Don’t forget to check out the latest exhibit posted near the 3rd floor entrance! It’s the history of Smallpox, and is quite informative! Smallpox has claimed more lives than any other disease in history, ravaging humankind for thousands of years. During the 18th century, smallpox killed an estimated 400,000 Europeans every year. Even those whoContinue reading “Don’t forget to check out the new Smallpox Exhibit!”
Category Archives: Exhibits
Iowa Go Local at the Johnson County Fair
Iowa Go Local connects citizens with healthcare providers across Iowa, empowers them with quality information about their health and helps them access services including hospitals, nursing homes, pharmacies and assisted living facilities. Iowa Go Local is available through MedlinePlus, a web site that offers free, high quality health information in English and Spanish. Health professionalsContinue reading “Iowa Go Local at the Johnson County Fair”
Rare Book Room Open House!
The John Martin Rare Book Room will hold its annual open house on Thursday, May 15 from 4:30 to 7:30. The exhibit, “’No Small Presumption’–Surgical Works From Six Centuries,” will feature rare books from the earliest days of surgery through the twentieth century. Although chloroform and ether were not widely used before the second halfContinue reading “Rare Book Room Open House!”
Don’t forget to check out new 3rd Floor Display!
Don’t forget to stop by Hardin’s newest exhibit, Simple Medicines, located near the 3rd floor doors of the Hardin Library. The display on herbs and herbal medicinal treatments spotlights the work of French scholar Matthaeus Platearius (d. 1161). The lustrous images in this exhibit have been copied from a facsimile of a remarkable manuscript publishedContinue reading “Don’t forget to check out new 3rd Floor Display!”
Women in Medicine Opening & Program Thursday, October 18
Thursday, October 18, 2007, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. Begins at Sahai Auditorium room 110A, Medical Education & Research Facility (map), then moves to Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. Join us as we celebrate the opening of the traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine, Changing the Face of Medicine. U.S. Food and DrugContinue reading “Women in Medicine Opening & Program Thursday, October 18”
Changing the Face of Medicine Exhibit coming this week
Women doctors are the focus of a new traveling exhibition on display at the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences from October 11 through November 30. Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians tells the extraordinary story of how American women who wanted to practice medicine have struggled over the past two centuries toContinue reading “Changing the Face of Medicine Exhibit coming this week”
“From Monks to Masters”
The companion lectures to “From Monks to Masters,” an exhibit now being held at the University of Iowa Museum of Art, have been scheduled for broadcast on UITV. One of the presentations by Ed Holtum, “Breaking with Galen,” provides a glimpse at anatomical knowledge and illustration from the era of the manuscript through the firstContinue reading ““From Monks to Masters””
History Through Deaf Eyes Exhibit Opens at Hardin
NOTE: “History Through Deaf Eyes” will continue through Thursday, February 23rd . Well over one hundred attendees showed up Friday afternoon, November 4 for the official opening of the exhibit, “History Through Deaf Eyes” now on display at the Hardin Library. The touring exhibit, developed by Gallaudet University and sponsored by numerous funding agencies wasContinue reading “History Through Deaf Eyes Exhibit Opens at Hardin”