The Library will be closed between 3.30pm and 4.30pm on Thursday 7th May to allow all LAS staff to attend a meeting. Apologies for any inconvenience…
The Library will be closed between 3.30pm and 4.30pm on Thursday 7th May to allow all LAS staff to attend a meeting. Apologies for any inconvenience…
Kalutara Bo Tree
Another member the ficus family of trees (see Library blog post “Rubber snakes”, 4/3/2014) is the Bo, or Bodhi, tree (ficus religiosa). The word “budh” or “bodhi” is associated with knowledge, wisdom and enlightenment. These trees, venerated by Buddhists & Hindus, are all said to…
By Aisling O’Malley
In March, the World Health Organisation celebrates International Ear Care Day. Beginning in Beijing in 2007, the day aims to raise awareness and to promote ear and hearing care across the world, with each year focussing on a different theme; this year the theme was ‘Making…
The Library will be closing at 2.00pm on Friday 13th March in preparation for the DL Reception. The Library will re-open as usual at 9.00am on Saturday 14th March…
“Photographs of eminent medical men, of all countries”, was published by John Churchill in London, 1867-68 in 2 volumes. It contains the portraits of 48 leading Victorian doctors each accompanied with a biography. The portraits were the work of photographer Ernest Edwards (1837-1903) who had a studio in…
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The Library & Archives Service is inviting all current face to face (F2F) MSc, Diploma and Research Degree students studying at the School to give us their views on the services and facilities we provide to support their study, and…
In preparation for an upcoming journal stocktake in the spring, the serials team recently took the opportunity to visit the University of London depository in Egham, Surrey. The library stores its pre- 2010 journals at the depository, so if you’ve ever filled out one of our off-site request…
On Wednesday 25th of February the Library will be closed from 11.30am to 12.30pm for a LAS staff meeting. We are sorry for any inconvenience caused.
Photo: Some rights reserved by Bryan Mills…
In January 1912, Sir Ronald Ross was invited to join an official visit to the Russian Duma. This was a reciprocal trip to St. Petersburg and Moscow after members of the Russian Duma had visited the UK Parliament.
The group left Victoria Station on 22nd January 1912, crossing…
If you visited the Library over the summer you will have seen the staff busily scanning the barcodes of all of the books into the library system. We did this for all books published after 1900, nearly 32,000 titles. Our stocktake allowed us to update our records to make…
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Treatise on the small pox : in two parts, by Theophilus Lobb, MD. – London : printed for T. Woodward, 1731.
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