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Hardin Library for the Health Sciences

  • Welcome

    The nearly 5,000 volumes in the John Martin Rare Book Room are original works representing classic contributions to the history of the health sciences from the 15th through 20th Centuries. Also included are selected books, reprints, and journals dealing with the history of medicine at the University and in the State of Iowa.

    Secondary sources such as histories of particular subjects, biographies, and bibliographies are housed in the Hardin Library main collection.

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  • Notes from the RBR, May 2013

    THOMAS ADDISON (1793-1860). On the constitutional and local effects of disease of the supra-renal capsules. London: S. Highley, 1855.

    Possessed of rather rude demeanor, Addison nevertheless had a large practice. He was a brilliant lecturer and diagnostician and one of the most respected physicians at Guy's Hospital, devoting himself almost wholly to his students and patients. More...

    THOMAS ADDISON (1793-1860). On the constitutional and local effects of disease of the supra-renal capsules. London: S. Highley, 1855.

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    • History of Medicine

      History of Medicine Society Presentations and Events 2013/2014

      Thursday, September 26, 2013, 5:30-6:30
      African American Print Culture and the History of Medicine

      Thursday, October 24, 2013, 5:30-6:30
      2,000 Year History of Scabies: From Humoral Beliefs to Contagion to Modern Understanding

      Thursday, November 21, 2013, 5:30-6:30
      An Uncorseted Life: The Medi-cal Basis of Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, Dr. Mary Edwards Walker’s Suffrage and Dress Reform Activism

      Thursday, January 23, 2014, 5:30-6:30
      Expedited ‘Diffusion of Innovation’: A reflection on the Ponseti Method in the current era of medicine

      Thursday, February 27, 2014, 5:30-6:30
      Abraham Flexner's Contributions to the University of Iowa's College of Medicine

      Thursday, March 27, 2014, 4:30-7:00
      Open House in the John Martin Rare Book Room

      Friday, April 25, 2014, 6:00-9:00
      History of Medicine Society Banquet
      Franklin Roosevelt’s Secret ‘Serious Heart Ailment’ and the 1944 Presidential Campaign.