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John Martin Rare Book Room- News Notes, Feb 2011

Le Boursier, a prominent Parisian midwife, first published the present work in 1759 without illustrations. The success of the book encouraged her to have later editions illustrated by Jean Robert (fl. 1746-1782).  The 1769 edition was the first book on midwifery to appear with plates printed in multiple colors. Robert, a pupil of Le Blon,Continue reading “John Martin Rare Book Room- News Notes, Feb 2011”

Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room

  Nicholas Culpeper (1616–1654) was an English botanist, herbalist, physician, and astrologer. His published books, The English Physician (1652) and the Complete Herbal (1653), contain a rich store of pharmaceutical and herbal knowledge. Culpeper spent the greater part of his life in the English outdoors cataloging hundreds of medicinal herbs. He criticized what he consideredContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room”

Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, Sept 2010

What Goes Around, Comes Around Robert Fludd (1574-1637) was a prominent English Paracelsian physician, astrologer,and mathematian.  He was the first person to discuss the circulation of the blood, and did in fact arrive at the correct conclusion.  His conclusion was based on the macrocosm-microcosm analysis, a theory in which all occurrences in the microcosm (man)Continue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, Sept 2010”

Notes from the Rare Book Room, July 2010

Thursday, September 23, 2010,  5:30-6:30 Scamman, Franklin, M.D.  Prof. Dept. of Anesthesiology, University of Iowa The Anesthesia for the First Heart Transplant: Cape Town 1967 Thursday, October 28, 2010, 5:30-6:30 George W. Beran, D.V.M., Ph.D., Prof. Emeritus Vet. Microbiol. & Prev. Med., ISU One Health:  Human & Animal Rabies, an issue in human & animalContinue reading “Notes from the Rare Book Room, July 2010”

Notes from the Rare Book Room

Since 1971 EDWIN HOLTUM  has worked for the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, the University of Iowa Libraries and as Curator of the John Martin Rare Book Room.  He retires June 30, 2010. Ed Holtum’s retirement party is 3:00-4:30 Wednesday, June 30, 2010 in the 1st floor Staff Lounge of the Main Library. YouContinue reading “Notes from the Rare Book Room”

Notes from the Rare Book Room: Healing by laying on of hands, 1628-1683

Although born in Ireland, Valentine Greatrakes was English, his ancestors having settled there in the late sixteenth century. In 1641, the family was forced to flee England during an Irish revolt. He was privately educated in theology and the humanities in Devon where the family lived. When he was nineteen, Greatrakes returned to Ireland, determinedContinue reading “Notes from the Rare Book Room: Healing by laying on of hands, 1628-1683”

Hardin Library Welcomes Donna Hirst

The Hardin Library for the Health Sciences extends a hearty welcome to Donna Hirst, its newest staff member.  Donna is a University of Iowa librarian of longstanding, having worked in the Main Library and Law Library in the area of automation for over 25 years.  In fact, Donna spearheaded the University Libraries first automation effortsContinue reading “Hardin Library Welcomes Donna Hirst”

Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room; James Medicinal Dictionary

ROBERT JAMES (1705-1776). A medicinal dictionary. 3 vols. London: T. Osborne, 1743-1745. James studied at Oxford and was granted his M.D. from Cambridge by royal mandate in 1728. He settled in London after practicing at Sheffield, Lichfield, and Birmingham. A successful physician, he became quite wealthy and famous when his “fever powder” became the most popular nostrumContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room; James Medicinal Dictionary”