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A history of hand washing from Wangensteen
Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) was a Hungarian physician best known for his early contributions to antiseptic…
Erinn AspinallJanuary 19, 2016
Cupcake wars
Emily Beck and Sarah Juntunen of the Wangensteen Historical Library recreated a recipe for Portugal…
Erinn AspinallDecember 21, 2015
Schuster Brewing Company, Rochester, Minnesota: Medicinal Tonic, Temperance, and Top Brass
Please join us December 7 for the C. C. and Dawn Clawson Lecture in the…
Mark EngebretsonNovember 30, 2015
Wangensteen at Café Scientifique
The history and health benefits of fermentation and distillation were the topic of a happy…
Erinn AspinallNovember 17, 2015
Turning 21 in the land of 10,000 lakes and almost as many breweries
I was feeling apprehensive about having my first drink in Minnesota until I visited the…
Erinn AspinallNovember 17, 2015
Mini Medical School at the U of M
Infectious diseases was the theme this fall of the University of Minnesota's Mini Medical School,…
Erinn AspinallNovember 6, 2015
Exhibit reception for ‘A Gathering of Flowers’
Join us Tuesday, November 10, 1:30 p.m. at Andersen Horticultural Library for a dessert reception…
Karen Carmody-McIntoshNovember 4, 2015
Unsightly yet spellbinding
While cataloging artifacts at the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine, we encountered an…
Erinn AspinallNovember 4, 2015
A Gathering of Flowers
Inspired by the remarkably vibrant and richly detailed illustrations found in rare books in the…
Karen Carmody-McIntoshNovember 3, 2015
Carving history into a pumpkin
Emily Beck has created a hauntingly beautiful pumpkin carving of a monster that – until…
Erinn AspinallOctober 26, 2015