Lectures and Discussions Category

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Annual R. Palmer Howard Dinner : Spot Ward, Crazy Sally, and the Chevalier Taylor: Three Medical Quacks in 18th Century Britain

By
Donna Hirst
– April 1, 2012Posted in: Lectures and Discussions, Rare Book Room

 

The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society announces the R. Palmer Howard Dinner for 2012, Friday, April 13, 2012, 6:00-9:30. 

Lynda Payne, prof. in Medical Humanities & Bioethics, and History, University of Missouri Kansas City will speak on “Spot Ward, Crazy Sally, and the Chevalier Taylor:  Three Medical Quacks in Eighteenth-Century Britain”. 

Reception, dinner and lecture will be at the Sheraton Hotel.  Make your reservations now but no later than April 6 with  Donna Sabin, 319-335-6706, donna-sabin@uiowa.edu
Online form (print & mail): http://hosted.lib.uiowa.edu/histmed/index.html.  Seats for the lecture only will be available.

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The Herbals: Sources of Health and Beauty – Open House

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Donna Hirst
– March 17, 2012Posted in: Exhibits, Lectures and Discussions, Rare Book Room

The History of Medicine Society and the University Libraries invite you to an Open House in the John Martin Rare Book Room.

The Herbals: Sources of Health and Beauty

Thursday, March 22, 2012, 4:00-7:30

Over 30 Herbals including facsimiles of medieval manuscripts, classic herbals from the 17th and 18 centuries, and 19th century reference books and manuals will be on display.  There will also be a special exhibit on conservation and restoration techniques used on the 17th century Mattioli.

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Eating Books

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Donna Hirst
– February 9, 2012Posted in: Lectures and Discussions, Rare Book Room

The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear:  Adam Hooks, Asst. Professor, Dept. of English, speaking on: Eating Books, Thurs., February 23, 2012, 5:30-6:30, Room 401 Hardin Library.  “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.”  Francis Bacon.

Medical HOMS Hooke 2 12 newsletter

 

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Celebrate Iowa City Darwin Day – February 10-12

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Sarah Andrews
– February 1, 2012Posted in: Education, Fun, Lectures and Discussions

You are invited to Darwin Day, a celebration of science and its benefits to humanity!  Iowa City Darwin Day is sponsored by The Hardin Library for the Health Sciences and The Sciences Library.

2012′s theme is “Bird Origins and Evolution” and a slate of world-renowned scientists will share their research in a series of professional seminars and public talks.

Another event this year is rap artist Baba Brinkman, who will be performing his off-broadway show, “The Rap Guide to Evolution” at the Englert Theater on Sunday evening (Feb.12th) at 7pm (doors open at 6pm).

All events are free and open to the public.  See http://iowacitydarwinday2012.org/events.html for a complete schedule of events.image of darwin

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Frank Scamman to speak on History of Anesthesia in the Veterans Administration

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Donna Hirst
– January 12, 2012Posted in: Lectures and Discussions, Rare Book Room

The History of Medicine Society invites you to hear Frank Scamman, MD, Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, University of Iowa,  speak on “History of Anesthesia in the Veterans Administration”.   Thursday, January 26, 2012,  5:30-6:30.

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Matthew Gambino to speak on These Strangers within our Gates

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Donna Hirst
– November 30, 2011Posted in: Lectures and Discussions, Rare Book Room

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 medical staff at St Elizabeths Hospital launched an ambitious program for psychiatry dedicated to the reconstruction of mentally-ill Americans for poor citizenship.  The racist assumptions beneath this program led most physicians to expect little more than deference, dependence and common labor from the black patients.  Acutely aware of the injustices they faced, black men and women rejected elements of the hospital’s regimen, simultaneously rejecting a social vision that consigned them to the margins of US civic life.

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Paul Greenough to speak on CDC Epidemiologists and smallpox in Pakistan

By
Donna Hirst
– October 4, 2011Posted in: Lectures and Discussions, Rare Book Room

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 Health Sciences.

In April 1958 the Pakistan Government invited an American team from the Centers for Disease Control to assist public health authorities in East Pakistan with their immunization programs in the middle of a grave smallpox epidemic. While the US government hoped for a Cold War advantage, CDC officials saw an opportunity for the Epidemic Intelligence Service to practice “field epidemiology” in a developing country.  When the epidemic ended in July 1958, 30 million Bengalis had been vaccinated for smallpox, but 20,000 had succumbed to the disease.  This episode was CDC’s first sustained foreign intervention, but the experience was marked by problems adjusting to the Pakistani context and has been quietly buried in CDC’s annals.

 

In April 1958 the Pakistan Government invited an American team from the Centers for Disease Control to assist public health authorities in East Pakistan with their immunization programs in the middle of a grave smallpox epidemic.  While the US government hoped for a Cold War advantage, CDC officials saw an opportunity for their Epidemic Intelligence Service to practice “field epidemiology” in a developing country. When the epidemic ended in July 1958, 30 million Bengalis had been vaccinated for smallpox, but 20,000 had succumbed to the disease. This episode was CDC’s first sustained foreign intervention, but the experience was marked by  problems adjusting to the Pakistani context and has been quietly buried in CDC’s annals.

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Memories of Oakdale Sanatorium

By
Donna Hirst
– September 18, 2011Posted in: Lectures and Discussions, Notes from the Rare Book Room, Rare Book Room

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.  Kathy Fait will share information about life at Oakdale Sanatorium and the treatments for tuberculosis before the advent of antibiotics.  These included a healthy diet, strong in milk and eggs, fresh air which meant freezing in winter and roasting in the summer, and more invasive methods like collapsing lungs.

 

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Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, May 2011

By
Donna Hirst
– May 26, 2011Posted in: Lectures and Discussions, Notes from the Rare Book Room, Rare Book Room

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.

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Micheil Cannistra speaks on “Indian Giver: Lynch Syndrome, The Navajo and the Genetic Revolution”

By
Donna Hirst
– February 12, 2011Posted in: Lectures and Discussions, Rare Book Room, Uncategorized

Micheil  Cannistra.  Winner of the 2008/2009 Sparks Essay Contest, will speak on:  Indian Giver: Lynch Syndrome, The Navajo, and the Genetic Revolution.
Thursday, February 24, 2011, 5:30-6:30

  For decades Dr. Henry Lynch of Creighton University performed research among farm families in Nebraska and beyond in an effort to prove that cancer, particularly colon cancer, could be hereditary. In the 1980s his research brought him to the Navajo Reservation, where he evaluated and provided genetic counseling to several cancer-plagued Native American families. His work there helped prove his controversial hypothesis once and for all, eventually revealing an unexpected overlap between Navajo political and medical history.

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