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Nov 5 2007

Angel of Harlem – Brown Bag Book Discussion Friday, November 9 @Hardin

Angel of Harlem – Brown Bag Book Discussion

As part of the Changing the Face of Medicine exhibition, Hardin Library will host two brown bag book discussions. The first will be Friday, November 9th at 12 p.m. in 401 Hardin Library Conference Room. 

angel.jpgAngel of Harlem by Kuwana Haulsey won the 2005 Blackboard Medal of Courage Award. Inspired by the extraordinary events of Dr. May Chinn’s life, Angel of Harlem is a deeply affecting story of love and transcendence. Weaving seamlessly scenes from the battlefields of the Civil War, during which her father escaped from slavery, to the Harlem living rooms and kitchen tables where May is sometimes forced to operate on her patients, this fascinating novel lays bare the heart of a woman who changed the face of medicine.

Bring your lunch, we’ll provide the cookies and drinks, and we’ll talk about this remarkable story.

Oct 26 2007

Lactation room available at Hardin

The Hardin Library now has a private lactation room available any time the library is open.

Room 430 contains an electronic pump and some reading materials provided by Family Services.  The room has an outdoor view, is near the restroom, and has wireless internet access.

If you would like to use the room for lactation or feeding, please ask for the key at the 3rd Floor Desk.  If you have questions about the room or its use, please direct them to Catherine Reed Thureson at 319/335-7221.  Further information about lactation facilities on campus is available from Family Services or by calling Jane Holland at 319/335-1371.

Oct 26 2007

“Ghosts in the Stacks”

Fear and dread are no strangers to the Libraries, especially during finals week, as students fight the demons of procrastination, sleep deprivation, and over-caffeination. But this Halloween, we’re kicking it up a notch from fear to terror.

Drop by Main Library on Halloween for our “Ghosts From the Stacks” event, where library staff will draw from Special Collections, Iowa Women’s Archives and the John Martin Rare Book Room to presents artifacts related to grave-robbing, local hauntings, and demon conjuring. Also we will serve cookies.

Ghosts From the Stacks
Main Library, room 2032
Wednesday, Oct. 31, noon – 1:00 pm

Oct 22 2007

Dr. Edmund Franken to Speak on Lincoln and Milk Sickness

The public is invited to a University of Iowa History of Medicine talk on “Poisoning on the Prairie: Abraham Lincoln, Nancy Hanks Lincoln and Milk Sickness” at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 23, in Room 401 of the UI Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.

The speaker will be Edmund A. Franken, Jr., Professor Emeritus, Division of Diagnostic Radiology.

Light refreshments will be served. The lecture is part of a series of presentations sponsored by the UI History of Medicine Society.

Franken will discuss the epidemic of milk sickness that swept the wilderness of Southern Indiana shortly after seven-year-old Abraham Lincoln and his family moved to the area. The disease was responsible for the death of Lincoln’s mother and several relatives. While pioneers presumed correctly that milk sickness was due to a poison, the medical community pursued other causes and inhibited the development of knowledge to prevent the disease. The puzzle was not completely solved until the 20th century. The presentation will also include information about the young Abe Lincoln and the role that the social environment of the area played in his development.

Oct 18 2007

Natural Standard Database Available

Based on feedback from this summer’s trial, Natural Standard is now available. Natural Standard provides evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies. It contains three sub-databases: Herbs & supplements, condition center, and alternative modalities. Information is presented in the form of mongraphs designed to facilitate clinical decision making. All monographs undergo blinded editorial and peer review prior to inclusion in Natural Standard databases.

Oct 16 2007

Women in Medicine Opening & Program Thursday, October 18

Thursday, October 18, 2007, 4:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Begins at Sahai Auditorium room 110A, Medical Education & Research Facility (map), then moves to Hardin Library for the Health Sciences.
Join us as we celebrate the opening of the traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine, Changing the Face of Medicine.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Chief of Staff and UI College of Pharmacy alumna Susan Winckler, and Professor and Head of the UI Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Jennifer Niebyl, M.D. will speak about the changing role of women in health care. Winckler was recognized in 2003 as a UI Distinguished Alumni Winner. Niebyl was honored as a “Local Legend” by the American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA). 

Oct 8 2007

Changing the Face of Medicine Exhibit coming this week

Women doctors are the focus of a new traveling exhibition on display at the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences from October 11 through November 30.

Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America’s Women Physicians tells the extraordinary story of how American women who wanted to practice medicine have struggled over the past two centuries to gain access to medical education and to work in the medical specialty they chose. The University of Iowa Libraries is one of only 60 libraries across the country that has been awarded the traveling exhibit from the National Library of Medicine.

Remarkable Women in Health Care is the University Libraries local site for the exhibit.   The site includes a calendar of programs.

Sep 4 2007

“From Monks to Masters”

The companion lectures to “From Monks to Masters,” an exhibit now being held at the University of Iowa Museum of Art, have been scheduled for broadcast on UITV. One of the presentations by Ed Holtum, “Breaking with Galen,” provides a glimpse at anatomical knowledge and illustration from the era of the manuscript through the first century of printing. The lecture airs tonight at 7:00 and is scheduled for rebroadcast throughout the coming weeks. For a complete schedule of the broadcast lectures, consult the UITV schedule.