Spring Break means shorter hours at the library, but the 24 hour study will be open to anyone with a current UIHC Badge of Iowa One Card.
| Friday, March 15 | 7:30am-6pm |
| Saturday, March 16 | 10am-2pm |
| Sunday, March 17 | Noon-4pm |
| Monday, March 18-Friday, March 22 | 7:30am-6pm |
| Saturday, March 23 | 10am-2pm |
| Sunday, March 24 | Noon-Midnight regular hours resume |
In honor of Pi Day, Hardin Library will be serving pie bites beginning at 9am – until they are gone.
Stop by and enjoy!
Moveable Medicine : A look at flap books from the John Martin Rare Book Room collection
Thursday, March 28th
4-7 pm
John Martin Rare Book Room
4th floor of the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences
Join us to learn the history and importance of flap books throughout medical history. Discover the doctors, authors, and artists that created and shared these beautiful and delicate works.
Leaf through, lift the flaps, and look inside these pieces from the collection to feel like a surgeon as you dissect, explore, and discover the beauty of anatomy.
This exhibit features intricate books, fugitive sheets, and manikins from the collection that have been used to teach both medical students and the public about the composition of the human body for centuries!
Exhibit curated by Donna Hirst and Lora Wegener.
Books featured in this exhibit include:
ROBERT KNOX (1791-1862). Man, his structure and physiology : popularly explained and demonstrated. 2nd ed. London ; New York: H. Bailliere, 1858.
This popular introduction to anatomy and physiology was written by the noted – if somewhat infamous – Edinburgh anatomist Robert Knox. Knox believed that a knowledge of human structure and physiology was vital, forming the basis for a better understanding of the structure and nature of all living bodies.
He hoped that this elementary yet detailed introduction would encourage the reader to pursue further study in not only human anatomy, but also in the field of zoology. One of the best and most enthusiastic teachers of anatomy during the 19th century, Knox’s emphasis upon practical dissection led to his indiscreet and notorious association with the Edinburgh ‘resurrectionists’, Burke and Hare. When their crimes came to light, he was implicated, savagely attacked in the literature of the day, and his effigy was burnt by the populace.
Although exonerated by Burke, an influential committee of his peers accused him of acting incautiously and failing to ensure that his assistants properly vetted their cadaver suppliers. The episode haunted him and tarnished the rest of his career. He then turned his attention to ethnology and anthropology, and found some success in these fields.
You may view this book in the John Martin Rare Book Room, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. Make a gift to the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences by donating online or setting up a recurring gift with The University of Iowa Foundation.
View a digitized copy of the original edition of this work at the Internet Archive
Pivot now makes it easier for researchers to search for potential collaborators and external funding opportunities.
University of Iowa faculty, staff, and students may now use the database to identify funding opportunities from governments, corporations, non-profit organizations, foundations, and other private sources. Users may also sign up to receive weekly funding alerts based on their search criteria. Tip: add relevant keywords to your profile in order to better identify relevant funding.
Pivot replaces the University of Iowa’s subscription to the SPIN funding database.
In addition to the funding search tools, Pivot also offers functionality to support research collaborations. Users can search for researcher expertise on the University of Iowa campus or at other institutions within the U.S. and internationally. 3M faculty profiles are included in the database.
Questions about using the Pivot database may be directed to Oliva Smith in the Division of Sponsored Programs at oliva-smith@uiowa.edu or 335-3708.
The launch of Pivot on the University of Iowa campus is a collaborative effort from the Research Development Office, Division of Sponsored Programs, and the UI Libraries.
Hardin Library printing and public computers are provided by ITS.
Color printing is available from ALL public computers. Simply select ITC-Color as your printer and release the job from the print release station on 3rd Floor or in the Information Commons West.
Color printing is 15 cents per side. Black and white printing is 3 cents per side. We are quite a bargain!
ABD AL-ʻAZĪZ IBN ʻUTHMĀN (fl. 950 – d. 967) AND Danck, Joannes fl. 1331. Libellus ysagogicus Abdilazi, id est servi gloriosi Dei... 1485
Abu al-Saqr Abd al-Aziz Ibn Uthman Ibn Ali al-Qabisi l-Mawsili al-Hashimi, generally known as Al-Qabisi, (Latinised as Alchabitius or Alcabitius), and sometimes known as Alchabiz, Abdelazys, Abdilaziz ‘Abd al-Azîz, عبدالعزيز القبيصي) was an Arab astrologer, astronomer, and mathematician.
Al-Qabisi is best known for his treatise on judicial astrology, Introduction to the Art of Judgments of the Stars. This work survives in at least twenty-five Arabic manuscripts, and over two hundred manuscripts of its Latin translation, with twelve printed editions of the Latin work between 1473 and 1521. The Arabic text has received at least three Latin translations, which attracted several commentaries and were, in turn, translated into other European languages.
The 1473 copy, and others up until 1521, features writing about Al-Qabisi by John of Saxony. The rare 3rd edition (1473) of this classic scientific work recognized the authority of Ptolmy’s Almagest. The present work is edited by Bartholomaeus Alten. These early printed editions of Alchabitius’ “principle surviving treatise, a tenth century Arabic introduction to Astrology” are almost unprocurable. The book includes attractive large and smaller, ornamental initials, white on black.
You may view this book in the John Martin Rare Book Room, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences. Make a gift to the Hardin Library for the Health Sciences by donating online or setting up a recurring gift with The University of Iowa Foundation.
View a digital copy of 1512 version owned by Qatar National Library
Medical historian Shelley McKellar will speak on Artificial Hearts: A Controversial Medical Technology and its Sensational Patient Cases at the 2019 R. Palmer Howard Dinner.
Location: Radisson Hotel, Coralville, Iowa
Date: Friday, April 5, 2019
Reception 6pm with cash bar, Dinner at 7pm, Presentation at 8pm
Registration and prepayment (check or credit card) required by March 29, 2019. Printable registration form
Today, artificial hearts are a clinical reality after decades of contentious development. Former US Vice President Dick Cheney stated that the technology “saved his life” in 2010, but not all patients enjoyed such successful outcomes. Dr. McKellar examines the clinical use of artificial hearts since the 1960’s, situating the triumphant narrative of this technology and it’s “resurrectionist capacity” along side technical device challenges and difficult patient experiences. The appeal was the promissory nature of artificial hearts as a life-sustaining treatment, but it was (and is) and imperfect and controversial technology.
Using Google Scholar off campus requires changing some settings in order to view full-text articles.
Access Google Scholar from Hardin’s A-Z database list or directly at http://purl.lib.uiowa.edu/GoogleSch.
Then change settings as below:
Go to Settings
Click on Library Links
Make sure The University of Iowa – ViewIt@UILink has a check mark next to it and SAVE that setting
Then look for the ViewIt@UILink link in the results to get to University of Iowa subscribed content.
Explore the “Cite” and “Cited by” features
On the 100th anniversary year of William Osler’s death, the University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to hear Robert Rakel, MD speak.
William Osler: His Life and Sense of Humor
Thursday, February 28, 2019
5:30-6:30PM
2117 Medical Education and Research Facility
Osler was the most famous physician in the world at the time of his death. This presentation will review his major accomplishments and his sense of humor–appropriate for his day, but would not be considered funny today.
Osler Pamphlet Collection at the John Martin Rare Book Room
The Principles and Practice of Medicine by Osler (standard text for 40 years)
More information / donate to the History of Medicine Society
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events. If you are a person with a disability who requires a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in this program please call Janna Lawrence at 319-335-9871.
