May 1955

Alumni Bulletin

Fall 1980

Yale Medicine

May 1955
Alumni Bulletin

The Codex Paneth

“One of the world’s most famous medical manuscripts, the six hundred year old Codex Paneth, has been acquired by the Yale Medical Library. This rare, early medieval manuscript on velum measuring 23.5 by 33.7 cm., contains 1,378 pages. The numerous beautifully colored miniature initials illustrating medical scenes, the many representations of surgical instruments, and the rubrication in blue and red are by two different and unnamed artists, one a North Italian, the other probably a Bohemian artist of the early XIV century school. These illuminations give an insight to the medical and surgical procedures of the period. Many of the scalpels, saws, forceps and other instruments shown are amazingly modern in appearance and in some cases closely resemble surgical instruments in use today.”

Fall 1980
Yale Medicine

Minority High School Students Learn First Hand About Biomedical Research

“Nine students from New Haven area high schools participated this summer in a Minority High School Biomedical Research Program at the School of Medicine. They were among 200 minority students enrolled in a nationwide program sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, which provides an opportunity to learn about biomedical research ... as apprentices in universities, health professional schools, hospitals and other research centers.

“The nine New Haven area students, who were selected from 50 applicants, worked as research apprentices to faculty in the Departments of Pharmacology, Diagnostic Radiology, Internal Medicine, Neurology, Human Genetics, Epidemiology and Public Health, and in the Child Study Center. Yvedt Matory, a fourth-year medical student, was coordinator of the program at Yale. At the end of the summer, Ms. Matory and the students submitted written reports summarizing their experiences in the program to the NIH. ...

“This was the first year for the NIH Program, which funded 200 students at a cost of $400,000. Forty-five institutions in 21 states participated.”