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Hispanic Heritage Month

Hispanic Heritage Month at HSL

In celebration and acknowledgement of the struggles and victories of the Hispanic community, the Health Sciences Library offers this collections of newly purchased books. They can be found near the Reserve collection in the lobby and are available for checkout.

Print Books

Historical Collections

Martínez, Martín. Anatomia Completa del Hombre: Con Todos los Hallazgos, Nuevas Doctrinas, y Observaciones Raras, y Muchas Advertencias Necessarias Para la Cirugia, Segun el Methodo Con Que la Explicaba En Nuestro Theatro de Madrid. Madrid: Joseph de Orga, 1757.

https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/u3622240 

 

Archivos de Pediatria del Uruguay, 1969.

Jose Strauss papers, MS-84.

https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/repositories/7/archival_objects/216052

 

Campaña Sanataria Contra Le Fiebre Amarilla, 1921.

Henry Hanson Papers MS-52.

https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/repositories/uva-hs/archival_objects/campana_sanataria_contra_la_fiebra_amarilla

 

The Commission on Infectious Diseases in Mariel, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, 1901
Philip Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, MS-1.

https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-hs/viuh00010.xml

 

Velasco, Diego and Francisco Villaverde. Curso Theoricopractico de Operaciones de Cirugia: En Que Se Contienen los Mes Celebres Descubrimientos Modernos: Compuesto Para el Uso de los Reales Colegios. Barcelona:Raymundo Martí. 1763.

https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/u3623834 

 

La Inmunidad De La Fiebre Amarilla, c. 1980s.

Henry Rose Carter Papers MS-10.

https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/repositories/uva-hs/resources/henry_rose_carter_papers 

 

Letter from Wenceslao Pareja to Henry Rose Carter, 1922.

Philip Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, MS-1.

https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-hs/viuh00010.xml 

 

Photograph of the Royal Palms, Havana, Cuba, 1899.

Philip Hench Walter Reed Yellow Fever collection, MS-1.

https://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=uva-hs/viuh00010.xml 

 

Postcard from J. Eduardo Riveia to Henry Hanson, 1922.

Henry Hanson Papers MS-52.

https://archives.lib.virginia.edu/repositories/uva-hs/archival_objects/invitations_and_postcards 

 

Canivell, Franciso. Tratado de Vendages, y Apositos Para el Uso de los Reales Colegios de Cirugia: En Que Se Maifestan Los Apositos Necessarios à Cada Operacion. Barcelona: Teresa Piferrer, 1763.

https://search.lib.virginia.edu/sources/uva_library/items/u3654272 

Additional Resources

Funk, C., & Lopez, M.H.(2022) Hispanic Americans’ experiences with health care. Pew Research Center. https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2022/06/14/hispanic-americans-experiences-with-health-care/

 

MedlinePlus - Spanish

An online health information resource for patients and their families and friends. Offers information on health topics, human genetics, medical tests, medications, dietary supplements, and healthy recipes, in both English and Spanish. MedlinePlus It is a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM), the world's largest medical library, and a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

 

VisualDX

A clinical decision support tool intended for use by medical practitioners to assist them in differential diagnosis. VisualDx provides handout material for nearly 400 of its top diagnoses in both English and Spanish. The information, written specifically for the patient, can be either emailed or printed right at the point of care.