Those interested in the history of medicine, psychology, and science will want to check out The Wellcome Library Blog, a highly engaging, frequently updated blog authored by the staff of the Wellcome Collection's Wellcome Library. Each blog entry is tagged, allowing visitors to browse topics of interest. In From the Collections, visitors will find posts that highlight and situate items from the library's remarkable collection. Items include a 1420 "wound man," an admittedly gruesome image that appeared in fifteenth century German medical textbooks, along with early twentieth century job advertisements from the publication, Chemist and Druggist. Meanwhile, The Researcher's View features engrossing guest blog posts composed by academics, students, and independent researchers utilizing the library's collections. Those interested in the digital humanities will want to check out the Digital Developments portion of the blog, which highlights newly digitized library materials and an examination of how visitors interact with digitized books in the collection.
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