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Until the end of August, the Main Library – Medicine Careum will host the exhibition “Anna Heer (1863-1918)”. It was realized in collaboration with the historian Verena E. Müller, who wrote a biography of the Zurich nursing pioneer. Her biography “Anna Heer (1863-1918)”, published by efef-Verlag, is now available and will soon be on loan […]

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Anna Heer stands at the beginning of professional care in Switzerland. In 1901, she founded the Swiss School of Nurses with a women’s hospital in Zurich. She headed it as chief physician until her death. Throughout her life, she was committed to the professional recognition and development of nursing care in Switzerland. In 1910, she […]

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In February 1978, the Lancet published a report by Andreas Grüntzig on the successful operation of coronary arteries with balloon catheters. Although published in the category «Letters to the editor», this short text proved to be a key publication for his further career. Andreas Grüntzig had already come a long way. While he was employed […]

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  At the Burghölzli At the beginning of the 20th century, the Burghölzli psychiatric clinic was the scene of developments in psychiatry that were of worldwide importance. Eugen Bleuler was director of the Burghölzli and an open mind. He took up ideas of psychoanalysis early on and was in close contact with Sigmund Freud, whom […]

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  At the Cantonal hospital Theodor Billroth came to Zurich from Berlin in 1860 as a young surgeon. The medical faculty had taken considerable effort to appoint the ambitious student of the well-known Bernhard von Langenbeck. Billroth was only the second full professor of surgery in Zurich after Heinrich Locher-Zwingli, who was appointed at the […]

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The beginnings of the medical journal The first scientific journals with medical content were published in the 17th century. Preconditions were created with the invention of the newspaper and the flourishing of experimental science in the Enlightenment. The tradition of the scholarly exchange of letters was transferred to scientific journals, which were printed for the […]

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Not that long ago, journals were only available in print and research was done with heavy bibliographies. The Main Library – Medicine Careum goes back in its own past and presents an exhibition on the history of the medical journal. Attractions include research questions to be solved with Index Medicus. Can you do a search […]

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The Main Library – Medicine Careum and the Main Library – Science will be closed from 4 pm on Thursday, 29 March until Monday, 2 April. The MediZone in the Careum 1 building, reserved for UZH medical students, and the Study Center of the Main Library on Irchel Campus will remain open, access with a […]

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The authors deal with the stereotypes that prevail over long-term facilities for older people. What stories do employees, residents and visitors tell about it? Why are they often so discouraging? A detailed review by Prof. Dr. Herman Brandenburg can be found here (german only). You can reserve the book online and borrow it from Main […]

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