{"id":5850,"date":"2026-06-23T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T20:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/?p=5850"},"modified":"2026-06-23T15:05:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T20:05:36","slug":"new-exhibit-from-colony-to-country-medicine-in-americas-founding-era","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/2026\/06\/23\/new-exhibit-from-colony-to-country-medicine-in-americas-founding-era\/","title":{"rendered":"New Exhibit &#8211; From Colony to Country: Medicine in America\u2019s Founding Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/06\/Blog-Graphic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"614\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/06\/Blog-Graphic-1024x614.jpg\" alt=\"Image of foxglove plant, George Washington, lancet for bloodletting and map of United States from 1785.\" class=\"wp-image-5865\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/06\/Blog-Graphic-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/06\/Blog-Graphic-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/06\/Blog-Graphic-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2026\/06\/Blog-Graphic.jpg 1300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Written By: Erin Torell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On June 22, a new exhibition opened\u202fat\u202fthe\u202fLeon S.\u202fMcGoogan\u202fHealth Sciences\u202fLibrary celebrating the 250<sup>th<\/sup>\u202fanniversary of the signing of the Declaration of\u202fIndependence. \u201cFrom Colony to Country: Medicine in America\u2019s Founding Era\u201d examines different topics related to health, illness, and healthcare during the colonial period, the Revolutionary War, and the early American republic.\u202f Discover how \u201cheroic\u201d medical practices\u202fdominated the era, characterized by harsh, often poisonous medications and&nbsp;a reliance&nbsp;on&nbsp;bloodletting.\u202fLearn about the health difficulties of\u202fthe colonies\u2019\u202flast monarch King George III and the country\u2019s first president George Washington.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exhibit,\u202flocated\u202fon level 8 of the\u202flibrary,\u202fwill rotate every\u202ftwo\u202fmonths,\u202fhighlighting\u202fdifferent topics through rare books and artifacts. \u202fStop by\u202fregularly to learn more and view new objects on display.\u202f\u00a0The exhibit is also available <a href=\"https:\/\/exhibits.unmc.edu\/RevMed\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">June 22-August 24&nbsp;<br>&#8220;From Forest to Physick: Nature as Cure and Threat in Early America&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The American climate, terrain, and flora presented new challenges to colonists and early Americans. Different than Europe, North America demanded that Americans adapt. Building upon a botanical and medicinal knowledge of European plants, Americans developed medications based upon plants from their\u202fnew environment. The basis of medical treatment, cataloging plants,&nbsp;and distributing recipes in books, for medical personnel and domestic caregivers, allowed for the dissemination of healthcare knowledge.\u202f\u202fView McGoogan Library rare books on the medicinal properties of plants and artifacts used by apothecaries such as scales and preserved medicinal botanicals.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written By: Erin Torell On June 22, a new exhibition opened\u202fat\u202fthe\u202fLeon S.\u202fMcGoogan\u202fHealth Sciences\u202fLibrary celebrating the 250th\u202fanniversary of the signing of the Declaration of\u202fIndependence. \u201cFrom Colony to Country: Medicine in America\u2019s Founding Era\u201d examines different topics related to health, illness, and healthcare during the colonial period, the Revolutionary War, and the early American republic.\u202f Discover how [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1250,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5850"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5869,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5850\/revisions\/5869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.unmc.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}