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Leslie Miller | The Resurrection Trade: Finding Poetry in Medical Archives | R. Palmer Howard Dinner, Friday, April 28, 2017

The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to the R. Palmer Howard Dinner for 2017. Poet Leslie Adrienne Miller will speak on the resurrection trade.  The resurrection trade is the business of trafficking in corpses, one that makes anatomical art possible.  Miller delves into the mysteries of early anatomical studies and medicalContinue reading “Leslie Miller | The Resurrection Trade: Finding Poetry in Medical Archives | R. Palmer Howard Dinner, Friday, April 28, 2017”

Medicine, Shakespeare, and Books | Open House John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library | Thursday, March 23, 4pm-7pm

The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society and the University Libraries invite you to the annual open house in the John Martin Rare Book Room. Early Modern England: Medicine, Shakespeare & Books Thursday, March 23, 2017, 4pm-7pm John Martin Rare Book Room, 4th Floor, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences 37 books from 1531Continue reading “Medicine, Shakespeare, and Books | Open House John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library | Thursday, March 23, 4pm-7pm”

Civility on Trial: Nurses, Surgeons, and Medical Extremity in Civil War Hospitals | History of Medicine Lecture | Thurs., Oct. 27, 5:30pm

“Civility on Trial” considers the clash of expectations that confronted surgeons and relief workers in military hospitals during the Civil War. This lecture will be held on Thursday, October 27 at 5:30pm in 2117 MERF. MERF is located at 375 Newton Road, Iowa City. The spectacle of death that gripped the public imagination raised physicians’Continue reading “Civility on Trial: Nurses, Surgeons, and Medical Extremity in Civil War Hospitals | History of Medicine Lecture | Thurs., Oct. 27, 5:30pm”

First Folio the book that gave us Shakespeare | exhibit and events begin

University of Iowa Libraries’ Gallery will host the only stop in the state of Iowa for First Folio! The Book that Gave Us Shakespeare, a national traveling exhibition of the Shakespeare First Folio. First Folio will be on display at the Main Library Gallery from August 29 through September 25, 2016.  Location and hours ManyContinue reading “First Folio the book that gave us Shakespeare | exhibit and events begin”

Pictures of Nursing: Zwerdling Postcard Collection | Exhibit open

Pictures of Nursing: The Zwerdling Postcard Collection is now on exhibit at Hardin Library.  The exhibit explores a 2,588 postcard archive spanning over 100 years.  Images of nursing and the nursing profession around the world have been frequent subjects of postcards. Postcards are influenced by popular ideas and social and culture life, as well asContinue reading “Pictures of Nursing: Zwerdling Postcard Collection | Exhibit open”