University of Iowa History of Medicine Lectures

Abraham Flexner and medical humanism, April 4, 1986

American medical women: the First World War and the meaning of war service, part 1, October 8, 1992

American medical women: the First World War and the meaning of war service, part 2, October 8, 1992

Computer in nursing in the United States: technology induced changes and the response of the nursing profession, December 5, 1991

Convergence of ideas in surgery around 1900, April 7, 1989

Cookery for the sick from the Szathmary Collection of Culinary Arts, February 18, 1993

De motu cordis, November 6, 1991

Decline of neuresthenia, January 23, 1992

Demons, witches and the legacy of Johann Weyer, October 8, 1992

Department of Internal Medicine 1910-1928: the first golden age, October 11, 1990

A dog's life: the controversy over pound animals in medical research, 1920-1966, November 12, 1992

Evolution of the staff nurse role in hospitals, March 5, 1990

Flexner investigation of the University of Iowa Medical School, December 5, 1985

From magic bullets to antibiotics: Chemotherapeutic agents and the nature of life in the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, May 12, 1986

His and hers: male and female anatomy in anatomy texts for medical students 1890-1990, part 1, February 13, 1992

His and hers: male and female anatomy in anatomy texts for medical students 1890-1990, part 2, February 13, 1992

Historical reflections on the concept of alcoholism: abuse and dependency, November 29, 1990

History and development of surgery on the fetus, December 8, 1987

History of cardiovascular surgery, February 11, 1986

History of medical education in America, April 7, 1989

History of orthopedic surgery, November 10, 1987

Homeopathic medicine at University of Iowa, 1876-1919, February 15, 1990

How fingerprints came into use for personal identification, September 13, 1988

Immortal quakery, part 1, April 12, 1985

Immortal quakery, part 2, April 12, 1985

Liver cancer and hepatitis in Taiwan, April 1, 1988

Making of a medical monopoly: myth or reality?, March 30, 1990

Medical detectives from Atlanta: the curious image of epidemiology at the Centers for Disease Control, January 26, 1995

Medical terminology: that's a funny word, what does it mean?, September 6, 1990

Medicalization of childbirth in the 20th century, November 15, 1988

Medicine on the Iowa frontier: Ormanville, 1851-1890, part 1, December 3, 1992

Medicine on the Iowa frontier: Ormanville, 1851-1890, part 2, December 3, 1992

Medicine, physiology, and anatomy in early 16th century critiques of the arts and sciences, February 23, 1988

Methods of study and of teaching anatomy from Hippocrates to Vesalius, September 30, 1993

A modern version of Osler's Bedside Library, part 1, March 12, 1985

A modern version of Osler's Bedside Library, part 2, March 12, 1985

Mosaics, civilizations and other models of infectious disease: Charles Nicolle and the Pasteur Institute of Tunis, 1909-1936, October 13, 1994

The pre-history of medicine: using evolution to understand problems in contemporary medicine and psychology, part 1, January 27, 1994

The pre-history of medicine: using evolution to understand problems in contemporary medicine and psychology, part 2, January 27, 1994

Rats, fleas, and the Arc of the Covenant, February 16, 1989

Relationship of fine art and medicine, December 3, 1992

Revising the curriculum: introduction to clinical medicine at the University of Iowa College of Medicine, 1960-1978, November 21, 1991

Sir Geoffrey Keynes: a quite outrageously enjoyable existence, March 7, 1988

Social context of modern medical centers and centers for the humanities, April 3, 1987

Student papers, January 23, 1989

Thomas Percival and the birth of Anglo-American medical ethics, April 4, 1986

To be more perfect in the art: medical students in 18th century London, September 7, 1989

Tracking the first reported sickle cell anemia patient, November 16, 1989