The Ruth Lilly Medical Library

Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman, was born in Roanoke, Virginia on August first in nineteen twenty, her original name being Loretta Pleasant. Her name change happened on an unknown date. When she was four years old her mother passed away and so she then moved into her grandfather’s cabin, which she shared with her cousin David. In nineteen thirty-five when Henrietta was at the age of fourteen, she and David had their first child named Lawrence. Four years later Henrietta and David had another child by the name of Elsie. Two years later, in nineteen forty-one, Henrietta and David married. They later moved with their family to Maryland, where they had three more children by the names of Deborah, David Jr. and Joseph.

Margaret Lea Houston (April 11, 1819 – December 3, 1867) was First Lady of the Republic of Texas, First Lady of the state of Texas, and a founding member of Concord Baptist Church in Grand Cane. She was a poet and an accomplished musician. Her influence on husband Sam Houston persuaded him to give up alcohol and profane language. Margaret gave birth inside the governor's mansion to the youngest of their eight children, as angry mobs gathered outside in response to her husband's opposition to Texas signing the Ordinance of Secession of the Civil War. He was removed from office for refusing to swear loyalty to the Confederacy. Their eldest son joined the Confederate army and was left for dead on the battlefield at Shiloh, saved by a Union Army

Imagine waking up in the middle of the night, you’re sweating, coughing, and starting to throw up. In today’s world, doctors are available for situations like these. Before the 1800’s, doctors were not as common, and their techniques were questionable. It wasn’t until the 1800’s, that doctors and scientists began discovering and creating medicines and vaccines to help cure sickness and disease. During the 1800’s, there were very many medical advancements. Because there were a lot of medical advancements, there were conflictions such as medical/scientific concerns, ethical concerns, legal changes, and how the economy was affected.

African- Americans had an immensely different experience dealing with disease and illness opposed to white masters. With fewer resources, in some cases, the slaves developed medicine or treatments that were more helpful and advanced than those of the white physicians. For example, the Burdock root was used as a treatment for diabetes. It was also used by herbalists for treating dropsy, gout, blood disorders, rheumatism and fungal infections. (Fitzgerald 2) Back then, the slaves would also use certain methods of healing that didn’t involve injesting a medicine. It was very common for the slaves to believe in using charms and magic for their remedies. Often those considered to be advanced healers would also be considered very skilled with

There are various broadcast channels that we can use that include TV/Radio, Industry conference, Vendor events, and industry association. The reason why this vehicle is important is that some of the targeted population is not much into social media since some of them are always too busy to operate their facebook or twitter accounts. Through broadcast, it will be possible to reach all the targeted populations, making it easier to sell the product (Olson, 2009).

Do you know what St. Jude Research Hospital is? Well, St. Jude Research Hospital helps children with any kind of cancer. There should be more places that do treatments and research for cancer. That is what St. Jude Hospital does. In the last 40 years, St. Jude has brought up the children cancer survival rate from 20% to 80%. Think about the kids that have cancer and how sick they are and how bad they feel. Will you be the one to give a child at least 1 more day? Remember, every penny counts.

We all have role models present in our everyday lives. In the healthcare world it is best known as “health care heroes.” Health Care heroes possess personality traits such as: values, morals, ethics, integrity, and trustworthiness which makes communicating with workers and patients a pleasant experience. In the vast history of healthcare professions, there have been a plethora of health care hero examples. One important figure in healthcare history was Elizabeth Blackwell. With the help of biography.com, hws.edu, nlm.nmh.gov I was able to recieve insight on Elizabeth Blackwell’s proffesonal and personal life.

Marquette University had many successes building its brand through a strategic social media strategy. According to the case study, members of The Office of Communications and Marketing supported and participated in the conception and planning stages to help structure an effective social media strategy. In addition to the research and information gathered internally, the university also engaged with a variety of audiences, not physically on the campus, to further extend its market research and brand. Marquette University’s marketing and communications team’s strategy for social media is focused on engagement, dialogue, bridging of information, and community. This strategy aligns with the university’s mission, “the search for truth, the discovery and sharing of knowledge, the fostering of personal and professional excellence” (”About Marquette: Our Mission,” n.d.).

In the beginning of 1909, Abraham Flexner was sent on a yearlong mission sponsored by Andrew Carnegie to evaluate the teaching methods and facilities of America’s one hundred and forty-eight medical schools. One of the schools he had evaluated was the medical school of the city of Des Moines, Iowa. The dean of the school had rushed through their meeting, and Flexner was not allowed in any of the classrooms. There were also no faculty members available for an interview and no students. After the meeting Flexner asked the dean if he could drop him off at depot so he could catch the next train to Iowa City. After he had been dropped off and the dean had left, he hired a horse and carriage to take him back to the school. When he got there, he slipped

It is very important in business that individuals have lucrative methods of communication in order to convey important messages, and use these methods in order to interact with other businesses and the public. Methods of communication can also be commonly used to advertise and market, for example via the use of social networks which advertise to a wide range of individual, to through written posters which can be placed up in shop advertisements and on notice boards alike.

Our marketing activities will include use of social media that includes links, blogs, tagging in sites like twitter and Facebook, personal networking and enhanced site searches. Shopping feeds, customer surveys and product reviews. The activities to be used include emails, newsletters, email enquiry buttons and form and shopping catalogues.

Currently, the organization markets primarily through the Internet and through catalogs mailed to businesses. To reach direct sales customers, such as retail and direct consumers, the company mails catalogs to homes

Over the last several years the process of reaching out to customers has been continually changing. Part of reason for this is because more people are turning to the Internet as a way to be able to promote their products and communicate to a larger audience. A good example of this can be seen with the election of Barack Obama in 2008, with him using this medium as a way to gain support and funding for his campaign. This allowed him to utilize this new technology to effectively connect with and inform voters about key issues. Over the course of time this helped his campaign to gain momentum. Once this occurred is when he was able to stand out against his rivals through effectively utilizing these tools. (Miller, 2008)

Curtin University Library (henceforth 'the Library ') is a large academic library that serves 30,000 students. Within this Library, the library services seeks to provide equal learning support and reference services to a diverse range of users. Currently these users range from: