JAN SWAMMERDAM (1637-1680). Tractatus physico-anatomico-medicus de respiratione usuque pulmonum. Leiden: Apud Danielem, Abraham. & Adrian, à Gaasbeeck, 1667. Despite his short life and a professional career of only about twelve years, Swammerdam of Amsterdam was one of the outstanding comparative anatomists of the seventeenth century. He was a pioneer in microscopic studies, investigating especially theContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, July 2012”
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Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, June 2012
rbr newsletter 2012 6 Sir THOMAS BROWNE (1605-1682). A true and full coppy of that which was most imperfectly and Surreptitiously printed before under the name of Religio Medici. [London]: 1643. Browne was not only a noted physician, but one of the great English writers and philosophers of the 17th century. His works deal moreContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, June 2012”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, May 2012
MONDINO DEI LUZZI (d. 1326). Anatomia Mundini. Marburg: In officina Christiani Egenolphi, [1541] This edition of Mondino’s anatomy was prepared by Johannes Dryander, called Eichmann, who is generally regarded as one of the first anatomists to make illustrations from his own dissections. This important and rare book is especially interesting for its woodcuts. Nearly halfContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, May 2012”
Annual R. Palmer Howard Dinner : Spot Ward, Crazy Sally, and the Chevalier Taylor: Three Medical Quacks in 18th Century Britain
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society announces the R. Palmer Howard Dinner for 2012, Friday, April 13, 2012, 6:00-9:30. Lynda Payne, prof. in Medical Humanities & Bioethics, and History, University of Missouri Kansas City will speak on “Spot Ward, Crazy Sally, and the Chevalier Taylor: Three Medical Quacks in Eighteenth-Century Britain”. Reception,Continue reading “Annual R. Palmer Howard Dinner : Spot Ward, Crazy Sally, and the Chevalier Taylor: Three Medical Quacks in 18th Century Britain”
The Herbals: Sources of Health and Beauty – Open House
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 booksContinue reading “The Herbals: Sources of Health and Beauty – Open House”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, March 2012
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.Continue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, March 2012”
Eating Books
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. Medical HOMS HookeContinue reading “Eating Books”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, February 2012
MOTONORI TAKI (1732-1801). Kokei saikyuho [Emergency remedies for the benefit of the people]. 1789. The author was a court physician famous in the annals of Japanese medicine. He was also known as Rankei Taki and Gentoku Tamba, combinations of his professional and personal names. Taki prepared this early Japanese home medical adviser at the requestContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, February 2012”
Frank Scamman to speak on History of Anesthesia in the Veterans Administration
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.
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, January, 2012
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, theContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, January, 2012”