About William Osler Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet (July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a Canadian physician and one of the four founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler created the first residency program for specialty training of physicians, and he was the first to bring medical students out of the lecture hallContinue reading “Announcing the completion of the William Osler Pamphlet Collection”
Category Archives: Rare Book Room
William Stewart Halsted, Father of American Modern Surgery: a retrospective
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear: Nicholas P. Rossi, Emeritus Professor, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Iowa College of Medicine. Rossi will provide a fascinating look at the life and medical achievements of William Stewart Halsted, considered the father of modern American surgery. Halsted, who lived from 1852-1922,Continue reading “William Stewart Halsted, Father of American Modern Surgery: a retrospective”
Asitha Jayawardena: “Expedited ‘Diffusion of Innovation’: A Reflection on the Ponseti Method in the current era of medicine”
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear: Asitha Jayawardena on Thursday, January 23 from 5:30-6:30 in Room 401. Sparks Essay Contest winner and College of Medicine Student Jayawardena will describe the history and cultural context of clubfoot and treatments developed by Dr. Ignacio Ponseti. He will then describe diffusion theoryContinue reading “Asitha Jayawardena: “Expedited ‘Diffusion of Innovation’: A Reflection on the Ponseti Method in the current era of medicine””
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, 2014
BERNHARD SIEGFRIED ALBINUS (1697-1770). Tabulae sceleti et musculorum corporis humani. Leiden: 1747 This work is perhaps the most monumental and finest anatomical atlas ever published. The plates, although probably derived from Vesalius, were drawn with painstaking accuracy by Wandelaer and are dated between 1739 and 1747. Albinus described in his preface the methods used inContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, 2014”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, December 2013
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, December, 2013 JOHANN CASPAR LAVATER (1741-1801). Essai sur la physiogno-monie : destiné à faire connoître l’homme… 4 vol. 1781[-1786]. Lavater was born in Zürich; he was a poet and a physiognomist. His name would be forgotten but for his work in the field of physiognomy. The fameContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, December 2013”
Expedited Diffusion of Innovation: A reflection on the Ponseti Method
The Univ. of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear: Asitha Jayawardena, medical student and winner of the Sparks Essay Contest, speak on “Expedited Diffusion of Innovation: A reflection on the Ponseti Method in the current era of medicine.” Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, 5:30-6:30. Room 401 Hardin Library A cast from the past–Continue reading “Expedited Diffusion of Innovation: A reflection on the Ponseti Method”
E.A. Franken to speak on The Foundation of Radiology
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear: E. A. Franken, Jr., Emeritus Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Iowa College of Medicine speaking on: “The Foundation of Radiology with an emphasis on the University of Iowa” Thursday, November 21, 2013, 5:30-6:30 Room 401 Univ. of Iowa Hardin Library for theContinue reading “E.A. Franken to speak on The Foundation of Radiology”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, November 2013
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, November, 2013 GASPARE TAGLIACOZZI (1545-1599). De curtorum chirurgia per insitionem, libri duo. Venice: 1597. Tagliacozzi was professor of surgery and anatomy at Bologna. This work, “Concerning the surgery of the mutilated by grafting,” is a classic in the history of plastic surgery and is especially noteworthy forContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, November 2013”
Celebrate Halloween with some anatomical illustrations
The John Martin Rare Book Room has over 350 anatomy books. Enjoy this selection! Andreas Vesalius Bernhard Siegfried Albinus Jacopo Berengario da Carpi William Cheselden Charles Estienne Genga Bernardino Craving more? All images from National Library of Medicine’s collection.
2,000 Year History of Scabies
Russell W. Currier, past president of the American Veterinary Medical History Society will speak on: “2,000 Year History of Scabies: From Humoral Beliefs to Contagion to Modern Understanding” Thursday, October 24, 2013, 5:30-6:30 Room 401 Univ. of Iowa Hardin Library for the Health Sciences The transition from Hippocrates’ humors and Galenic dogma to microscopic causesContinue reading “2,000 Year History of Scabies”