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 theContinue reading “William Osler: His Life and Human | History of Medicine Lecture by Robert Rakel, MD | Thursday, February 28, 5:30pm”
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Moveable Medicine | John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library | Annual Open House | Thursday, March 28, 4-7pm
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, andContinue reading “Moveable Medicine | John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library | Annual Open House | Thursday, March 28, 4-7pm”
Robert Knox | Man, his structure and physiology | March 2019 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
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 theContinue reading “Robert Knox | Man, his structure and physiology | March 2019 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library”
Aulus Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina | January 2019 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
AULUS CORNELIUS CELSUS (25 B.C.-50 A.D.). De medicina. Venice: Philippus Pincius, for Benedictus Fontana, 1497. Aulus Cornelius Celsus was a Roman encyclopaedist, known for his extant medical work, De Medicina, which is believed to be the only surviving section of a much larger encyclopedia. The De Medicina is the oldest medical document after the HippocraticContinue reading “Aulus Cornelius Celsus, De Medicina | January 2019 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library”
Artificial Hearts | Shelley McKellar | 2019 R. Palmer Howard History of Medicine Society Dinner | Friday, April 5, 2019
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) requiredContinue reading “Artificial Hearts | Shelley McKellar | 2019 R. Palmer Howard History of Medicine Society Dinner | Friday, April 5, 2019”
Arthur Hill Hassall | Food and its Adulterations | November 2018 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room
ARTHUR HILL HASSALL (1817-1894). Food and its adulterations. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855. Hassall studied medicine as his uncle’s apprentice in Dublin and later returned to England where he received a diploma from the Royal College of Surgeons in 1839 and an M.D. from the University of London in 1851. An individual of many scientificContinue reading “Arthur Hill Hassall | Food and its Adulterations | November 2018 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room”
Guido Guidi | October 2018 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
GUIDO GUIDI (1508-1569). Chirurgia è Graeco in Latinum conversa. Paris: Excudebat Petrus Galterius, 1544 Guidi, a successful Florentine surgeon, was invited to Paris in 1542 to help the French King Francis I apply medical advances of the Italian Renaissance to French medicine. Francis appointed Guidi his personal physician and chair of surgery at the Collège de France.Continue reading “Guido Guidi | October 2018 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library”
Dotter and Gruentzig : Cardiovascular Pioneers | History of Medicine Lecture | Thursday, November 8, 5:30pm
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society and Hardin Library invite you to a lecture by Dr. Allyn Mark: Charles Dotter and Andreas Gruentzig: the Personal Stories of Two Pioneers Who Transformed the Practice of Cardiovascular Medicine Thursday, November 8 5:30-6:30pm Hardin Library Room 401 Using photographs and videos of “Crazy Charlie Dotter” andContinue reading “Dotter and Gruentzig : Cardiovascular Pioneers | History of Medicine Lecture | Thursday, November 8, 5:30pm”
Ring the Fire Bell: Iowa Civil War Medical Center | History of Medicine Lectures & Book Signings | September 27 & 28
The University of Iowa History of Medicine Society invites you to book talks and signings by Charles Driscoll, MD, author of Ring the Fire Bell: The Incredible Story of an Iowa Civil War Medical Center. Thursday, September 27, 5:30-6:30pm talk, 6:30 book signing 2117 Medical Education Research Facility (MERF) or Friday, September 28, 12:00-1pm, 1pmContinue reading “Ring the Fire Bell: Iowa Civil War Medical Center | History of Medicine Lectures & Book Signings | September 27 & 28”
Sir David Ferrier | The Brain | July 2018 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room
Sir DAVID FERRIER (1843-1928). The functions of the brain. London: 1876 Educated at Aberdeen and Edinburgh, Ferrier was chiefly associated with the National Hospital and medical school of King’s College during his long and illustrious career. In addition to being a charter member of the Physiological Society, he joined with John Hughlings Jackson, Sir John Bucknill, andContinue reading “Sir David Ferrier | The Brain | July 2018 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room”