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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 2012
MONDINO DEI LUZZI (d. 1326). Anatomia Mundini. Marburg: In officina Christiani Egenolphi, [1541]
This edition of Mondino's anatomy was pre-pared by Johannes Dryander, called Eich-mann, who is generally regarded as one of the first anatomists to make illustrations from his own dissections. This important and rare book is especially interesting for its woodcuts. more...
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History of Medicine Society
Presentations and Events, 2012/2013
All events will be held in room 401 of the University of Iowa Hardin Library for the Health Sciences unless otherwise specified. Click here for directions.
Thursday, September 27, 2012, 5:30-6:30
Harold E. Williamson, Professor Emeritus, Department of Pharmacology, Carver College of Medicine, University of Iowa “History of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Iowa”Thursday, October 25, 2012, 5:30-6:30
Judith Houck, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medical History, History of Science, and Gender and Women's Studies, Department of Medical History and Bioethics, University of Wisconsin-Madison “The medicalization of menopause over the past 100 years”
Thursday, November 29, 2012, 5:30-6:30
Marquis Berrey , Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Classics, University of Iowa “Performance and Power: Medical Attitudes Toward Technology in the Hellenistic Period”Thursday, January 24, 2013, 5:30-6:30
Wayne Richenbacher, M.D. Professor Emeritus, Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Iowa “The Demise of Stonewall Jackson: a Civil War Case Study”Thursday, February 28, 2013, 5:30-6:30
Kathy Fait, Librarian, State Hygienic Laboratory, University of Iowa “History of the State Hygienic Laboratory at the University of Iowa”Thursday, March 28, 2013, 4:00-7:30
John Martin Rare Book Room, 4th floor, Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa “Open House in the John Martin Rare Book Room”Friday, April 26, 2013, 6:00-9:00 History of Medicine Society Banquet
Thomas Hager, critically acclaimed author of numerous books on the history of science and medicine. “The First Miracle Drug: How the discovery of sulfa saved the President's son, put a Nobel Prize winner in jail, and changed medical history”
Location to be determined.




