Newsletter of the Archivist and Librarians in the History of the Health Sciences
Spring 2003, Volume XXVI, Number 2

Table of Contents:

May Day Alert: ALHHS 2003 in Boston

Jack Eckert, Chair of the Local Arrangements Committee, describes the plans for the ALHHS Annual Meeting to be held in Boston on May 1, 2003 and provides a summary of the rich heritage of medical history in the city.

Farewell from the Editor

Lilli Sentz who has edited The Watermark for five years bids readers farewell as she turns over the editorship to Linda Lohr, History of Medicine Collection, University at Buffalo.

Ex Libris

Compiled and edited by Lucretia McClure, Ex Libris contains news and announcements from Medical Historical Collections. Featured in this issue are descriptions of several exhibitions, including "Rough on Rats:" Patent & Pharmaceutical Medicine in New Jersey at the George F. Smith Library of Health Sciences at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey; Deciphering the Genetic Code honoring Nobel Laureate Marshall Nirenberg at the National Institutes of Health; and Only One Man Died: Medical Adventures on the Lewis and Clark Trail at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.

News from HMD

Philip Teigen, Deputy Chief of the History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine, reports on the activities of the Division, including three new websites Smallpox: a Great and Terrible Scourge; "I swear by Apollo Physician.": Greek Medicine from the Gods to Galen; and a preview of an exhibition opening in the fall of 2003 entitled Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women Physicians.

News from the Wellcome Library

David Pearson, Librarian at the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, reports on the new web gateway to electronic resources in the history of medicine, MedHist (http://medhist.ac.uk), plans for new and expanded Library space, recent acquisitions, and a major exhibit about Sir Henry Wellcome at the British Museum.

Submissions may be sent to Linda A. Lohr, History of Medicine Collection, University of Buffalo Health Sciences Library,
B5 Abbott Hall, 3435 Main St. Buffalo, New York 14214-3002. Tel. 716 829-3900, ext 136, Fax: 716 829-2211. e-mail: (lalohr@buffalo.edu)

Submissions for Ex Libris may be sent, by snail mail to: Lucretia W. McClure, 164 Elmore Road, Rochester, NY 14618-3651 or by
e-mail: e-mail: (lucretiamcclure@frontiernet.net)

Production deadlines are 1 September, 1 December, 1 March, and 1 June.

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