Lobotomies. Bloodletting. Leeches. Arsenic. The usage of dubiously helpful and occasionally harmful treatments have been a mainstay of medical care since the beginning of recorded history. In many cases, these were done with the hope of a true cure, but often they were done in the guise of beneficence in order to financially benefit the […]
Mark Darby, MSN, RN, APRN, FNP-C, instructor in the College of Nursing at UNMC, will present at McGoogan Library's next Speaker Series on April 11 at noon. Mr. Darby will present on his book Pharaoh's Midwives. Darby has been a nurse for almost 40 years and is certified in Family and Mental Health as […]
Dr. Janet Gilsdorf will share stories based on her book, Continual Raving: A History of Meningitis and the People Who Conquered It, of how scientists across the 19th and 20th centuries defeated the deadly brain infection meningitis — not through flawless research, but through a series of serendipitous events, misplaced assumptions, and flawed conclusions. The result […]
Jaipreet Virdi, PhD, will present the 14th annual Richard B. Davis, MD, PhD, History of Medicine Lecture on April 14 from noon to 1 p.m. The lecture, titled “Negotiating Normalcy: Deafness Cures in American History,” will be held via Zoom (registration required). During the late nineteenth century, entrepreneurs began to glut the direct-to-consumer medical market with a plethora of remedies […]
Jay Baruch, MD, will present the 15th annual Richard B. Davis, MD, PhD, History of Medicine Lecture, hosted by the McGoogan Health Sciences Library. Dr. Baruch’s lecture, “Humanities as Critical Medicine: The Necessary Practice of Uncertainty, Adaptability and Discovery,” will encompass his more than 30 years as an emergency room physician and the emotions, difficult choices […]
