GASPAR SCHOTT (1608-1666). Physica curiosa, sive mirabilia naturae et artis libris XII. comprehensa, quibus pleraque…Wurzburg,] 1697. Schott was the author of several works on mathematics, physics, and magic. His most interesting work is the “Magia universalis naturæ et artis”, 1657-1659, which contains a collection of mathematical problems and a large number of physical experiments inContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, July 2013”
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Univ. of Iowa College of Medicine Historical Photographs
University of Iowa College of Medicine Historical Photograhs are now available through the Iowa Digital Library. The collection includes 194 images from 1844-2010. The collection is a composite of several collections held at the Hardin Library including two boxes of lantern glass slides from ca. 1910. The original slides are now housed in the UniversityContinue reading “Univ. of Iowa College of Medicine Historical Photographs”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, June 2013 STEVEN BLANKAART (1650-1702). Anatomia reformata, sive Concinna corporis humani dissection… Leiden, 1695. Blankaart, Dutch pharmacist, physician, and anatomist, initially practiced pharmacy and later medicine in Amsterdam. He studied medicine and philosophy at Franeker where he graduated in 1674. He was a prolific writer and wasContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, May 2013
ADDISON (1793-1860). On the constitutional and local effects of disease of the supra-renal capsules. London: S. Highley, 1855. Possessed of rather rude demeanor, Addison nevertheless had a large practice. He was a brilliant lecturer and diagnostician and one of the most respected physicians at Guy’s Hospital, devoting himself almost wholly to his students and patients.Continue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, May 2013”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, April 2013
History of Medicine Society Presentations and Events 2013/2014 Thursday, September 26, 2013, 5:30-6:30. Dayle DeLancey, Asst. Professor, Dept of Medical History & Bioethics, Univ. of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. “African American Print Culture and the History of Medicine”. Thursday, October 24, 2013, 5:30-6:30. Russell Currier, Past President, American Veterinary Medical History Society,Continue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, April 2013”
History of Medicine Dinner-Thomas Hager to speak
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society Dinner, April 26, 2013, 6:oopm-9:30pm Thomas Hager will speak on The First Miracle Drug: How the Discovery of Sulfa Saved the President’s Son, Put a Nobel Prize Winner in Jail, and Changed Medical History. The media called it “the miracle of miracles,” a wonder drug that conqueredContinue reading “History of Medicine Dinner-Thomas Hager to speak”
The Black Death : the Plague, 1331-1770 – John Martin Rare Book Room annual Open House
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society and the University Libraries invite you to an Open House in the John Martin Rare Book Room. The Black Death: the Plague, 1331-1770 Thursday, March 28, 2013, 4:30-7:00 John Martin Rare Book Room, 4th floor, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences Books published 1485-1750 will be onContinue reading “The Black Death : the Plague, 1331-1770 – John Martin Rare Book Room annual Open House”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, 2013
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room March 2013 GASPARE ASELLI (1581-1626). De lactibus sive lacteis venis. Milan: Apud Jo. Bapt[ist]am Bidellium, 1627. Aselli was born at Cremona, studied medicine at Pavia receiving degrees in medicine, surgery, and philosophy. He spent his professional career as a surgeon in Milan performing many anatomical and physiological experimentsContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, 2013”
Kathy Fait to speak on “The History of the State Hygienic Laboratory at the Univ of Iowa”
Kathy Fait, Librarian, State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa “The History of the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa” Thursday, February 28, 2013 5:30-6:30 Room 401, Univ. of Iowa Hardin Library for the Health Sciences In 1904, some of the most common health concerns for Iowans were also some of theContinue reading “Kathy Fait to speak on “The History of the State Hygienic Laboratory at the Univ of Iowa””
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, February 2013
SAINT HILDEGARD (1098-1179). Physica. Strasbourg, 1533. Hildegard, called Hildegard of Bingen, was eight years old when her family placed her in a nearby Benedictine convent where she subsequently became a nun. She founded and was Abbess of a convent near Bingen, Germany. Hildegard’s writings are primarily mystical and theological; however, she also wrote several medicalContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, February 2013”