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Wayne Richenbacher to speak on Stonewall Jackson Case Study

The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear: Wayne Richenbacher, M.D., Professor Emeritus, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Iowa The Demise of Stonewall Jackson: A Civil War Case Study   Thursday, January 24, 2013 5:30-6:30;   Room 401, Univ. of Iowa Hardin Library for the Health Sciences Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, commander ofContinue reading “Wayne Richenbacher to speak on Stonewall Jackson Case Study”

Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, December 2012

PROSPER ALPINI (1553-1617). De medicina Aegyptiorum. Paris: Apud viduam Gulielmi Pelé, & Joannem Duval, 1646. Alpini, an Italian physician and botanist, graduated from Padua and traveled through Greece, Crete, and Egypt from 1580 to 1583. Following his travels, he returned to Padua where he remained as professor of botany and director of the botanical gardenContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, December 2012”

Marquis Berrey to speak to History of Medicine Society

The Univ. of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear Marquis Berrey, Asst Prof, Classics, Univ of Iowa Performance and Power: Medical Attitudes toward Technology in the Hellenistic Period Thursday, November 29, 2012, 5:30-6:30 Room 401, Univ. of Iowa Hardin Library for the Health Sciences The Hellenistic period in the ancient Mediterranean (c.323-31Continue reading “Marquis Berrey to speak to History of Medicine Society”

Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, November 2012

JACQUES GAMELIN (1738-1803) AND LAVALÉE, JACQUES.  Nouveau recueil d’ostéologie et de myologie.  1779 Gamelin,published this atlas of the bones and muscles for artists in an edition of 200 copies, engraved from drawings that Gamelin made at his own dissection facility with the assistance of professors of the College of Surgery of Toulouse. The first partContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, November 2012”

Judith Houck, Univ. of Wisconsin will speak on The Medicalization of Menopause over the past 100 years

Judith Houck, Assoc. Professor of Medical History, History of Science, & Gender and Women’s Studies, Dept. of Medical History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin-Madison will speak on “The medicalization of menopause over the past 100 years”,   Thursday, October 25, 2012, 5:30-6:30,  Room 401, Univ. of Iowa Hardin Library for the Health Sciences How did menopause changeContinue reading “Judith Houck, Univ. of Wisconsin will speak on The Medicalization of Menopause over the past 100 years”

New Exhibit at Hardin

There’s a new exhibit at the Hardin Library, 3rd floor near the front door. Title:  Cutting for the Stone This exhibit includes information about lithotomy (the removal of bladder stones), which is perhaps the least well-known of the ancient surgical procedures.  Bladder stones have been recorded as far back as 6,500 B.C.    Hippocrates warned thatContinue reading “New Exhibit at Hardin”

Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, October 2012

JOHN LIZARS (1787?-1860). A system of anatomical plates of the human body. Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, [1840?]. Lizars developed a great reputation as a teacher and was also a bold and forthright surgeon. He made a number of original contributions, was a pioneer in performing ovariotomies in Europe, and he clearly demonstrated the value ofContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, October 2012”

Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room

CLAUDE NICOLAS LE CAT (1700-1768). Traité des sens. Nouvelle ed. Amsterdam: Chez J. Wetstein, 1744. Le Cat, a man of many interests, was one of France’s foremost surgeons and researchers. Le Cat was interested in the physiology of the nervous system. He was a contemporary of Haller and incorrectly believed, contrary to Haller, that theContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room”