Special events in medical history around the state
for the second quarter of 2008
April:
Dittrick Medical History Center
Thursday April 17, Dr. Sam Alberti, Handerson Medical History Lecture
“Bodies on display:morbid specimens in nineteenth-century Britain”
May:
The Lloyd Library and Museum, Cincinnati Ohio
John Ruthven at the Lloyd Library and Museum “In Search of Birds at the Lloyd: John Ruthven’s Art and Lloyd Library’s Books”
May 3—August 29, 2008
June: No events submitted
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The Medical Heritage Center at the Prior Health Sciences Library, The Ohio State University is seeking applicants for its scholar-in-residence program for a flexible time period between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009. Suitable potential scholars can come from a variety of backgrounds (i.e. students, clinician historians, PhD historians) and each application will be reviewed based upon the quality of the application and proposed use of historical collections. Preference will be given to scholars whose research is directed toward local or regional medical historic issues.
The Medical Heritage Center maintains a rare book, archival, and artifact collection that speaks to the development of central Ohios health science history. The collection is particularly rich in documenting innovation in the areas of medical education, dentistry, nursing, nuclear medicine, homeopathy, and surgery. The Nathaniel Coleman Rare Book collection contains over 10,000 volumes representing limited edition and one-of-a-kind references and prints dating back to 1555. The scholar will also have access to the rich holdings of The Ohio State University and regional libraries. The Medical Heritage Centers archives currently include papers and memorabilia from regional and nationally recognized institutions, organizations, and luminaries such as William G. Myers, PhD, MD; Arthur G. James, MD; Charles Doan, MD; and Robert Zollinger, MD. The artifacts collection represents medical equipment used as early as the 1800s, and range from those now perceived as quackery to those that were truly innovations at their time.
The scholar-in-residence program provides a stipend up to $5,000 to support the activities of the scholar. An application package should be submitted for consideration by March 30, 2008, and a successful applicant will be decided upon by the Medical Heritage Center advisory committee by April 30, 2008. For more program details, including an application package, please contact Medical Heritage Center head curator Judith Wiener at 614-292-9273 or wiener.3@osu.edu.
Submissions for this page:
Special events include exhibit openings, lectures, special tours, new research collections and so forth. Events are listed once – in the quarter in which they first occur. This listing is changed quarterly. Submissions for the next quarter (July, August, and September, 2008) must be received by June 20. If you know of any such events in your area, please forward the information to laura.travis@case.edu and provide the following information:
Name of event, location, sponsor, time, date, duration, and a short description, link to further information.
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