Celebrate National Poetry Month by viewing this medieval didactic poem in hexameter verse. Make an appointment to view in person or by Zoom with curator damien-ihrig@uiowa.edu or by calling 319-335-9154. REGIMEN SANITATIS SALERNITANUM The Englishmans doctor, or, The school of Salerne. Printed for John Helme 1612 5th impression. [48] pp. 13.7 cm. First English translationContinue reading “Medieval Home Medicine | Week 3 | National Poetry Month @Hardin Library”
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Herbal, Poetry, Recipes from 1652 | Week 2 of National Poetry Month | John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
Celebrate National Poetry Month by viewing this work perhaps written by James Howell. Make an appointment to view in person with curator damien-ihrig@uiowa.edu or by calling 319-335-9154. [JAMES HOWELL] (1594?-1666)] A hermeticall banquet, drest by a spagiricall cook : for the better preservation of the microcosme. Printed for Andrew Crooke, and are to be soldContinue reading “Herbal, Poetry, Recipes from 1652 | Week 2 of National Poetry Month | John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library”
Loncier, Kreuterbuch… | 1587 German Herbal | March 2021 Book of the Month from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
ADAM LONICER (1528-1586) Kreuterbuch, kunstliche Conterfeytunge der Bäume, Stauden, Hecken, Kreuter, Getreyde, Gewürtze. Printed in Frankfort by Christian Egenolph, 1587. 382 numbered leaves (764 pages) with color illustrations. 31 cm tall. We know from other sources that Lonicer (also referenced as Lonitzer, Lonicerum, Lonicerus, or Loniceri) worked as a proofreader for his father-in-law, aContinue reading “Loncier, Kreuterbuch… | 1587 German Herbal | March 2021 Book of the Month from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library”
You cannot judge a book by its cover. The title page is another story.
by Duncan Stewart, MA, MLIS, Rare Materials Cataloger, University of Iowa Libraries, Adjunct Faculty, School of Library and Information Sciences, University of Iowa The John Martin Rare Book Room (JMRBR) is filled with books of great medical historical value. But do you know how all those books get into the JMRBR? A book’s journey toContinue reading “You cannot judge a book by its cover. The title page is another story.”
January 2021 Book of the Month | John Martin Rare Book Room | Eye Diseases by Demours 1818
DEMOURS, ANTOINE PIERRE (1762-1836) Traité des maladies des yeux : avec des planches coloriées représentant ces maladies d’après nature, suivi de la description de l’œil humain / traduite du latin de S.T. Soemmerring [Treatise on eye diseases: with colored plates representing these diseases from nature, followed by the description of the human eye] Printed byContinue reading “January 2021 Book of the Month | John Martin Rare Book Room | Eye Diseases by Demours 1818”
John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library Open By Appointment During Winter Break | Zoom or In-Person
Anyone may make an appointment to use the John Martin Rare Book Room from 9am-5pm Monday-Friday. You may make an in-person appointment or our curator can meet your via Zoom and show you materials online. To make an appointment: email curator damien-ihrig@uiowa.edu OR call 319-335-9154 The John Martin Rare Book Room will be open duringContinue reading “John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library Open By Appointment During Winter Break | Zoom or In-Person”
Remembering Dick Eimas | Former Curator of the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
by Catherine Reed Thureson, MA Richard (Dick) Eimas, former curator of the John Martin Rare Book Room, passed away on November 19th, 2020 following a battle with cancer. Dick was the original curator of the John Martin Rare Book Room, a position he held from 1975 until his retirement in 2002. Dick was passionate aboutContinue reading “Remembering Dick Eimas | Former Curator of the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library”
Girolamo Mercuriale | Art of Gymnastics | April 2020 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
GIROLAMO MERCURIALE (1530-1606) De arte gymnastica libri sex. Apud Juntas 1587 3rd ed. 3, 308 [27] pp. illus. 23.6 cm .[The Art of Gymnastics, volume six in Latin]. Mercuriale, professor of medicine at Bologna and Pisa, is best know for this masterwork, first published in 1569. De arte gymnastica was the first complete text onContinue reading “Girolamo Mercuriale | Art of Gymnastics | April 2020 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library”
Cancelled | 2020 R. Palmer Howard History of Medicine Society Dinner | April 24 | Marie Jenkins Schwartz, Enslaved Women | Cancelled
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society and Hardin Library for the Health Sciences announce that the 2020 R. Palmer Howard Dinner scheduled for Friday, April 24 has been cancelled. The event will not be rescheduled.
CANCELLED |2020 Open House | John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library | Black Plague | March 26
The 2020 John Martin Rare Book Room Open House has been cancelled. This event will not be rescheduled. Please see our online exhibit: The Black Death: The Plague, 1331-1770