This month’s cover features a 1949 photograph of Dr. Priscilla Cumming administering vaccines to University of Rochester School of Nursing students. The image was taken by William M. Rittase and is part of the University of Rochester Medical Center photograph collection held at the History of Medicine Section of the Edward G. Miner Library.

The History of Medicine Section of the Miner Library is the repository for an impressive collection of primary and secondary resources in the field of medical, dental, and nursing history. The rare book and periodical collections are representative of western medical literature in every period and specialty. Archival holdings include the records and papers of the University of Rochester Medical Center and its faculty, as well as institutions and persons of relevance to medical history in Rochester and Upstate New York. Learn more at
https://libguides.urmc.rochester.edu/History-of-Medicine.