ALESSANDRO PASCOLI (1669-1757). Il corpoumano. Perugia: Pe’l Costantini, 1700. A native of Perugia in central Italy, Pascoli initially practiced medicine in his natal city and then lectured in philosophy and anatomy at the university. Pope Clement XI appointed him professor of anatomy in Rome. He performed public dissections similar to his colleague and competitor Vesalius. Continue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, Dec 2011”
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Matthew Gambino to speak on These Strangers within our Gates
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear Matthew Gambino speak on “These Strangers within our gates: Race, Psychiatry, and Mental Illness in Washington, D.C., 1900-1940”. Thursday, Dec. 1, 5:30-6:30 in Room 401 of the Hardin Library. In the early decades of the 20th century, William Alanson White and his medicalContinue reading “Matthew Gambino to speak on These Strangers within our Gates”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, November, 2011
JAKOB RÜFF (1500-1558). De conceptu et generatione hominis. Lithotomost, surgeon, obstetrician and playwright, Ruff settled in Zurich about 1525 where he served as town physician and taught at the university. Ruff published his book in both German and Latin in 1554. A comprehensive handbook, the treatise opens with a discussion of conception, development, and nutrition of theContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, November, 2011”
Bonesetters in Europe in the 15th-17th Centuries
There’s a new exhibit at the Hardin Library, 3rd floor near the front door. The exhibit includes information about the medieval bonesetters along with some medical giants who developed the techniques used by the bonesetters: Galen, Avicenna, Hans von Gersdorff, Guido Guidi, and Johannes Schultetus. Check it out.
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, October, 2011
Notes from the JMRBR, October 2011 Thomas Bartholin (1616-1680). Opuscula nova anatomica, de lacteis thoracicis et lymphaticis vasis. 1670. Bartholin’s classic treatises on the lymphatics are two of the works reprinted in this collection. Bartholin first reported his discovery of the thoracic duct in De lacteis thoracicis in homine brutisque in 1652. Bartholin was theContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, October, 2011”
Paul Greenough to speak on CDC Epidemiologists and smallpox in Pakistan
History of Medicine Talk – Paul Greenough History of Medicine Lecture: Paul Greenough, Prof. of History at U of Ia will speak on “When CDC Epidemiologists took a “wild and wondrous ride”: Fighting smallpox in Pakistan on the eve of the global eradication campaign. Thurs, Oct. 27, 5:30-6:30. Room 401, Hardin Library for the HealthContinue reading “Paul Greenough to speak on CDC Epidemiologists and smallpox in Pakistan”
Memories of Oakdale Sanatorium
Kathy Fait, Libraian at the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa will be speaking on Memories of Oakdale Sannatarium: Iowa’s Tuberculosis Hospital. Thursday, September 22, 2011, 5:30-6:30, Room 2032 at the University of Iowa Main Library. The year was 1906. Iowa appropriated $50,000 for a State Sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis. KathyContinue reading “Memories of Oakdale Sanatorium”
Notes from the Rare Book Room, Aug 2011
Du Verney: Research on the ear in 1683 Guichard Joseph Du Verney’s treatise of 1683 was the first scientific account of the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of the ear. Du Verney corrected the erroneous belief that the Eustachian tube was an avenue for breathing or hearing by showing that it was simply the channel through whichContinue reading “Notes from the Rare Book Room, Aug 2011”
Notes from the Rare Book Room, July 2011
Frederick Ruysch (1638-1731). Thesaurus anatomicus. 10 pts. 1729-1737. Rusch, a Dutch surgeon, anatomist and professor of anatomy at Leiden and Amsterdam, mastered (and probably invented) a method of minute injection of anatomical structures allowing detailed studies. The recipe for the injected substance has been lost, however. He made many anatomical investigations, including those of theContinue reading “Notes from the Rare Book Room, July 2011”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, May 2011
History of Medicine Society Presentations and Events, 2011/2012 The presentation series for 2011/2012 has now been published. Talks range from 1) Memories of Oakdale Sanatorium to 2) History of Anesthesia in the Veterans Administration to 3) Medical Quakes in the 18th Century.