Dolph Briscoe Jr. Library Explained

Dolph Brisco Jr. Library
Established:	1983
Location:	7703 Floyd Curl DriveSan Antonio, TX
Branch Of:	University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Libraries

The Dolph Briscoe Jr. Library is the central library of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio library system. It is located in South Texas Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, US.

The award-winning library^[1] was designed by Kell Muñoz Architects.^[2] Completed in 1983, it was named in 1985 after Dolph Briscoe.^[3]

In 2005, the library was awarded the nation's highest library award for their outreach programs. The award was presented to the library by the first lady, Laura Bush.^[4]

Special collections

The library is notable for a rare book collection, the only such repository in south and central Texas. The P.I. Nixon collection is home toover 5000^{[5] [6]} rare medical texts dating from the 15th to the early 20th century:

• The Canon of Medicine by Avicenna
• Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, 1632 edition.
• De Medicina by Celsus, 1481 edition.
• The Micrographia by Robert Hooke
• De Humani Corporis Fabrica by Vesalius, 1543 edition
• Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles of the Human Body by Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, printed 1749

Original copies also exist by Nostradamus, Galen, Mascagni, Hieronymus Brunschwig, Bernardino Genga, and Withering.

External links

• • Treasures of the P.I. Nixon Rare Book Collection Blog
• History of Medicine Library Digital Archive

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Libraries Receive NN/LM 2015-2016 Resource Library Award « UT Health Science Center Library. library.uthscsa.edu. 30 April 2015 .
2. Web site: Kell Muñoz Architects | Dolph Briscoe Library . 2010-12-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110713142944/http://www.kellmunoz.com/project.php?project=132 . 2011-07-13 .
3. Web site: feldman. 2012-05-08. Governor Dolph Briscoe Jr., 1923-2010. 2021-09-08. UT Health Science Center Library. en-US.
4. Web site: Home. UT Health San Antonio.
5. Web site: History of Medicine « UT Health Science Center Library. library.uthscsa.edu. 2015-05-17. 2015-05-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20150514094915/http://library.uthscsa.edu/2011/09/history-of-medicine/. dead.
6. Friends of The P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library Newsletter. No. 27, Annual Newsletter, Fall 2011.