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HMS Donates the Blanchard Book Lab to the Watkinson Library
In May 2015, the HMS Board of Directors voted to create an onsite book repair lab within the HMS Library for the purpose of restoring the Society’s current collections. The…
Read MoreHartford Medical Society Hosts Event Addressing Physician Burnout Featuring Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. May 4, 2022— The Hartford Medical Society (HMS) recently hosted a signature event, “Doctors Are Human Too,” at The Bushnell in Hartford, Conn., featuring the renowned physician, Dr. Ezekiel…
Read MoreHMS Newsletter Winter 2022 Edition
A Message from Dr. Bernard Kosto Since its founding in 1846, the Hartford Medical Society has managed, through bequests from members and families, to accumulate an impressive number of medical artifacts.…
Read MoreNotes on Pandemics and Vaccination
By Ira Spar, MD The American pandemic of Yellow Fever lasted 250 years, and neither its cause by virus nor transmission by mosquitoes was known. High fevers, severe jaundice, and…
Read MoreIndependent Thinking on Independence Day
The evolution of clinical medicine that was true to empirical observations but was not mere empiricism, and simultaneously scientific, i.e., based on reproducible, objective measurements, both qualitative and quantitative, of…
Read MoreHMS Newsletter Summer 2021 Edition
A message from the HMS President, Dr. Bernard Kosto. Medicine has a long list of incredible inventions and life-changing discoveries brought about by accident. Serendipity cannot be left out of the mix when it comes to innovation in medicine.
Read MoreGaudeamus igitur
It is that time of year again! Students, trainees, fellows – everyone at the end of her educational period of learning – is now preparing to “graduate,” a verb and…
Read MoreThe Doctors Crary, Their Fund, & The Harford Medical Society
By David Crombie, M.D. For the past century, the Hartford Medical Society (HMS) has been one of seven beneficiaries of The Crary Fund, which was created in 1920, a year…
Read MoreTake a Walk through Hartford with Horace Wells, Founder of Anesthesia
Take a trip to the 19th century with famous Connecticut native and discoverer of anesthesia, Horace Wells, in a self-guided walking tour through Hartford. By visiting various landmarks in the…
Read MoreRx: A Botanical Mother’s Day Bouquet
by Richard Ratzan, M.D. Today marks my first blog on the HMS Library site. Like those of Jenny Miglus, Librarian of the HMS library, mine will be based on the…
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