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.
AL-MAJUSI ‘ALI IBN AL-’ABBAS (d. 994). Liber totius medicine necessaria continens quem . . . 1523.
Haly Abbas, as he was known in the Latin west, was a native of Ahwaz in southwestern Persia and, in all probability, studied medicine at nearby Jundi-Shapur. He served as court physician to the Buyid ruler ‘Adud ad-Dawlah (d. 983) in Baghdad. This book’s clear, direct style, good organization, completeness, and systematic description of contemporary medical knowledge and thought undoubtedly contributed to its becoming the standard medical text until Avicenna’s Canon appeared a century later.
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.
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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.
Nicolaas Tulp (1593-1664). Observationes medicae. 1652.
Along with other distinguished anatomists in Holland, Tulp left a rich legacy of anatomical discoveries. His name is current in the eponym”Tulp’s valve” (the ileocecal valve). This book contains the first descriptions of beri-beri and of what is probably diphtheria. Tulp described the condition we know as migraine, the devastating effects to the lungs caused by tobacco smoking, and revealed an understanding of human phychology in a description of the placebo effect.
January, 2012
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RO PASCOLI (1669-1757). Il corpoumano. Perugia: Pe’l Costantini, 1700.
A native of Perugia in central Italy, Pascoli initially practiced medicine in his natal city and then lectured in philosophy and anatomy at the university. Pope Clement XI appointed him professor of anatomy in Rome. He performed public dissections similar to his colleague and competitor Vesalius. His metaphysical, medical and mathematics treatises form a coherent thought and methodology and are evidence that demonstrate the vitality of Italian culture and philos0phy in the seventeenth century.
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.
JAKOB RÜFF (1500-1558). De conceptu et generatione hominis.
Lithotomost, surgeon, obstetrician and playwright, Ruff settled in Zurich about 1525 where he served as town physician and taught at the university. Ruff published his book in both German and Latin in 1554. A comprehensive handbook, the treatise opens with a discussion of conception, development, and nutrition of the fetus. The anatomy of the uterus and a set of precepts for pregnant women are followed by a section on parturition including care of the mother and infant.
There’s a new exhibit at the Hardin Library, 3rd floor near the front door.
The exhibit includes information about the medieval bonesetters along with some medical giants who developed the techniques used by the bonesetters: Galen, Avicenna, Hans von Gersdorff, Guido Guidi, and Johannes Schultetus.
Check it out.
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.
