Meetings and Seminars
of the
John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society, Inc.
2002-2003 Calendar

Feb 5, 2003
Wednesday

Using Extirpations to Understand the Human Motor Cortex (1886-1945): Horsley, Foerster and Bucy
By Dr. Joel Vilensky, Ph.D.
IU School of Medicine Fort Wayne Center
Location: Ruth Lilly Medical Library Room 301-302
Presentation: 4:00 pm with refreshments at 3:30 pm.
March 3, 2003
Monday

Pictorial History of Central State Hospital
by Dr. Charles Hazelrigg, DDS
Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatric Dentistry

Location: Ruth Lilly Medical Library 301-302
Presentation: 4:00 pm with refreshments at 3:30 pm

March 27, 2003
Thursday

Jack D. Welsh, M.D.: An Author's Discussion about writing about medicine and the Civil War.
He has served as Professor of Medicine at the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.  His investigation into the medical histories of both Union and Confederate officers assists in delineating information about their lives and the practice of medicine at the time.  He is the author of Tarnished Scalpels, Medical Histories of Union Generals and Medical Histories of Confederate Generals.
Location: Ruth Lilly Medical Library Room 301-302
Presentation: 4:00 pm with refreshments at 3:30 pm
April 8, 2003
Tuesday
New But Not Neccessarily Better: Reflections on Innovations in Medicine
by Suzanne Knoeble, M.D.
Herman C. & Ellnore D. Krannert Professor of Medicine
Emeritus, IU School of Medicine
Location: Ruth Lilly Medical Library Room 301
Presentation: 4:00 pm with refreshments at 3:30 pm
  Check the IUPUI Campus Calendar for seminars or special events sponsored by Medical Ethics & Humanities Group, Indiana University.
Your suggestions for speakers and topics are always welcome.
Contact: billings@iupui.edu or (317) 274-2076

 


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