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Medical artifacts at the Wangensteen Historical Library. Photo credit: Mike Krivit.

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Test your medical artifact knowledge

Test your knowledge of medicine’s past by taking the Artifact Pop Quiz developed by the…

Erinn AspinallApril 28, 2016

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A chocolate bar with historical roots

It's not every day that you get a chocolate bar made in your honor, but…

Erinn AspinallFebruary 23, 2016

Baking an 1820 recipe for Portugal Cake from the Wangensteen Historical Library.

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Recipes that stand the test of time

"Turns out there really are recipes for disaster,” begins Kim Ode in her recent Star…

Erinn AspinallFebruary 15, 2016

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Color our collections

During the first week of February, the Wangensteen Historical Library will be unveiling one coloring…

Erinn AspinallJanuary 25, 2016

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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

Health Sciences Libraries News Wangensteen Library

Cupcake wars

Emily Beck and Sarah Juntunen of the Wangensteen Historical Library recreated a recipe for Portugal…

Erinn AspinallDecember 21, 2015

Health Sciences Libraries News Wangensteen Library

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

Botanical illustration (left) provided inspiration Hagens' colorful finished tile (right).

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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

Wax molds depicting chickenpox by Theodor Henning (1922)

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Unsightly yet spellbinding

While cataloging artifacts at the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine, we encountered an…

Erinn AspinallNovember 4, 2015

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A Gathering of Flowers

Inspired by the remarkably vibrant and richly detailed illustrations found in rare books in the…

Karen Carmody-McIntoshNovember 3, 2015

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Test your medical artifact knowledge

A chocolate bar with historical roots

Recipes that stand the test of time

Color our collections

A history of hand washing from Wangensteen

Cupcake wars

Turning 21 in the land of 10,000 lakes and almost as many breweries

Exhibit reception for ‘A Gathering of Flowers’

Unsightly yet spellbinding

A Gathering of Flowers

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