Name: Anne Price Hometown: Columbus, NE Undergraduate Education: University of Nebraska – Lincoln BA English ‘12 Graduate Education: University of Iowa, MA Library and Information Science, ’14. Future Plans: Hopefully a job working with either a museum collection or an archive. I’m also open to working in youth services at a public library. Why I’mContinue reading “Graduate Student Spotlight : Anne Price”
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Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, September 2013
HANS VON GERSDORFF (ca. 1455-1529). Feldtbuch der Wundartzney. Strasbourg: Bey Hans Schotten, 1530. Gersdorff was a military surgeon who gained wide experience during forty years of campaigning and was an expert in the treatment of battlefield injuries. His work covers anatomy, surgery, leprosy, and glossaries of anatomical terms, diseases, and medications. Gersdorff emphasized a well-foundedContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, September 2013”
H. Stanley Thompson to speak on Abraham Flexner’s Contributions to the Univ. of Iowa COM
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear: H. Stanley Thompson, Emeritus Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Iowa College of Medicine speaking on: “Abraham Flexner’s Contributions to the University of Iowa’s College of Medicine” Thursday, September 26, 2013, 5:30-6:30 Room 401 Univ. of Iowa Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
New Hardin Exhibit: History of Dentistry
There’s a new exhibit at Hardin, 3rd floor. “Dentistry: Innovations and Curiosities” Stop by to see information on antiquities, medieval practices, the founders of modern dentistry, early dental tools, the early days of the University of Iowa College of Dentistry and much more. Dental Examination, University of Iowa 1920’s; Tooth key used to extract teethContinue reading “New Hardin Exhibit: History of Dentistry”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room August 2013 MARC JEAN BOURGERY (1797-1849). Traité complet de l’anatomie de l’homme, comprenant la médecine opératoire. Paris: 1831-1854. Bourgery’s work is without question one of the most beautifully illustrated anatomical and surgical treatises ever published in any language. The 726 hand-colored lithographs were executed after drawings byContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, July 2013
GASPAR SCHOTT (1608-1666). Physica curiosa, sive mirabilia naturae et artis libris XII. comprehensa, quibus pleraque…Wurzburg,] 1697. Schott was the author of several works on mathematics, physics, and magic. His most interesting work is the “Magia universalis naturæ et artis”, 1657-1659, which contains a collection of mathematical problems and a large number of physical experiments inContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, July 2013”
Univ. of Iowa College of Medicine Historical Photographs
University of Iowa College of Medicine Historical Photograhs are now available through the Iowa Digital Library. The collection includes 194 images from 1844-2010. The collection is a composite of several collections held at the Hardin Library including two boxes of lantern glass slides from ca. 1910. The original slides are now housed in the UniversityContinue reading “Univ. of Iowa College of Medicine Historical Photographs”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, June 2013 STEVEN BLANKAART (1650-1702). Anatomia reformata, sive Concinna corporis humani dissection… Leiden, 1695. Blankaart, Dutch pharmacist, physician, and anatomist, initially practiced pharmacy and later medicine in Amsterdam. He studied medicine and philosophy at Franeker where he graduated in 1674. He was a prolific writer and wasContinue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, May 2013
ADDISON (1793-1860). On the constitutional and local effects of disease of the supra-renal capsules. London: S. Highley, 1855. Possessed of rather rude demeanor, Addison nevertheless had a large practice. He was a brilliant lecturer and diagnostician and one of the most respected physicians at Guy’s Hospital, devoting himself almost wholly to his students and patients.Continue reading “Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, May 2013”
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, April 2013
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”