Did You Know?

• In terms of the number of incunabula (books published before 1501), the Moody Medical Library ranks among the top ten health sciences libraries in the United States.
• The rarest imprint in the Blocker Collections is a pamphlet on occupational hazards of goldsmiths, published by Ulrich Ellenbog in 1524. The only other known copy is at the University of Munich, Germany.
• The oldest item in the Blocker Collections is a late 14th-century hand-written book on vellum, Rosa medicinae by John of Gaddesden (1280-1361).
• The hospital postcards and postage stamps (Medicine and the Red Cross) housed in the Moody Medical Library constitute the largest, publicly owned collections in the United States.
• The Moody Medical Library owns the largest collection of early Texas medical journals in the state.
• The Moody Medical Library is the oldest academic medical library in the state of Texas, dating back to 1891.