Life at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Kristin Victoria Brig is a history of medicine doctoral student with a love for baking, playing the piano, and cross-stitching. Her work examines public health in the nineteenth-century British Empire with a focus on infectious disease control. Smallpox is her favorite historical disease, but typhoid fever and cholera also intrigue her.
Ask anyone in the Johns Hopkins history of medicine department and they will tell you that summer is the time to catch up on all… Read More »Summer Reading from the Hopkins History of Medicine Department
On the Johns Hopkins “Measles: What You Should Know” page, the last Q&A states: Q: What should I do to protect myself and my family?… Read More »An Evolving Situation: Measles and the 21st Century Vaccination Crisis
In February, the Johns Hopkins History of Medicine Survey had the opportunity to experiment with three stethoscopes: a replica of René Laennec’s 1816 stethoscope, a… Read More »19th-Century Technology, 21st-Century Users
Above: Kristin's carrel at Welch Library Mid-November 2018: I sit in my carrel watching the snow fall outside, a café au lait cupped in my… Read More »Medicine in the Library