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Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, 2014

BERNHARD SIEGFRIED ALBINUS (1697-1770). Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani. Leiden:  1747 This work is perhaps the most monumental and finest anatomical atlas ever published. The plates, although probably derived from Vesalius, were drawn with painstaking accuracy by Wandelaer and are dated between 1739 and 1747. Albinus described in his preface the methods used inContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, 2014”

E.A. Franken to speak on The Foundation of Radiology

The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear: E. A. Franken, Jr., Emeritus Professor,  Department of Radiology, University of Iowa College of Medicine speaking on: “The Foundation of Radiology with an emphasis on the University of Iowa” Thursday, November 21, 2013, 5:30-6:30 Room 401  Univ. of Iowa Hardin Library for theContinue reading “E.A. Franken to speak on The Foundation of Radiology”

Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, November 2013

Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, November, 2013 GASPARE TAGLIACOZZI (1545-1599). De curtorum chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo. Venice: 1597. Tagliacozzi was professor of surgery and anatomy at Bologna. This work, “Concerning the surgery of the mutilated by grafting,” is a classic in the history of plastic surgery and is especially noteworthy forContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, November 2013”

2,000 Year History of Scabies

Russell W. Currier, past president of the American Veterinary Medical History Society will speak on: “2,000 Year History of Scabies:  From Humoral Beliefs to Contagion to Modern Understanding” Thursday, October 24, 2013, 5:30-6:30 Room 401 Univ. of Iowa Hardin Library for the Health Sciences The transition from Hippocrates’ humors and Galenic dogma to microscopic causesContinue reading “2,000 Year History of Scabies”

Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, September 2013

HANS VON GERSDORFF (ca. 1455-1529). Feldtbuch der Wundartzney. Strasbourg: Bey Hans Schotten, 1530. Gersdorff was a military surgeon who gained wide experience during forty years of campaigning and was an expert in the treatment of battlefield injuries. His work covers anatomy, surgery, leprosy, and glossaries of anatomical terms, diseases, and medications. Gersdorff emphasized a well-foundedContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, September 2013”

H. Stanley Thompson to speak on Abraham Flexner’s Contributions to the Univ. of Iowa COM

  The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear: H. Stanley Thompson, Emeritus Professor,  Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa College of Medicine speaking on:  “Abraham Flexner’s Contributions to the University of Iowa’s College of Medicine” Thursday, September 26, 2013, 5:30-6:30 Room 401 Univ. of Iowa Hardin Library for the Health Sciences

New Hardin Exhibit: History of Dentistry

There’s a new exhibit at Hardin, 3rd floor.   “Dentistry:  Innovations and Curiosities” Stop by to see information on antiquities, medieval practices, the founders of modern dentistry, early dental tools, the early days of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry and much more. Dental Examination, University of Iowa 1920’s;  Tooth key used to extract teethContinue reading “New Hardin Exhibit: History of Dentistry”