John Martin Rare Book Room News: Richard Eimas
Richard Eimas, longtime Curator of the John Martin Rare Book Room retired on June 30 after serving the University Libraries and the Hardin Library for over 28 years. During his tenure, Mr. Eimas worked closely with Dr. John Martin to help build the Library’s rare book collection into one of the finest in the country. He also compiled and edited the third edition of “Heirs of Hippocrates,” a 700 page annotated book catalog that describes the major works in the collection. This important volume has justly attained status as an authoritative and scholarly sourcebook for the study of the history of medicine and is used by scholars throughout the world. Mr. Eimas remains an active member of the prestigious Osler Society and has presented several papers to this group in the last decade. We wish him well as he begins this new phase of his life.
