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Birthing, Midwifery, Obstetrics books available in the John Martin Rare Book Room

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”

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”