2006 History of Medicine Presentations

To view a list of upcoming presentations, go to our History of Medicine Presentations page.

Spring 2006

Abortion in the Old West: The Trials of Dr. Edwin S. Kellogg

Todd Savitt, PhD (Professor of Medical Humanities, Brody School of Medicine)
January 17, 2006
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Eponyms of the Acute Abdomen

Ben Gersh (4th Year Student, Brody School of Medicine)
February 14, 2006
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Watchful Vigilance: The Development of Critical Care Units 1950-1970

Julie Fairman, PhD, RN, FAAN (Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania)
March 21, 2006
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Early History of Radiation Therapy

Marc Randall, MD (Director, Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center)
April 18, 2006
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Fall 2006

Using Primary Documents to Explore the Past: Health and Medicine in the Slave South

Todd Savitt, PhD (Professor, Medical Humanities)
August 28, 2006
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Diabetes and the Discovery of Insulin: A Historical Review

Robert Tanenberg, MD (Professor, Internal Medicine)
September 25, 2006
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How Laryngeal Cancer Changed the Course of History: The Unfortunate Story of Dr. Morell Mackenzie

Omur Cinar Elci, MD, PhD (Associate Professor, Division of Community Health and Preventive Medicine)
October 23, 2006
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The Early History of Commercial Biotechnology

Sally Smith Hughes, Ph.D. (Historian of Science, Bancroft Library, University of California and 2006-2007 National Humanities Center Fellow)
November 9, 2006
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Malaria in Italy ca. A.D. 450

Frank Romer, PhD. (Professor and Chair, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures)
November 27, 2006
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