The Iowa City Book Festival is a celebration of books, reading and writing presented by The University of Iowa Libraries. Most of the book festival programs are free and many are appropriate for children. Pick up a guide to the festival at the Hardin Library or see list of events online (http://www.iowacitybookfestival.org/schedule/). Programming aboutContinue reading “Iowa City Book Festival this weekend”
Category Archives: Lectures and Discussions
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”
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”
Celebrate Iowa City Darwin Day – February 10-12
You are invited to Darwin Day, a celebration of science and its benefits to humanity! Iowa City Darwin Day is sponsored by The Hardin Library for the Health Sciences and The Sciences Library. 2012’s theme is “Bird Origins and Evolution” and a slate of world-renowned scientists will share their research in a series of professional seminarsContinue reading “Celebrate Iowa City Darwin Day – February 10-12”
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.
Matthew Gambino to speak on These Strangers within our Gates
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear Matthew Gambino speak on “These Strangers within our gates: Race, Psychiatry, and Mental Illness in Washington, D.C., 1900-1940”. Thursday, Dec. 1, 5:30-6:30 in Room 401 of the Hardin Library. In the early decades of the 20th century, William Alanson White and his medicalContinue reading “Matthew Gambino to speak on These Strangers within our Gates”
Paul Greenough to speak on CDC Epidemiologists and smallpox in Pakistan
History of Medicine Talk – Paul Greenough History of Medicine Lecture: Paul Greenough, Prof. of History at U of Ia will speak on “When CDC Epidemiologists took a “wild and wondrous ride”: Fighting smallpox in Pakistan on the eve of the global eradication campaign. Thurs, Oct. 27, 5:30-6:30. Room 401, Hardin Library for the HealthContinue reading “Paul Greenough to speak on CDC Epidemiologists and smallpox in Pakistan”
Memories of Oakdale Sanatorium
Kathy Fait, Libraian at the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa will be speaking on Memories of Oakdale Sannatarium: Iowa’s Tuberculosis Hospital. Thursday, September 22, 2011, 5:30-6:30, Room 2032 at the University of Iowa Main Library. The year was 1906. Iowa appropriated $50,000 for a State Sanatorium for the treatment of tuberculosis. KathyContinue reading “Memories of Oakdale Sanatorium”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, May 2011
History of Medicine Society Presentations and Events, 2011/2012 The presentation series for 2011/2012 has now been published. Talks range from 1) Memories of Oakdale Sanatorium to 2) History of Anesthesia in the Veterans Administration to 3) Medical Quakes in the 18th Century.