{"id":5739,"date":"2016-11-14T15:14:34","date_gmt":"2016-11-14T15:14:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/?p=6839"},"modified":"2016-11-14T15:14:34","modified_gmt":"2016-11-14T15:14:34","slug":"history-of-torture-history-of-medicine-lecture-by-robert-rakel-md-thursday-nov-17-530pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/2016\/11\/14\/history-of-torture-history-of-medicine-lecture-by-robert-rakel-md-thursday-nov-17-530pm\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Torture | History of Medicine Lecture by Robert Rakel, MD | Thursday, Nov. 17, 5:30pm"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2016\/11\/Nazi-prisoners-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nazi prisoners in concentration camp at Sachsenhausen, 1938\nphoto from NARA\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2016\/11\/Nazi-prisoners-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2016\/11\/Nazi-prisoners-36x36.jpg 36w, http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2016\/11\/Nazi-prisoners-115x115.jpg 115w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society November lecture by Robert Rakel:<br \/>\n<em><strong>The History of Torture, including the experience of Janusz Bardach\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6840\" style=\"width: 210px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6840 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2016\/11\/rakel-200x300.png\" alt=\"picture of Robert Rakel,\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2016\/11\/rakel-200x300.png 200w, http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2016\/11\/rakel.png 284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Rakel, Professor Emeritus, Family and Community Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Thursday, November 17<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>5:30-6:30pm<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>2117 MERF (Medical Education Research Facility<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Torture has existed for most of recorded history. \u00a0Until the 2nd Century torture was only used on slaves, on the assumption that slaves could not be trusted to reveal the truth voluntarily.<\/p>\n<p>This talk will focus on doctors who torture, and those who are tortured because they refuse to participate. \u00a0Stanley Milgram&#8217;s classic study at Yale showed how easily ordinary people can become torturers.<\/p>\n<p>Recent atrocities will be discussed: Russian gulags under Stalin, Germany during WWII, the British in Northern Ireland, and The United States.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please consider <a href=\"https:\/\/donate.givetoiowa.org\/s\/1773\/foundation\/interior.aspx?sid=1773&amp;gid=2&amp;pgid=509&amp;cid=1288&amp;bledit=1&amp;dids=270.579&amp;sort=1\">donating online<\/a> to the University of Iowa History of Medicine Society to sponsor events.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6841\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6841\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2016\/11\/Nazi-prisoners-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"Nazi prisoners in concentration camp at Sachsenhausen, 1938 photo from NARA\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2016\/11\/Nazi-prisoners-300x204.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2016\/11\/Nazi-prisoners.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nazi prisoners in concentration camp at Sachsenhausen, 1938<br \/>photo from NARA<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program please call Janna Lawrence at 319-335-9871.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/hardin\/files\/2016\/11\/Nazi-prisoners-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Nazi prisoners in concentration camp at Sachsenhausen, 1938\nphoto from NARA\">The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society November lecture by Robert Rakel: The History of Torture, including the experience of Janusz Bardach&nbsp; Thursday, November 17 5:30-6:30pm 2117 MERF (Medical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5739"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5739"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5745,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5739\/revisions\/5745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.lib.uiowa.edu\/combo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}