Bibliography of books featured in the John Martin Rare Book Room Open House, March 26, 2015 1. Eucharius Roeslin (ca. 1490-1526). De partu hominis, et quae circa ipsum accidunt, adeoque, de parturientum & infantium morbis atque cura. Frankfurt: Apud Chr. Egenolphum, [1551]. First published in German in 1513 as, “Der swangern Frauwen und hebammen Rosegarten,” thisContinue reading “Birthing, Midwifery, Obstetrics books available in the John Martin Rare Book Room”
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Lecture: From the Iowa Cow Wars of the Depression Era to Raw Milk Battles at MERF February 26
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear Mary Gilchrist, retired Director and Professor of the University of Iowa Hygienic Lab and Russell Currier, Past President, American Veterinary Medical History Society. Gilchrist and Currier will give a talk titled “From the Iowa Cow Wars of the Depression to the Raw Milk Battles ofContinue reading “Lecture: From the Iowa Cow Wars of the Depression Era to Raw Milk Battles at MERF February 26”
Lecture on Pain, Global Inequality, Palliative Care and Human Rights at MERF January 22
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear Christopher de Boer, MS, 2nd year Carver College of Medicine Student and winner of the Robert D. Sparks Writing Contest. Mr. de Boer will speak on “The Price of Pain: Examining Global Inequality in Palliative Care and a Human Rights Response” on Thursday,Continue reading “Lecture on Pain, Global Inequality, Palliative Care and Human Rights at MERF January 22”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, October 2014 – Crooke’s Description of the Body of Man, 1615
HELKIAH CROOKE (1576-1635). Mikrokosmographia [Greek title transliterated]: A description of the body of man. London: Printed by William Jaggard, 1615. Crooke received his medical degree from Cambridge and was prone to be a quarrelsome individual of sometimes dubious character, especially when financial matters were involved. He had several clashes with London’s College of Physicians over questions ofContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, October 2014 – Crooke’s Description of the Body of Man, 1615”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room – Jean Pecquet
At the beginning of the 17th century, it was widely believed that food was converted into blood as it passed through the digestive system. The blood was then carried to the liver where it was imbued with natural spirits and passed on to the heart for distribution through the body. Since only the blood vesselsContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room – Jean Pecquet”
New Exhibit in the John Martin Rare Book Room
Syphilis and Paul Ehrlich: an Historical Case Study Sahachiro Hata, working in Paul Erlich’s laboratory in 1908, discovered the arsenic compound arsphenamine (later known as Salvarsan), which was the first effective treatment for syphilis. The disease, which is transmitted either sexually or congenitally, begins as a superficial affliction but can lead to serious complications includingContinue reading “New Exhibit in the John Martin Rare Book Room”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, July 2014: Nathaniel Highmore
Nathaniel Highmore (1613-1685) Corporis Humani Disquisitio Anatomica The Hague: Ex oficina Samuelis Brown, 1651. [Image via Fisher Library Digital Collections, University of Toronto]. Nathaniel Highmore of Dorset, England was a British surgeon known for his 1651 treatise on anatomy, the first of its kind to give an accurate account of the circulatory system. Highmore studiedContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, July 2014: Nathaniel Highmore”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, May 2014: Jean Étienne Dominique Esquirol
Jean Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772-1840) Des maladies mentales considérées sous les rapports médical, hygiénique et médicolégal. 2 vols. Brussels : J.B. Tircher, 1838. Esquirol’s drawing of an inmate of Bethlem Hospital. As Pinel’s most outstanding pupil, Esquirol so closely followed his teacher’s works that the contributions of the two men are sometimes confused. Like Pinel, EsquirolContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, May 2014: Jean Étienne Dominique Esquirol”
Ibn Butlan’s Tacuini Sanitatis (1531)
Image via the guardian.com, credit Royal Society This images are from a 14th century translation of Arabic doctor Ibn Butlan, who died circa 1068. Butlan’s title roughly translates to “health report.” The report addresses the impact of nature, emotional states, daily life, and meteorological conditions on health. Butlan wrote that his book concerned “the sixContinue reading “Ibn Butlan’s Tacuini Sanitatis (1531)”
John Martin Rare Book Room Open House March 27
The University of Library History of Medicine Society invites you to Incunabula in a Medical Context Open House Thursday, March 27, 4:30-7 pm Incunabula are early printed books dating from 1450 to 1500, immediately after the introduction of the printing press. The John Martin Rare Book Room at the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences will be openingContinue reading “John Martin Rare Book Room Open House March 27”