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Viral Markets: Economics, the Environment & Emerging Disease | R. Palmer Howard 2018 History of Medicine Dinner | Friday, April 27, 2018

The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society 2018 R. Palmer Howard Dinner is Friday, April, 27, 2018. Radisson Hotel, Kinnick Center, 1220 1st Avenue, Coralville.  Reception at 6:30 with cash bar.  Dinner at 7:00pm, presentation at 8pm. Richard C. Keller, Professor, Department of Medical History and Biotethics, University of Wisconsin  give a talk onContinue reading “Viral Markets: Economics, the Environment & Emerging Disease | R. Palmer Howard 2018 History of Medicine Dinner | Friday, April 27, 2018”

Open Doors Graduate Career Conference | Sat. April 14 @Main Library

Open Doors is a free career education conference for Iowa graduate students and postdocs providing first-person career advice from professionals in diverse fields, ample networking opportunities, career development workshops, and a free lunch. Register for the conference. Join LinkedIn network. Panelists: Dr. Krystal Parker is an Assistant Professor at the University of Iowa in theContinue reading “Open Doors Graduate Career Conference | Sat. April 14 @Main Library”

Ancient Surgery in Early Modern Italy | History of Medicine Lecture | January 25, 5:30pm

  The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to a lecture by  Marquis Berrey, Associate Professor in Classics, University of Iowa Ancient Surgery in Early Modern Italy: Celsus, Benivieni, Morgagni Thursday, January 25, 2018, 5:30-6:30 MERF Room 2117 (Medical Education and Research Facility) European medical professionals from the 15th through the early 19thContinue reading “Ancient Surgery in Early Modern Italy | History of Medicine Lecture | January 25, 5:30pm”

Test Tube Babies During America’s Baby Boom : Artificial Insemination in Law & Medicine | HOM November Lecture | Thurs. Nov. 16, 6-7pm

The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society and The Hardin Library for the Health Sciences John Martin Rare Book Room invite you to hear Kara Swanson, J.D., PhD., Professor of Law, Northeastern University for the November, 2017 lecture. Thursday, November 16, 2017 6:00-7:00 Medical Education and Research Facility (MERF)  Room 2117 375 Newton Road,Continue reading “Test Tube Babies During America’s Baby Boom : Artificial Insemination in Law & Medicine | HOM November Lecture | Thurs. Nov. 16, 6-7pm”

World War I – Medical Issues at Home and in the Field | History of Medicine Lecture | Thurs. Oct. 26, 5:30-7pm

The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear: World War I—Medical Issues at Home and in the Field Thursday, October 26, 2017 5:30-7:00 p.m. 2117 MERF (Medical Education and Research Facility) Panel Discussion: Memoirs from the Font Dr. Charles Hawtrey, Professor Emeritus, Department of Urology, University of Iowa Gas Warfare Dr.Continue reading “World War I – Medical Issues at Home and in the Field | History of Medicine Lecture | Thurs. Oct. 26, 5:30-7pm”

Physicians as Collectors | History of Medicine Lecture | Thursday, Sept. 28, 5:30pm | Hardin Library

Hardin Library for the Health Sciences and the University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invite you to a lecture by Elizabeth Yale,  PhD, History of Science, Harvard University. Bring out Your Dead (Papers)! Early Modern Medical Practitioners as Archivists and Collectors Thursday, September 28 5:30-6:30pm 401 Hardin Library for the Health Sciences   Early modern physiciansContinue reading “Physicians as Collectors | History of Medicine Lecture | Thursday, Sept. 28, 5:30pm | Hardin Library”

Lecture: Attracted to Ill Humors, or What Hope for Shakespeare’s Cachexic Couples? | Thurs., May 18, 5:30pm

The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to a lecture by Kirilka Stavrena, Professor of English at Cornell College.  Attracted to Ill Humors, or What Hope for Shakespeare’s Cachexic Couples?  Professor Stavrena will explore the relationships of Hamlet and Ophelia from Hamlet and Katherina and Petruchio from The Taming of the Shrew. Thursday,Continue reading “Lecture: Attracted to Ill Humors, or What Hope for Shakespeare’s Cachexic Couples? | Thurs., May 18, 5:30pm”