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Focuses on a project of using the original works on anatomy, particularly those by Andreas Vesalius to enhance the Medical Gross Anatomy course at the University of Alabama School of Medicine. Reactions of the students to the project; Conclusion.

An introduction to the journal is presented in which the editor discusses various reports published within the issue including one by Wiener and Gilliland on issues of privacy and legal compliance in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), one by Heilemann on the portrayal of fetuses in the early modern period, and one by Mix and Cameron on the digitization of a medical manuscript.

The article presents a position paper by the History of the Health Sciences Section of the Medical Library Association (MLA) concerning the future of historical collections in medical libraries. The article discusses ways to preserve and promote such collections using websites and digitization. The author suggests medical librarians cannot afford to be passive concerning historical studies and special collections.

An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various reports within the "Clio's Column" on topics including articles of general interest to medical libraries, symposium issue on history, and essays on subjects of the past which are of interest to the current librarians.