 Fordham Health Sciences Library | |
Aerospace Medicine/Human Factors Engineering |
The focus on aerospace medicine and human factors engineering supports WSU’s Aerospace Medicine Residency Program, the only such civilian program in the United States. Collections include the papers of Ross A. McFarland, the father of human factors engineering. Other collections include the Howard Hasbrook Aviation Crash Injury Research Collection. WSU is also one of a select group of repositories for NASA shuttle flight medical data. |
Local and Regional Medical History |
The local and regional medical history of the Miami Valley is documented through collections of local physicians and hospitals, medical societies, and the WSU School of Medicine and School of Nursing. |
Rare Books |
A significant collection of rare books provides a unique resource for the study of the history of the health sciences. Especially strong in aviation medicine and high-altitude physiology, the collection also includes early American medical imprints, important works on medical jurisprudence, and books on nursing. |
Medical Artifacts |
Special Collections houses an extensive collection of early medical instruments documenting medical practices and procedures over the past two centuries. |