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The proceedings of the 6th annual History of Medicine Days : held on 20-21 March, 1997 in the Auditorium, Foothills Hospital, Calgary AB / [edited by Peter Cruse].

Author/creator Annual History of Medicine Days (Conference) (University of Calgary) 1997 : Calgary, Alta.)
Other author/creatorCruse, Peter.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info[Calgary] : Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, [1997]
Descriptionvii, 215 pages ; 28 cm
Subject(s)
Cover title History of medicine days, Calgary, 1997.
Added title page Proceedings of the Calgary History of Medicine Days, 1997.
Contents Ch. 1. Engineering & public health in Rome / Jacob Jaremko -- Ch. 2. Herophilus of Alexandria / Scott Forsyth -- Ch. 3. Serpent in Ancient Healing / Aviva Goldberg -- Ch. 4. Circumcision - old & new / Kamil Haider -- Ch. 5. Hippocrates - bone & joint injuries / Steve Tsekrekos -- Ch. 6. Black death / Sasha Cuk -- Ch. 7. Stigma of Leprosy / Ian Digby -- Ch. 8. Spanish influenza in Halifax / Jane Lewis -- Ch. 9. Leprosy in Canada / Melanie Stapleton -- Ch. 10. Tuskeegee syphilis study / Michael Feldman -- Ch. 11. Auenbrugger & percussion / Reid Wiest -- Ch. 12. Withering & digitalis / Grant Peters -- Ch. 13. Bloodletting & the practice of Broussais / Jullian Baker -- Ch. 14. Sphygmomanometer / Sarah Binder -- Ch. 15. Jenner, Parry & coronary artery disease / Sherese Ali -- Ch. 16. History of anaesthesia / Jo-Anne Attard -- Ch. 17. Harold Griffiths & curare / Fiona Mattatall -- Ch. 18. First anaesthetics / Jordan Cohen -- Ch. 19. Nikolai Ivanovich Pirigov & the Crimea / Anna Tinker -- Ch. 20. King James IV & medicne / Yvette Leung -- Ch. 21. Ancient East Indian Medicine / Uma Belgaumkar -- Ch. 22. Popularity of herbal medicines / Sarah Thompson -- Ch. 23. Marfan syndrome & music / Alan Abraham -- Ch. 24. Rest cure of Silas Weir Mitchell / Helene Gagne / Ch. 25. Dr. J.R. Sutton / Christopher Denny -- Ch. 26 Discovery of insulin / Suzanne Vaillancourt -- Ch. 27. Medical care in the NW Rebellion / Kerry Parker -- Ch. 28. Sanity of Louis Riel / Vivan Kilvert -- Ch. 29. Medicine in the Klondike gold rush / Janine Przysiezny -- Ch. 30. Ramon y Cajal / Carla Garcia -- Ch. 31. Who was Domagk? / Sharon Ong -- Ch. 32. Vascular access & James Cimino / Ted Everson -- Ch. 33. Contributions of Willem Kolff / Bryan Watson -- Ch. 34. Alexander Fleming's Legend / Sarah Weeks -- Ch. 35 Medical research through auto-experimentation / Sonel Patel -- Ch. 36. Dr. Norman Bethune: an enigma / Kristine Stewart -- Ch. 37. Hermann Von Helmhotz / Suzanne Yanivker.
Local noteLaupus-Retained for historical purposes.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
Acquisitions source Laupus- Todd Savitt collection

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