Hardin News

The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society will host its annual R. Palmer Howard Dinner, Friday, April 25, 2008. The reception will begin at 6:00 pm followed by the dinner at 7:00 on the 8th floor, Roy Carver Pavilion, UIHC.
The after-dinner speaker will be, Walton O. Schalick, III, Md, PhD, Assistant Professor of Medical History, University of Wisconsin-Madison who will speak on ‘Humanizing’ Disability Care: Pediatrics, Policy and Crippled Children in the US and Europe, 1802-1945. The event is open to the public. Please click here for a reservation form.

Dr. Schalick’s research interests include medieval medicine and pharmacology, the history of children with physical disability in 19th and 20th century Europe and the US, and the practical ethics of pediatric emergency research. His is in great demand as a lecturer and has delivered presentations on four continents. Dr. Schalick is also the recipient of numerous honors, including the William b. Bean Award from the American Osler Society. After completing his undergraduate work at Washington University in St. Louis, Dr. Schalick received his PHD and his MD from Johns Hopkins University.

The University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine will host its annual four-session Mini Medical School, “Making Sense of Your Health: See More. Hear More. Do More.” in April on the UI campus.

Librarians Kathy Skhal and Chris Childs will teach a session called “Your What Hurts?: Research Health Questions on the Web” at the Hardin Library on April 29th. 

The Hardin Library for the Health Sciences Simulation Center in the Information Commons will be featured in the April 29th program.

The sessions will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays April 8, 15, 22 and 29 in the Dr. Prem Sahai Auditorium in the Medical Education and Research Facility (MERF). Map to MERF.

This year, Mini Medical School will focus on age-related changes in vision, hearing and mobility. UI researchers and clinicians will lead sessions on glaucoma, macular degeneration, hearing loss, aging and mobility, and osteroarthritis.

The Mini Medical School program is offered through the UI Carver College of Medicine in partnership with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, based in the UI Center on Aging.

Mini Medical School is designed for anyone who is interested in the scientific basis of health and disease. No science or medical educational background is needed to take part in the program.

This event is open to the public. Participation is limited to the first 250 registrants. A $5 fee for course materials will be collected during the first session. Registration is for all four of the Mini Medical School sessions.

For more information, visit http://www.medicine.uiowa.edu/minimedicalschool or call toll free 877-MED-IOWA (877-633-4692).

The public is invited to a University of Iowa History of Medicine talk on “Elmer L. DeGowin, MD, Blood transfusions in war and peace” at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 25, in Room 401 of the UI Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.

The speaker will be Dr. Ronald Strauss, Professor, DeGowin Blood Center, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
Light refreshments will be served. The lecture is part of a series of presentations sponsored by the UI History of Medicine Society.

Dr. Strauss will discuss Elmer DeGowin’s many contributions to the understanding of blood storage and transportation and his lifetime efforts to make blood transfusions safe and effective.

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all UI-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Ed Holtum at 319-335-9154 or edwin-holtum@uiowa.edu.

For directions to Hardin Library and information on parking, visit http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/getting.html.

For more information about the UI History of Medicine Society lecture series, visit http://hosted.lib.uiowa.edu/histmed/

The public is invited to a University of Iowa History of Medicine talk on “Physicians of the Deaf: Treatment, Prevention and the AMA’s War on Quackery 1910-1940″ at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, February 26, in Room 401 of the UI Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.

The speaker will be Emily Alden, Student, Interdepartmental Studies Program, UI

Light refreshments will be served. The lecture is part of a series of presentations sponsored by the UI History of Medicine Society.

Shorty after the turn of the 20th century, the American Medical Association began a media campaign to combat nostrums, quackery and patent medicine as part of its efforts to professionalize the practice of medicine, arguing that “unorthodox” medicine was a synonym for ineffective. Alden will focus of the interplay between this campaign and physicians of the deaf during the period between 1910 and 1940

Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all UI-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Ed Holtum at 319-335-9154 or edwin-holtum@uiowa.edu.

