Jennifer Deberg, Clinical Education Librarian at Hardin Library recently published an article with members of the nursing community at UIHC in the February 2012 issue of Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing. The article “Evidence Into Practice: Basic Steps for Planning Your Evidence Search” by Jennifer Deberg, MLS, OTR, Susan Adams, PhD, RN, and Laura Cullen, MA, RN, FAAN can be read following this link http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jopan.2011.11.001.
Jennifer DeBerg wins Arthur Benton Excellence in Reference Services Professional Development Award
Jennifer DeBerg, Clinical Education Librarian at Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, was awarded the Arthur Benton Excellence in Reference Services Professional Development Award for 2012. Jennifer received kudos from nursing students, research colleagues, faculty and staff in her nomination letter
The award is given biennially to a University Libraries professional staff member who has demonstrated outstanding commitment in providing reference services for the University community. The $1,000 award, made possible by a generous endowment from Dr. Arthur Benton, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Neurology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, will support a professional development activity related to the advancement of library reference services.
Jennifer is a librarian liaison to Communication Sciences & Disorders, Family Medicine, College of Nursing, Nursing Services and Patient Care, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation, Otolaryngology, Pediatrics, Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science, and Rehab Therapies & Rehab Counseling.
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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, dinner and lecture will be at the Sheraton Hotel. Make your reservations now but no later than April 6 with Donna Sabin, 319-335-6706, donna-sabin@uiowa.edu
Online form (print & mail): http://hosted.lib.uiowa.edu/histmed/index.html. Seats for the lecture only will be available.
Get to know Donna Hirst, Curator of the John Martin Rare Book Room
Donna Hirst was recently featured in IowaNow.
Read more about Donna: http://now.uiowa.edu/2012/03/get-to-know-donna-hirst
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, March 2012
AL-MAJUSI ‘ALI IBN AL-‘ABBAS (d. 994). Liber totius medicine necessaria continens quem . . . 1523.
Haly Abbas, as he was known in the Latin west, was a native of Ahwaz in southwestern Persia and, in all probability, studied medicine at nearby Jundi-Shapur. He served as court physician to the Buyid ruler ‘Adud ad-Dawlah (d. 983) in Baghdad. This book’s clear, direct style, good organization, completeness, and systematic description of contemporary medical knowledge and thought undoubtedly contributed to its becoming the standard medical text until Avicenna’s Canon appeared a century later.
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, February 2012
MOTONORI TAKI (1732-1801). Kokei saikyuho [Emergency remedies for the benefit of the people]. 1789.
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thor was a court physician famous in the annals of Japanese medicine. He was also known as Rankei Taki and Gentoku Tamba, combinations of his professional and personal names. Taki prepared this early Japanese home medical adviser at the request of the shogun Iyeharu in order to help disseminate medical knowledge among the common people. The three-volume set contains information on how to remedy maladies of various kinds and meet emergencies without the help of a physician. The work is illustrated with more than one hundred and thirty woodcuts of plants, animals, fish, and insects with medicinal uses, as well as illustrations of acupuncture sites, methods of reducing fractures, anatomical details, etc.
Congratulations to our December graduate – Kirsten Glover
Hardin Library student public service employee Kirsten Glover graduated last week. Kirsten received her B.A. in History and a Certificate in Museum Studies. Kirsten plans to attend graduate school in the future.
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, January, 2012
Nicolaas Tulp (1593-1664). Observationes medicae. 1652.
Along with other distinguished anatomists in Holland, Tulp left a rich legacy of anatomical discoveries. His name is current in the eponym”Tulp’s valve” (the ileocecal valve). This book contains the first descriptions of beri-beri and of what is probably diphtheria. Tulp described the condition we know as migraine, the devastating effects to the lungs caused by tobacco smoking, and revealed an understanding of human phychology in a description of the placebo effect.
January, 2012
Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room, November, 2011
JAKOB RÜFF (1500-1558). De conceptu et generatione hominis.
Lithotomost, surgeon, obstetrician and playwright, Ruff settled in Zurich about 1525 where he served as town physician and taught at the university. Ruff published his book in both German and Latin in 1554. A comprehensive handbook, the treatise opens with a discussion of conception, development, and nutrition of the fetus. The anatomy of the uterus and a set of precepts for pregnant women are followed by a section on parturition including care of the mother and infant.
Welcome our new librarian Xiaomei Gu!
Xiaomei Gu is our newest Clinical Education Librarian. She will be the liaison to The College of Pharmacy and the Department of Anesthesia.
Xiaomei’s previous position was as Emerging Technologies Librarian at Kirkwood Community College. While obtaining her MSLS and Certificate in Bioinformatics degree at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, she worked as a graduate assistant in the UNC Health Sciences Library.
Prior to becoming a librarian, Xiaomei worked mostly in dental research. She also holds degrees in oral Biology, Oral Pathology, and Dental Medicine (DDS).