GASPAR SCHOTT (1608-1666). Physica curiosa, sive mirabilia naturae et artis libris XII. comprehensa, quibus pleraque…Wurzburg,] 1697. Schott was the author of several works on mathematics, physics, and magic. His most…
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Univ. of Iowa College of Medicine Historical Photographs
University of Iowa College of Medicine Historical Photograhs are now available through the Iowa Digital Library. The collection includes 194 images from 1844-2010. The collection is a composite of several…
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, June 2013 STEVEN BLANKAART (1650-1702). Anatomia reformata, sive Concinna corporis humani dissection… Leiden, 1695. Blankaart, Dutch pharmacist, physician, and anatomist, initially practiced…
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, May 2013
ADDISON (1793-1860). On the constitutional and local effects of disease of the supra-renal capsules. London: S. Highley, 1855. Possessed of rather rude demeanor, Addison nevertheless had a large practice. He…
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, April 2013
History of Medicine Society Presentations and Events 2013/2014 Thursday, September 26, 2013, 5:30-6:30. Dayle DeLancey, Asst. Professor, Dept of Medical History & Bioethics, Univ. of Wisconsin School of Medicine and…
History of Medicine Dinner-Thomas Hager to speak
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society Dinner, April 26, 2013, 6:oopm-9:30pm Thomas Hager will speak on The First Miracle Drug: How the Discovery of Sulfa Saved the President’s…
The Black Death : the Plague, 1331-1770 – John Martin Rare Book Room annual Open House
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society and the University Libraries invite you to an Open House in the John Martin Rare Book Room. The Black Death: the Plague,…
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, 2013
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room March 2013 GASPARE ASELLI (1581-1626). De lactibus sive lacteis venis. Milan: Apud Jo. Bapt[ist]am Bidellium, 1627. Aselli was born at Cremona, studied medicine…
Kathy Fait to speak on “The History of the State Hygienic Laboratory at the Univ of Iowa”
Kathy Fait, Librarian, State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa “The History of the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa” Thursday, February 28, 2013 5:30-6:30 Room 401,…
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, February 2013
SAINT HILDEGARD (1098-1179). Physica. Strasbourg, 1533. Hildegard, called Hildegard of Bingen, was eight years old when her family placed her in a nearby Benedictine convent where she subsequently became a…