The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society announces the R. Palmer Howard Dinner for 2011. Robert Shotwell will speak on The Anatomist and the Book in the Early Sixteenth Century. Attempts have been made by historians to connect the developments of science & medicine in the 16th century with the appearance of printed books. Continue reading “History of Medicine Society Dinner and Presentation”
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Art and Medicine: Partners through the Centuries
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 Art and Medicine: Partners through the Centuries Thursday, March 24, 2011, 4:30-7:30 John Martin Rare Book Room, 4th floor, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
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”
Micheil Cannistra speaks on “Indian Giver: Lynch Syndrome, The Navajo and the Genetic Revolution”
Micheil Cannistra. Winner of the 2008/2009 Sparks Essay Contest, will speak on: Indian Giver: Lynch Syndrome, The Navajo, and the Genetic Revolution. Thursday, February 24, 2011, 5:30-6:30 For decades Dr. Henry Lynch of Creighton University performed research among farm families in Nebraska and beyond in an effort to prove that cancer, particularly colon cancer,Continue reading “Micheil Cannistra speaks on “Indian Giver: Lynch Syndrome, The Navajo and the Genetic Revolution””
Axel Ruprecht speaks on History of Oral & Maxillofacical Radiology
The U of I History of Medicine Society invites you to hear: Axel Ruprecht, D.D.S. speak on “The History of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology: Then and Now,” Thursday, Jan 27, 2011, 5:30-6:30. Room 401, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. Professor Roentgen discovered the x ray in Nov. 1895. The first radiology office was hisContinue reading “Axel Ruprecht speaks on History of Oral & Maxillofacical Radiology”
Notes from the Rare Book Room December, 2010
An Invitation to Explore the Past Visit us before, during or after the holidays and bring a friend. To insure that the room is open email donna-hirst@uiowa.edu or call 335-9154.
Viper’s Flesh and Unicorn’s Horn
History of Medicine Society talk by Mark Waddell. Friday, November 19, 2010 5:30-6:30 Room 401, Hardin Library “For centuries, physicians, alchemists, and astrologers sought the universal panacea, a cure-all that would eradicate disease and prolong life. In their efforts to unlock the hidden secrets of nature, explorers scoured the farthest reaches of the known worldContinue reading “Viper’s Flesh and Unicorn’s Horn”
The Apothecary
A new Hardin exhibit offers many practical hints on the care of the human physick. A recipe for Ointment of Tar and Opium. This compound has been found very efficacious in haemorrhoids. A recipe for The Draught with Millepedes. This is given in Hectical Complaints, where the Lungs are supposed to have Schrophulous Tubercles. Culpeper’s SchoolContinue reading “The Apothecary”
George Beran speaks on One Health: Human and Animal Rabies
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear George W. Beran speak on One Health: Human and Animal Rabies, an issue in human and animal relations. Thursday, Oct. 28, 5:30-6:30, Room 401, Hardin Library.
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”