ca/incunaboli-i-pi…
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Tonight! libraryrooms.mcgill.ca/event…

Book Launch | Genius Unbroken: The Life and Legacy of Dr. Charles R. Drew

Please join us at the Osler Library for the launch of the book Genius Unbroken: The Life and Legacy of Dr. Charles R. Drew by Craig A. Miller MD, and Charlene Drew Jarvis. Books...

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Monday! To learn more and to register, please follow this link: libraryrooms.mcgill.ca/event… #histmed #CharlesDrew #GeniusUnbroken
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actualites.uqam.ca/2026/tres… Notre exposition actuelle ! Venez la voir avant sa fermeture le 13 mars. #histmed #incunabula

Des trésors datant des débuts de l’imprimerie | UQAM

Brenda Dunn-Lardeau présente une exposition d’ouvrages anciens décorés et enluminés.

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✨ In Montréal, Amb. @Aless_Cattaneo and Prof. Mario Venezia visited the remarkable exhibition of 🇮🇹 Venetian incunabula at @OslerLibrary. Our heartfelt thanks to Prof. @RFDelMaestro, his colleagues, and the exhibit’s curator Professor Dunn-Lardeau for their dedicated work.
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Rather than the view from our library, here is the view over our library! See the McIntyre Medical Sciences Building in the lower left part of the photo.
Sunrise breaks through dark grey clouds cover, looking out over Montreal from the overlooking on Mont Royal. There are some bare sumac branches in the foreground, then the city scape.

ALT Sunrise breaks through dark grey clouds cover, looking out over Montreal from the overlooking on Mont Royal. There are some bare sumac branches in the foreground, then the city scape.
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Congratulations to Hélène Cazes, Viviane Fairbank, & Magdalena Koźluk on a fine issue: Uncovering the female Anatomy: Discourses on Women's Hidden "Nature". czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/roman… #histmed #women #femaleanatomy
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We’re excited to inform you that the latest issue of the Osler Library Newsletter is out! Check out its electronic copy here : mcgill.ca/x/5wT If you would like to receive our newsletter, please email osler.library@mcgill.ca 📷 to be added to our distribution list. 📷
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A global destination for scholars, the Osler Library holds irreplaceable treasures in the history of medicine. mcgill.ca/libraries/location…
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We teach because we love teaching, but wow, sometimes a prof will totally spoil us in appreciation. Thank you! And thank you for lending us your students for a few hours this week.
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Congratulations on a thought-provoking article about Halsted, addiction, and the development of residency training: canjsurg.ca/content/63/1/E13… Picked up by the CBC, too: cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/m… #histmed #addiction #Halsted #JHH #residency #MedicalEducation

Necessity is the mother of invention: William Stewart Halsted’s addiction and its influence on the...

SummaryWilliam Stewart Halsted developed a novel residency training program at Johns Hopkins Hospital that, with some modifications, became the model for surgical and medical residency training in...

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The removal of the Black model from US editions of Maclise makes for a teachable moment when classes visit. theguardian.com/artanddesign… #histmed

Anatomical exhibition includes rare Victorian-era drawing of a black body

The work of surgeon and artist Joseph Maclise is the focus of a show at the Thackray Museum of Medicine in Leeds

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Are you hoping to do research at the Osler Library? Apply for a travel grant! Applications for the 2026-2027 Bensley, Nickerson, and Pivnicki awards are open through 16 January 2026. For more details: mcgill.ca/libraries/location… #histmed

Awards and grants

Each year the Osler Library offers awards and travel grants to local and international historians, physicians, graduate and post-doctoral students, and others whose research touches upon the history

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