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TML News and Notes: September 2008

Medical Artifacts Collection Launched!

Posted September 25, 2008 5:11 PM in Digital Collections, Special Collections

The Medical Artifacts Collection consists of instruments and equipment related to the history of health care in Virginia over the last 150 years. The collection contains representative instruments from nineteenth-century medical practice including lancets, amputation sets, medicine chests, stethoscopes, obstetrical forceps, microscopes and dental forceps. This digital collection provides access to images of a representative group of 168 objects.

Constitution Day Film Screening, September 18th @ Noon

Posted September 16, 2008 11:45 PM in Events

Thursday, September 18th, 2008, 12:00PM
Tompkins-McCaw Library Room 2-012 (Library Instruction Classroom)

Join us for the screening of a 30-minute video featuring Supreme Court justices Kennedy, O'Connor, and Breyer. In a conversation with students, the justices discuss the Constitution and the role of judges who are sworn to uphold the laws of this nation and to protect the rights of all citizens.