Fear and dread are no strangers to the Libraries, especially during finals week, as students fight the demons of procrastination, sleep deprivation, and over-caffeination. But this Halloween, we’re kicking it up a notch from fear to terror. Drop by Main Library on Halloween for our “Ghosts From the Stacks” event, where library staff will drawContinue reading ““Ghosts in the Stacks””
Category Archives: Rare Book Room
Dr. Edmund Franken to Speak on Lincoln and Milk Sickness
The public is invited to a University of Iowa History of Medicine talk on “Poisoning on the Prairie: Abraham Lincoln, Nancy Hanks Lincoln and Milk Sickness” at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 23, in Room 401 of the UI Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. The speaker will be Edmund A. Franken, Jr., Professor Emeritus, DivisionContinue reading “Dr. Edmund Franken to Speak on Lincoln and Milk Sickness”
“From Monks to Masters”
The companion lectures to “From Monks to Masters,” an exhibit now being held at the University of Iowa Museum of Art, have been scheduled for broadcast on UITV. One of the presentations by Ed Holtum, “Breaking with Galen,” provides a glimpse at anatomical knowledge and illustration from the era of the manuscript through the firstContinue reading ““From Monks to Masters””
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room
The Well-Equipped Surgeon’s Chest — Don’t Leave Home Without It Woodall, John (1570–1643). The Surgeons mate or military & domestique surgery. 2nd edition, London, 1639. The John Martin Rare Book Room recently acquired a 1639 copy of John Woodall’s, The Surgeon’s Mate, the second and greatly expanded version of the work first published in 1617.Continue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room
An Anatomical Work of Uncommon Beauty Bourgery, Marc Jean (1797-1849). Traité complet de l’anatomie de l’homme, comprenant la médecine opératoire. 8 vols. Paris, 1831-1854. Paule Dumaitre in his Histoire de la médecine et du livre medical (Paris, 1978) commented that Bourgery’s work is considered today without question the most beautiful French work of anatomy publishedContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room
Heirs of Hippocrates Now Online We are pleased to announce that the book catalog, “Heirs of Hippocrates” last published in 1990 (3rd edition), is now available as an online database and offered to the public on the internet at no charge. “Heirs” is an annotated bibliography of the historic books in the John Martin RareContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room
Extreme Makeovers From The Sixteenth Century Tagliacozzi, Gaspare (1545-1599). De curtorum chirurgia per insitionem, libri due. Venice, 1597. Although Tagliacozzi was not the first plastic surgeon (it had been practiced in India centuries earlier) he is usually credited as the first modern practitioner of the art. Loss of facial parts from dueling, street fights, andContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room
Judging By Appearances Porta, Giovanni Battista Della (1535?-1615). De humana physiognomonia libri III. , Naples, 1586. The practice of attempting to discern personality traits from physical appearance goes back to antiquity. In fact, it was Aristotle who coined the term, “physiognomy” to support his own writings and inclinations on the subject. Since that time andContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room
A Withering Glance at Foxglove Withering, William (1741-1799). An Account of the foxglove, and some of its medical uses, Birmingham, 1785. William Withering was a keen observer of plants and their medicinal uses and had already published a widely respected and comprehensive treatise on “Botanical Arrangement of all the vegetables” when this, his most famousContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room
The Gravid Uterus William Hunter (1718-1783). Anatomia uteri humani gravidi tabulis illustrate. . . the anatomy of the human gravid uterus exhibited in figures. John Baskerville, Birmingham, 1774. William Hunter, born in Scotland, was a London physician and obstetrician whose principal interest was in anatomy. Upon becoming professor of anatomy of the Society of NavyContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room”