{"id":4887,"date":"2016-01-22T17:57:04","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T17:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/?p=6213"},"modified":"2016-01-22T17:57:04","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T17:57:04","slug":"injections-itches-institutions-rural-medicine-in-iowa-1910-1950-lecture-thursday-jan-28-530pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/2016\/01\/22\/injections-itches-institutions-rural-medicine-in-iowa-1910-1950-lecture-thursday-jan-28-530pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Injections, Itches & Institutions: Rural Medicine in Iowa 1910-1950 | Lecture Thursday, Jan. 28 5:30pm"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Clara<\/p>\n

\"Jennifer<\/p>\n

Jennifer Gunn<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society and Iowa Women’s Archives<\/a>\u00a0present Jennifer Gunn, History of Medicine Endowed Professor, Director of the Institute for Advanced Study, University of Minnesota. \u00a0Dr. Gunn’s talk is titled “Injections, Itches, and Institutions: The Experience of Rural Medicine in Iowa, 1910-1950.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Thursday, January 28
\n5:30pm-6:30pm
\n2117 Medical Education Research Facility (MERF<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Clara Skott was an Iowa farm wife living in South Dakota during the 1918 influenza pandemic. \u00a0She received a series of injections to save off the flu. \u00a0In 1918, the hypodermic needle was a symbol of modern medical practice.<\/p>\n

Iowa doctors’ ledger books show hypos were a staple of their treatments. \u00a0The records do not always indicate what was in the hypo. \u00a0Clara was given a homegrown influenza vaccine. \u00a0Some patients received barbiturates, vitamins, or placebos. \u00a0$1.00 per injection was beyond the reach of many Iowans.<\/p>\n

Gunn will explore county doctors’ practices and the range of ways rural Iowans handled health issues in the first half of the 20th century.<\/p>\n

\"Clara<\/p>\n

Clara Skott<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Parking?\u00a0 Use the Newton Road Ramp<\/a>.\u00a0 Cambus?\u00a0 Take Pentacrest<\/a>\u00a0Route Bus to MERF\/Newton Road Ramp stop.<\/p>\n

For more information on the History of Medicine Society, or to donate see\u00a0http:\/\/hosted.lib.uiowa.edu\/histmed\/index.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Donate<\/a> to Iowa Women’s Archives<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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