To view a list of upcoming presentations, go to our
History of Medicine Presentations page.
Using Primary Documents to Explore the Past: Health and Medicine in the Slave South
Presenter: Todd Savitt, PhD (Professor, Medical Humanities)
Date: August 28, 2006
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Diabetes and the Discovery of Insulin: A Historical Review
Presenter: Robert Tanenberg, MD (Professor, Internal Medicine)
Date: September 25, 2006
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How Laryngeal Cancer Changed the Course of History: The Unfortunate Story of Dr. Morell Mackenzie
Presenter: Omur Cinar Elci, MD, PhD (Associate Professor, Division of Community Health
and Preventive Medicine)
Date: October 23, 2006
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The Early History of Commercial Biotechnology
Presenter: Sally Smith Hughes, Ph.D. (Historian of Science, Bancroft Library, University of
California and 2006-2007 National Humanities Center Fellow)
Date: November 9, 2006
History of Medicine Lecture. Not recorded
Malaria in Italy ca. A.D. 450
Presenter: Frank Romer, PhD. (Professor and Chair, Department of Foreign Languages
and Literatures)
Date: November 27, 2006
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Four Temperaments, Five Elements: Comparisons and Contrasts Between Eastern and Western Humoral Theory
Presenter: Jeffrey Pierce, MD (Clinical Assistant Professor for Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation)
Date: January 22, 2007
Listen to audio recordingHerbal Diplomats: Nursing during the American Botanical Movement 1830-1860
Presenter: Martha Libster, PhD, RN, CNS (Associate Professor, ECU School of Nursing)
Date: February 26, 2007
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The History of Public Health in North Carolina: An Overview
Presenter: E. Daniel Shingleton, MSW (ECU School of Social Work and Barton Weekend
College Program)
Date: March 26, 2007
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Get the Lead Out! A Brief and Highly Selective History of Lead Poisoning
Presenter: Bruce Johnson, MD (Professor of Medicine & Vice Chair for Education; Director,
Division of General Internal Medicine)
Date: April 23, 2007
View presentation*How Gender Changed the History of Medicine
Presenter: Regina Morantz-Sanchez, Ph.D (Professor of History, University of Michigan)
Date: April 30, 2007
Lecture associated with "Changing the Face of Medicine: Celebrating America's Women
Physicians" traveling exhibition
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