Since antiquity, philosophers and scientists have attempted to divine personality characteristics by analyzing the size, shape, structure, and composition of the human head. Aristotle coined the term, “physiognomy” to support his writings on the subject. The notion that character and personality are imprinted in facial features has received attention through a variety of approaches, nearlyContinue reading “Physiognomy, Phrenology, Craniometry, Characterology, and Kindred Ventures | Mini-Exhibit through August 22 | John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library”
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Galen, De ossibus. | August 2018 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library
GALENUS (ca. 130-ca. 200). De ossibus. Lyons: Apud Guliel. Rouillium, 1549. Next to Hippocrates, Galen was the most noted physician of antiquity. Born in Pergamon (present day Bergama, Turkey), he received his formal medical education in Smyrna, after which he traveled widely in Asia Minor and to Alexandria to extend his medical knowledge. Galen settled inContinue reading “Galen, De ossibus. | August 2018 Notes from the John Martin Rare Book Room @Hardin Library”
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”