Author Archives: Marie Kennedy

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Putting everything into neat piles.

“pill”ows

Posted on December 2, 2006 by Marie Kennedy

“Prozac, Thorazine, Zoloft is a group of large pillows crafted out of hand latch-hooked rugs, which have been sewn together and stuffed. These soft, oversized anti-psychotics and anti-depressants provide a different kind of comfort than their prescription counterparts. The time … Continue reading →

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How to make an origami crane

Posted on December 2, 2006 by Marie Kennedy

seems like a good thing to know how to do. here’s a link to some instructions, with instructional slide show. http://pbskids.org/readingrainbow/heroes_and_hope/crane.html

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why lippincott williams & wilkins’s customer service is awesome

Posted on November 28, 2006 by Marie Kennedy

we’ve got a few books in our collection that have cds or dvds tucked in the back. we’ll leave them there to be checked out with the book, if the license agreement permits it. so one of our books got … Continue reading →

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mutter museum

Posted on November 22, 2006 by Marie Kennedy

Dave and I finally checked out the Mutter Museum, in Philadelphia.  It’s a museum inside the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, which is housed in a terrifically old and beautiful building.  The museum is full of medical specimens and implements.  … Continue reading →

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the launch of PubDrug

Posted on November 13, 2006 by Marie Kennedy

Last week I mentioned that Stewart Brower had proposed an open access pharmacy tool that would replace the usual suspects at point-of-care. Well, he did it! PubDrug is up and running at http://www.smbrower.com/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page. Be sure to check it out and … Continue reading →

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Doctors turn to Google for tricky cases

Posted on November 11, 2006 by Marie Kennedy

Snip from this news article in the Guardian: The doctors concluded that: “In difficult diagnostic cases, it is often useful. Web-based search engines such as Google are becoming the latest tools in clinical medicine, and doctors in training need to … Continue reading →

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