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Anatomage Table
The Anatomage Table is the world’s only fully-segmented real human 3D anatomy system. Users of the Anatomage Table can visualize anatomy exactly as they would on a cadaver. Individual structures of the body are reconstructed in accurate 3D, resulting in an unprecedented virtual dissection experience. Regional Anatomy, histology, and case reports are also available.
Need To Know
- Finals week at Hardin Library begins Friday, May 9
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences staff want you to succeed with finals, so we have some ways to make spending time at the library easier. Later Hours The library will be open until 9 p.m. on Friday, May 9, and Saturday, May 10. The […]
- Congratulations to Hardin Library’s graduating student employees
Student employees are a crucial part of what makes the Hardin Library a valuable, accessible resource for the community on campus and beyond. Student employees work and grow alongside Hardin staff, directing users to resources, caring for […]
- New exhibition showcases recipes in the history of medicine
Visit Hardin Library’s new exhibit on the third floor to explore how home remedies developed into pharmacology. Starting with folks in the 16th–19th centuries, whose ailment treatments came from a trusted authority figure and consisted […]
- Riordan receives 2024 Benton University Librarian’s Award for Excellence
Elizabeth Riordan has been named the 2024 recipient of the Arthur Benton University Librarian’s Award for Excellence in recognition of her commitment to student and faculty success, elevating the visibility of distinctive collections, […]
- Pioneering female physican Aletta Jacobs | Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room
This Women’s History Month, the John Martin Rare Book Room highlights a book from the pioneering 19th-century Dutch physician and activist Aletta Jacobs. Born in 1854 in the Netherlands, Jacobs chafed at the status quo and the […]
- Notes on Johann Christian Reil, the first psychiatrist, from the John Martin Rare Book Room
Reil, was an 18th-century medical multihyphenate: physician-anatomist-physiologist. He was also the first true psychiatrist by virtue of coining the term “psychiatry” (or “psychiatrie” in German). His contributions to anatomy […]
- Save the date for the John Martin Rare Book Room open house on April 24
The annual John Martin Rare Book Room (JMRBR) open house will be on Thursday, April 24, 2025. All are invited to drop in from 5:30 to 8 p.m. to tour the space and explore staples of the JMRBR collection. There will also be special […]
- Six Hardin librarians listed as co-authors in 2024
In 2024, six of the librarians on staff at the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences have been listed as co-authors of published research. We’re always excited to collaborate with our library users, whose important work energizes all of […]
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The Network of the National Library of Medicine (NNLM)’s Region 6 Regional Medical Library (RML) is located at Hardin Library for the Health Sciences at the University of Iowa. By collaborating, training, and funding health centers, health departments, community organizations, as well as medical, public, and school libraries in a 7 state region, the office supports the mission of the NNLM to advance the progress of medicine and improve public health through access to health information.