John Morris, M.D.

As I was searching for something in a 1989 Journal, I saw that the cover image was of John Morris, MD. I really didn’t know a lot about him, and was always intrigued by his portrait, especially the fur collar he’s wearing. Luckily, there was a brief biography of the...

Look Who I Found!

Although I sound like a crazy person when I say it, I truly believe that Marcia finds things for me. Most recently, I was working in the stacks, and when I was shutting off the lights, and closing the door, I happened to look down and see the corner of a picture...

Happy Halloween!

Our resident ghost popped in to trick or treat. We can’t wait to see what she has in store for us. BOO!

The Young Marcia

As I was looking through some of the Maryland Medical Journals from the late 1980’s, I stumbled across this lovely image of the young Marcia Noyes. I have another early image of her, maybe taken around the same time, since the dress is very similar in both. If this...

Artscape Art Installation

Baltimore’s huge Artscape art and music festival takes place this weekend right on our front doorstep – literally. We’re surrounded by the festival, but it’s hard for us to participate in it for myriad logistical reasons. However, we want to participate as a member of...

Sir William Osler (A Brief Film)

I thought we might focus a bit on Sir William Osler, M.D. seeing as the American Osler Society is meeting in Baltimore later this month, and next month marks 110 years since Osler left Baltimore for Oxford. Via a very circuitous route, I found this small film on Sir...