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Celebrate Iowa connection to Silent Spring and sustainability

My Friend, Rachel Carson: Shirley Briggs and the Iowa Connection to Silent Spring Fifty years ago, Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, a lucid and compelling book about how DDT and other pesticides were damaging the environment and human health. The book called for a change in the way humankind viewed the natural world and became anContinue reading “Celebrate Iowa connection to Silent Spring and sustainability”

Genetics in Literature, Life and the Lab talk on November 1

“Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature” is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) traveling exhibit that explores  the original novel, adaptations, and cultural uses.  Published in 1818 by Mary Shelley when she was still in her teens, Frankenstein has captivated people ever since, exposing hidden, sometimes barely conscious fears of science and technology. The exhibitContinue reading “Genetics in Literature, Life and the Lab talk on November 1”

New Exhibit at Hardin

There’s a new exhibit at the Hardin Library, 3rd floor near the front door. Title:  Cutting for the Stone This exhibit includes information about lithotomy (the removal of bladder stones), which is perhaps the least well-known of the ancient surgical procedures.  Bladder stones have been recorded as far back as 6,500 B.C.    Hippocrates warned thatContinue reading “New Exhibit at Hardin”

Permanent Exhibit Honors Dr. Hardin

A permanent exhibit honoring Dr. Robert C. Hardin, for whom the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences is named, is now on display near the Library’s 3rd floor entrance.  In addition to performing pioneering research in blood banking and transfusion and in diabetes, Dr. Hardin was instrumental in the current design of the University of Iowa’s healthContinue reading “Permanent Exhibit Honors Dr. Hardin”

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”

Exhibit at Hardin: Doctors in the Movies

Doctors in the Movies: a Cinematic History is on exhibit at Hardin Library for the Health Sciences through May 13. The exhibit explains the way the medical profession–especially doctors–have been portrayed in film over the last 80 years.  Doctors and medical institutions have been depicted as respectful and reverential (Men in White,  Dr. Kildare) toContinue reading “Exhibit at Hardin: Doctors in the Movies”