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”
Category Archives: Rare Book Room
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”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, Dec 2011
ALESSANDRO PASCOLI (1669-1757). Il corpoumano. Perugia: Pe’l Costantini, 1700. A native of Perugia in central Italy, Pascoli initially practiced medicine in his natal city and then lectured in philosophy and anatomy at the university. Pope Clement XI appointed him professor of anatomy in Rome. He performed public dissections similar to his colleague and competitor Vesalius. Continue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, Dec 2011”
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”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, November, 2011
JAKOB RÜFF (1500-1558). De conceptu et generatione hominis. Lithotomost, surgeon, obstetrician and playwright, Ruff settled in Zurich about 1525 where he served as town physician and taught at the university. Ruff published his book in both German and Latin in 1554. A comprehensive handbook, the treatise opens with a discussion of conception, development, and nutrition of theContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, November, 2011”
Bonesetters in Europe in the 15th-17th Centuries
There’s a new exhibit at the Hardin Library, 3rd floor near the front door. The exhibit includes information about the medieval bonesetters along with some medical giants who developed the techniques used by the bonesetters: Galen, Avicenna, Hans von Gersdorff, Guido Guidi, and Johannes Schultetus. Check it out.
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”
Notes from the Rare Book Room, September 2011
ALESSANDRO ACHILLINI (1463-1512). Opera omnia in unum collecta. Venice: Apud Hieronymum Scotum, 1568 Achillini graduated from Bologna in 1484 with his doctorate in both medicine and philosophy. He immediately began his advancement through the academic ranks by teaching philosophy and, after 1495, he also taught medicine. He left Bologna for Padua in 1506 because ofContinue reading “Notes from the Rare Book Room, September 2011”
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”