For directions to Hardin Library and information on parking, visit http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/getting.html.

For more information about the UI History of Medicine Society lecture series, visit http://hosted.lib.uiowa.edu/histmed/

Tuesday: Showing of Their Brothers’ Keepers: Orphaned by AIDS, a powerful, award-winning documentary about Africa’s AIDS orphans at 7pm in the International Commons, 1117 UCC. (Global Health Club and College of Public Health Student Association)

Wednesday: Addressing the AIDS Pandemic: How Should We Respond? A talk by Alan Brody, former UNICEF officer in Swaziland, China, Afghanistan, Turkey and Nigeria, followed by a discussion of presidential candidates’ stances on the issue at 7pm in the International Commons, 1117 UCC. (Global Health Club, Iowa Chapter of United Nations Association, and College of Public Health Student Association)

Thursday: Bake Sale in MERF Atrium from 8am to 1:30pm. (Global Medical Society)

Friday: WEAR RED. Promote HIV/AIDS awareness by wearing red.  Free condoms will be given at table in IMU. (Global Health Club and College of Public Health Student Association)

Saturday: World AIDS Day 

                11am to 5pm: Display on Ped Mall (Downtown Iowa City) of flyers with statistics by country showing how the HIV/AIDS pandemic has impacted social, financial, and economic structures around the world (AIDS Project for Women and Children – Uganda).

                1pm to 3pm: Showing of Emmy: The Story of an Orphan followed by a discussion at the Iowa City Public Library Meeting Room A. (Iowa City Human Rights Commission and AIDS Project for Women and Children-Uganda)

                5pm to 7pm: Candlelight Vigil on Ped Mall to commemorate the lives of those taken by AIDS, including a name reading. Suggested donation of $10 per candle. (AIDS Project for Women and Children - Uganda)

                5:30pm to 8:00pm: Artists’ Response to HIV/AIDS at Chait Galleries, 218 E. Washington Street. Over 50 artists will present their response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic.  Food will be served.  Admission is a $5 red ribbon pin. (The James Gang, Global Health Club, College of Public Health Student Association, Global Medical Society, UI College of Liberal Arts, UI Center for Human Rights)

The public is invited to a University of Iowa History of Medicine talk on “Iowa Leading the Way: Dr. Ralph Waters and the First Ambulatory Surgery Center” at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 27, in Room 401 of the UI Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.

The speaker will be Douglas Merrill, Medical Director, Ambulatory Surgery at the UI Hospitals and Clinics.

Light refreshments will be served. The lecture is part of a series of presentations sponsored by the UI History of Medicine Society.

Merrill will discuss the life and career of Dr. Ralph Waters, who established the world’s first outpatient surgical center in Sioux City, Iowa in 1918. It was the start of a career that would see him invent anesthesia delivery systems whose ilk are still in use today, and to become a founding father of academic anesthesiology in the United States.

While outpatient surgery centers are commonplace today, they were unknown until Waters (“The Wizard of Gilman Terrace”) saw the opportunity to combine his professional qualifications as an anesthesiologist with those of local dentists and surgeons. In doing so, he helped establish anesthesiology as a medical specialty.

Merrill will also speak on the nature of anesthesia and surgery during the early decades of the twentieth century and Water’s later career as the head of the first full-time university department of anesthesia at the University of Wisconsin.

Are you looking for some fun and easy reading over Thanksgiving break? Try Patricia Cornwell’s newest release Book of the Dead! Follow forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta as she skillfully tries to solve the murder of a U.S. tennis star found dead in Rome.

After the holiday break, come and join us over lunch for a book discussion as well as a visit from a local autopsy and forensic pathologist who will be on hand to provide an expert’s perspective. Cookies and drinks provided.

Copies of the book are available on loan from Hardin Library or the Patients’ Library at UIHC.
When: Friday, November 30, 11:30-1:00

Location: John Colloton Pavilion, Solarium, 8th Floor