{"id":6321,"date":"2026-10-19T12:50:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/library-of-things-new-thematic-issue-of-the-journal-of-medical-history\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T12:50:44","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T10:50:44","slug":"library-of-things-new-thematic-issue-of-the-journal-of-medical-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/en\/library-of-things-new-thematic-issue-of-the-journal-of-medical-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Library of Things \u2013 New Thematic Issue of the Journal of Medical History"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6321\" class=\"elementor elementor-6321 elementor-6309\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8df8e91 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"71060\" data-id=\"8df8e91\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7d501b6\" data-eae-slider=\"20386\" data-id=\"7d501b6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-38f61949 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"70244\" data-id=\"38f61949\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-218cdd9b\" data-eae-slider=\"79127\" data-id=\"218cdd9b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fdbab41 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fdbab41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sometimes, history is not just found in books. Historical medical objects can also be &#8220;read.&#8221; They tell us, for example, how they were designed for a particular purpose and ultimately put to use, thereby offering a glimpse into medicine in earlier times.<\/p><p>Under the thematic focus of &#8220;Library of Things,&#8221; the recently published Journal of Medical History (Volume 61, Issue 3, 2026) therefore examines the significance of medical history collections and their objects for research and teaching. An introductory prologue and ten further contributions demonstrate the special potential that collections possess as material repositories of knowledge and culture, and how their objects can be used in research and teaching. The Medical History Collection at RUB played a key role in the conception and production of this issue.<\/p><p>The volume can be accessed online <a href=\"https:\/\/biblioscout.net\/de\/journal\/medhist\/61\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via the Franz Steiner Verlag website<\/a> or in print, for example, <a href=\"https:\/\/ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/en\/library\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at the library of the Institute for History and Ethics of Medicine.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67c3646 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"25717\" data-id=\"67c3646\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3f2f221\" data-eae-slider=\"16724\" data-id=\"3f2f221\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-48a938c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-eae-slider=\"5418\" data-id=\"48a938c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c773fba\" data-eae-slider=\"86634\" data-id=\"c773fba\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d063f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9d063f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Collage-Bibliothek_JPG-1024x536.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6322\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Collage-Bibliothek_JPG-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Collage-Bibliothek_JPG-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Collage-Bibliothek_JPG-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Collage-Bibliothek_JPG-1536x804.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Collage-Bibliothek_JPG.jpg 1810w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, history is not just found in books. 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Under the thematic focus of &#8220;Library of Things,&#8221; the recently published Journal of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":6322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"author_meta":{"display_name":"Leo Wei\u00df","author_link":"https:\/\/ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/en\/author\/leo-weissruhr-uni-bochum-de\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Collage-Bibliothek_JPG-300x157.jpg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/ethik.geschichte.med.blogs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de\/en\/category\/news\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">News<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 11 hours ago","modified":"Updated 11 hours ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 19. 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