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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”

Leslie Miller | The Resurrection Trade: Finding Poetry in Medical Archives | R. Palmer Howard Dinner, Friday, April 28, 2017

The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to the R. Palmer Howard Dinner for 2017. Poet Leslie Adrienne Miller will speak on the resurrection trade.  The resurrection trade is the business of trafficking in corpses, one that makes anatomical art possible.  Miller delves into the mysteries of early anatomical studies and medicalContinue reading “Leslie Miller | The Resurrection Trade: Finding Poetry in Medical Archives | R. Palmer Howard Dinner, Friday, April 28, 2017”

Dr. Richard Shope, Flu Research Pioneer | History of Medicine Lecture | Thursday, Jan. 26

The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to a lecture by Russell Currier, Past President, American Veterinary Medical History Society. Iowa’s Richard Edwin Shope MD: His Contributions to Influenza Research and One Medicine/Health Thursday, January 26, 2017 5:30pm-6:30pm 2117 MERF (Medical Education and Research Facility) Richard E. Shope MD (1901-1966) was aContinue reading “Dr. Richard Shope, Flu Research Pioneer | History of Medicine Lecture | Thursday, Jan. 26”

History of Torture | History of Medicine Lecture by Robert Rakel, MD | Thursday, Nov. 17, 5:30pm

The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society November lecture by Robert Rakel: The History of Torture, including the experience of Janusz Bardach  Thursday, November 17 5:30-6:30pm 2117 MERF (Medical Education Research Facility   Torture has existed for most of recorded history.  Until the 2nd Century torture was only used on slaves, on the assumptionContinue reading “History of Torture | History of Medicine Lecture by Robert Rakel, MD | Thursday, Nov. 17, 5:30pm”