History of Medicine Society Presentations and Events 2013/2014 Thursday, September 26, 2013, 5:30-6:30. Dayle DeLancey, Asst. Professor, Dept of Medical History & Bioethics, Univ. of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health. “African American Print Culture and the History of Medicine”. Thursday, October 24, 2013, 5:30-6:30. Russell Currier, Past President, American Veterinary Medical History Society,Continue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, April 2013”
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Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, 2013
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room March 2013 GASPARE ASELLI (1581-1626). De lactibus sive lacteis venis. Milan: Apud Jo. Bapt[ist]am Bidellium, 1627. Aselli was born at Cremona, studied medicine at Pavia receiving degrees in medicine, surgery, and philosophy. He spent his professional career as a surgeon in Milan performing many anatomical and physiological experimentsContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, 2013”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, February 2013
SAINT HILDEGARD (1098-1179). Physica. Strasbourg, 1533. Hildegard, called Hildegard of Bingen, was eight years old when her family placed her in a nearby Benedictine convent where she subsequently became a nun. She founded and was Abbess of a convent near Bingen, Germany. Hildegard’s writings are primarily mystical and theological; however, she also wrote several medicalContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, February 2013”
Wayne Richenbacher to speak on Stonewall Jackson Case Study
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear: Wayne Richenbacher, M.D., Professor Emeritus, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Iowa The Demise of Stonewall Jackson: A Civil War Case Study Thursday, January 24, 2013 5:30-6:30; Room 401, Univ. of Iowa Hardin Library for the Health Sciences Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson, commander ofContinue reading “Wayne Richenbacher to speak on Stonewall Jackson Case Study”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, October 2012
JOHN LIZARS (1787?-1860). A system of anatomical plates of the human body. Edinburgh: W. H. Lizars, [1840?]. Lizars developed a great reputation as a teacher and was also a bold and forthright surgeon. He made a number of original contributions, was a pioneer in performing ovariotomies in Europe, and he clearly demonstrated the value ofContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, October 2012”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room
CLAUDE NICOLAS LE CAT (1700-1768). Traité des sens. Nouvelle ed. Amsterdam: Chez J. Wetstein, 1744. Le Cat, a man of many interests, was one of France’s foremost surgeons and researchers. Le Cat was interested in the physiology of the nervous system. He was a contemporary of Haller and incorrectly believed, contrary to Haller, that theContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, August 2012
REINIER DE GRAAF (1641-1673). Tractatus anatomico-medicus de succi pancreatici natura & usu. Leiden: Ex officina Hackiana, 1671. Graaf, a Dutch anatomist and physiologist, was celebrated for his work on digestion as well as on the anatomy of the genital organs of both sexes. He was an early investigator of the pancreas and collected the pancreaticContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, August 2012”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, July 2012
JAN SWAMMERDAM (1637-1680). Tractatus physico-anatomico-medicus de respiratione usuque pulmonum. Leiden: Apud Danielem, Abraham. & Adrian, à Gaasbeeck, 1667. Despite his short life and a professional career of only about twelve years, Swammerdam of Amsterdam was one of the outstanding comparative anatomists of the seventeenth century. He was a pioneer in microscopic studies, investigating especially theContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, July 2012”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, May 2012
MONDINO DEI LUZZI (d. 1326). Anatomia Mundini. Marburg: In officina Christiani Egenolphi, [1541] This edition of Mondino’s anatomy was prepared by Johannes Dryander, called Eichmann, who is generally regarded as one of the first anatomists to make illustrations from his own dissections. This important and rare book is especially interesting for its woodcuts. Nearly halfContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, May 2012”
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”