On Thuesday, November 18 (5:30 -6:30) The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society will hear a presentation by Craid Gibson, PhD, UI Associate Professor of Classics, speak on “Medical (Mal)practice in Greek and Roman Rhetoric.”  Greek and Roman education made use of short essays and speeches to train students who needed credentials for the learned professions.  Doctors turn up surprisingly often in these fictional exercises. In this presentation Professor Gibson brings together many of the texts involving doctors to discuss how and why ancient education found the figure of the doctor useful rhetorically, and what these texts might tell us about popular perceptions of doctors in ancient times.
The presentation will be held in the Information Commons West, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. The Public is invited.