Steven G. Friedman, MD, FACS, MBA, Professor of Clinical Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, and Chief, Division of Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, will present the first Heberden Society Lecture of the 2013-14 academic year on Thursday, September 26, 2013, at The New York Academy of Medicine.

Elizabeth Blackwell: First U.S. Woman Physician

Thursday, September 26. 6:00 p.m. (Light refreshments served at 5:30)

Are you interested in the history of medicine? Then you'll want to attend the Heberden Society lectures!

This week images given to the archives by private donors were uploaded.

This week images given to the archives by unknown donors were uploaded. The images include buildings, people, and events associated with the medical center.

This week images taken for the Samaritan, the medical college's yearbook, were added.

The Medical Center Archives digital collections now include historical annual reports from both the New York Hospital and the Lying-in Hospital of the City of New York, as well as announcements from the Weill Cornell Medical College and the Cornell University-New York Hospital School of Nursing. These publications are available at <a href="http://archive.org/details/newyorkpresbyterianweillcornell>http://archiv....

Last week images taken by photographers that are now deceased and postcards were added. Included in this batch are exterior shots of the medical center, people, and events taken between 1932-1976.

This week images taken by the staffs of the Photography Departments at Cornell University and Weill Cornell Medical College were added. Included in this batch are class pictures of the medical college and the Cornell University-New York Hospital School of Nursing.

The Medical Center Archives has begun the process of publishing their images online in two new databases. One database will only be available to internal users who are employees or students of Weill Cornell Medical College or NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell. Click here.

When the war broke out, each state began forming volunteer regiments. Most of the New York Hospital doctors who served in the war began their service as volunteer surgeons in the regiments from New York State. Often doctors who were recruited for these regiments were small town physicians who had no training in military medicine and were ill prepared to treat wounded soldiers or perform amputations. Surgeons had to pass an exam and be approved by the war department. Their first task was to conduct the exams for the enlisted men and officers.