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2004/2005 History of the Health Sciences Lecture Series


Historical Collections> 2004/2005 History of the Health Sciences Lecture Series

2004/2005 History of the Health Sciences Lecture Series


Wednesday, October 6, 2004 – 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.

WILLIAM A. PETRI, M.D., Ph.D.
Wade Hampton Frost Professor of Epidemiology
Professor of Internal Medicine, Microbiology, and Pathology
Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health
University of Virginia School of Medicine

Walter Reed and the Yellow Fever Commission

Dr. Petri will reprise his Presidential Address given at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in Philadelphia, December 2003.

Program Flyer [83K PDF]

Wednesday, October 20, 2004 – 1:45 to 2:45 p.m.
(following the Medical Center Hour)

‘Very Ill!’: The Many Faces of Medical Caricature in 19th Century England and France

Please join us for a reception in honor of MRS. MARY B. WAGNER, featuring – in three complementary formats -- her gift to the Health Sciences Library of over thirty 19th-century medical caricatures. The English and French 19th-century prints were collected by the late Robert R. Wagner, M.D., Chair of the UVa Department of Microbiology from 1967 to 1994 and Director of the UVa Cancer Center from 1983 to 1993. The physical exhibit and the original caricatures will be on display at the reception.

The Web exhibit, ‘Very Ill!’: The Many Faces of Medical Caricature in 19th Century England and France, is at http://www.hsl.virginia.edu/historical/artifacts/caricatures/.

Wednesday, November 17, 2004 – 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.

THOMAS M. DANIEL, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Center for Global Health and Disease
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

Up to the Mountain: Wade Hampton Frost, Pioneer Epidemiologist, 1880-1938

Wade Hampton Frost, M.D., graduated from the University of Virginia School of Medicine in 1903 and was a member of the first faculty for the School of Hygiene and Public Health of the Johns Hopkins University when it was established in 1919.

Program Flyer [83K PDF]

Wednesday, December 8, 2004 – 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.

Robert L. Chevalier, M.D.
Benjamin Armistead Shepherd Professor of Pediatrics
Chair, Department of Pediatrics
University of Virginia School of Medicine

Evolution of the Literature of Pediatrics: What the Past Can Teach Us

Dr. Chevalier will reprise his talk given for Pediatric Grand Rounds, February 2004.

Program Flyer [35K PDF]

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 – 2:30 to 4:00 p.m.

TODD L. SAVITT, Ph.D.
Professor of Medical Humanities
Brody School of Medicine
East Carolina University

” Professor Todd Savitt will use three different types of primary sources, including letters from the Papers of Dr. James Carmichael & Son, 1819-1830 ( www.med.virginia.edu/hs-library/historical/carmichael/), to facilitate discussion about doctor and patient relationships, communication, time, transportation, and blood-letting in the 19th-century South.

This workshop is free and open to the public, but the number of participants is limited to 20. Please reserve a space by contacting 434-924-0052 or jre@virginia.edu.

Wednesday, March 16, 2005 – 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.

JOHN P. SWANN, Ph.D.
Historian
Food and Drug Administration

"Marmola and the Battle Over Authority in Obesity Treatment in the Early Twentieth Century”

Obesity treatment, much in the news at the beginning of the 21st century, was also a hot topic 100 years ago.

Thursday, April 28, 2005 – 5:00 to 6:00 p.m.

THE NINTH ANNUAL KENNETH R. CRISPELL MEMORIAL HISTORY LECTURE
CHARLES S. BRYAN, M.D.

Professor of Medicine
Heyward Gibbes Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
Secretary-Treasurer, American Osler Society

‘Aequanimitas’ Redux: Competence, Compassion, and Personal Effectiveness in Medicine

Dr. Bryan will explore the precepts Sir William Osler recorded in his classic book, Aequanimitas, with Other Addresses to Medical Students, Nurses, and Practitioners of Medicine, and the correlation of these principles to today’s medical practitioners.

Program Flyer [90K PDF]

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