Issue No.64

October 2000

GREETINGS FROM THE PRESIDENT

The most exciting times for the AAHM are, of course, our yearly meetings, where we renew friendships, make new acquaintances, learn about and discuss the new work in our field. I hope you are all still energized by the meetings in Bethesda.

But the annual meeting represents only part of what our society and its members do. The work of our commit-tees, addressing the nuts and bolts of keeping our field healthy all year, year in and year out, is unsung and vital to our continuing success. I want to take this opportunity to thank all those members who have agreed to serve on committees this year and those who have served in the past, adding extra commitments to their already busy lives. You are the ones whose dedication defines our lasting work. I especially want to thank Todd Savitt, our secretary-treasurer, whose year-round job puts him at the very center of the association’s activities. But there are very many more of you whose contributions, year after year, keep the AAHM going. Without members’ spirit of volunteerism, we could not long survive as a history of medicine community.

I also want to mention those of you who took the time to respond to my last Greetings with helpful comments and offers of support. I appreciate all the emails I received, and plan to put their suggestions into the hands of those who can best make use of them. Let me update you on the two ad-hoc committees that I wrote about in my last message: the first, exploring a possible connection with the American Council of Learned Societies, will be chaired by Allan Brandt; the second, suggesting proactive ways to expand teaching in the history of medicine, will be chaired by Charlotte Borst. Both hope to make reports to the Council by the time of the next meeting, and members will have ample opportunity for responses.

I know that our association has faced some significant divisions in the past, often along an MD/PhD fault line but also highlighting other differences. I want you all to know that I am deeply committed to making everyone feel more welcome and valued in the AAHM. We need each other and we need all the strengths each person can bring to our common endeavors. I will work to keep communication open on all the issues our members find valuable, on all the association’s committees’ work, and in general among our various members. I see whatever differences we have among us in training, scholarly interests, or political commitments as strengths as long as we respect one another and are willing to keep in touch. The diversity represented by our full member-ship contains the many facets of our community, all parts of which provide important components to the rich-ness of our field. I am eager to help move the association in the direction of greater openness and acceptance. Toward that end, I would like to hear from you about your concerns, but even more about your hopes and your visions for our association. You can email me at “jwleavit@facstaff.wisc.edu”.

Judy Leavitt

AAHM NEWS

As this issue went to press we were sadden to learn of the death of J. Worth Estes, M.D., long time Secretary – Treasurer of the AHHM. A detailed announcement will be included in the March 2001 NewsLetter.

74th Annual Meeting

Charleston, South Carolina in 2001

Charleston is preparing to welcome AAHM for the 74th Annual Meeting April 19-22, 2001. Co-hosts for this meeting are the College of Charleston and the Medical University of South Carolina. Charleston has been host to AAHM twice, in 1960 and 1974. The conference hotel will be the Westin Francis Marion, which adjoins the Lightsey Conference Center of the College of Charleston. Because Charleston is a popular destination in April, you are encouraged to make reservations early. We expect registration packets to be mailed in early January, but for those who would like to get a head start, hotel reservations can be made by calling the hotel directly (843) 722-0600. You must ask for in-house reservations. The hotel web site address is “http://www.westin.com”. Be sure to mention that you are with the AAHM group. Conference rates are available two days before and two days after the conference, based on availability, for those who would like to extend their visit to the area in order to see more of the local attractions. Steeped in history, Charleston is often called “a living museum.” The entire area is a never-ending feast for the senses, with history serving as the main course. The past and the present are intertwined and history unfolds around each and every corner. Formal gardens magnify the beauty of stately, centuries-old homes.

The co-hosts are both established institutions. The College of Charleston was founded in 1770 and is the oldest institution of higher education in the state of South Carolina and the thirteenth oldest in the United States. The residence of the president of the College at 6 Glebe Street, called the Robert Smith House, was built in 1770.

The College’s first classes met in this house. The College administration is housed in Randolph Hall, which was built in 1828. The College grew from an original class of about a dozen students to a student body of 500, until the late 20th century, when growth exploded to the current level of approximately 11,000. Sessions for the AAHM meeting will take place on the College of Charleston campus in The Lightsey Conference Center. The Medical College of South Carolina was created by the South Carolina Legislature in 1823. It is one of the schools that survived Abraham Flexner’s report, though the report was not very favorable and did instigate some changes for the institution. The primary change was that of conversion from a proprietary school to a state sup-ported institution. Over the years schools were added: Pharmacy, Nursing, Graduate Studies, Allied Health and Dental Medicine. These led to the change in status, to the Medical University of South Carolina, in 1969. The Medical University of South Carolina, including the teaching hospital, is currently the largest single employer in the area.

The Local Arrangements Committee invites you to come, escape the snow and cold and steep yourself in his-tory, medical and otherwise, and enjoy spring in Charleston and a taste of southern hospitality. Web sites which may be of interest to you are the Waring Historical Library: “http://waring.library.musc.edu/” & the Charleston community: “www.charlestoncvb.com/” or “www.charleston.net/charlestoncity/” .

The AAHM NewsLetter is published three times a year by the American Association for the History of Medi-cine, Inc., and distributed free of charge to the membership.

AAHM Officers

Judith W. Leavitt, PhD, President

Kenneth M. Ludmerer, MD, Vice President

Todd L. Savitt, PhD, Secretary-Treasurer

The Association’s website is “www.histmed.org”.

Address all correspondence regarding the NewsLetter to:

Dale C. Smith, PhD, Editor

Department of Medical History

The Uniformed Services University

4301 Jones Bridge Road, Bethesda, MD 20814-4799

E-mail:”DCSMITH@USUHS.MIL”,Phone: 301-295-3168

FAX: 301-295-3351

News items of 250 words or less are invited and may be submitted by e-mail (preferred), Fax, or regular mail. Deadlines: February 10, June 10,

September 10.

AAHM Council and Committee Roster

COUNCIL MEMBERS:

Executive Committee: Pres: Judith W. Leavitt

VP: Kenneth Ludmerer

Sec-Treas: Todd L. Savitt

Council: (1998-2001)

Jacalyn M. Duffin

Janet L. Golden

Robert L. Martensen

Keith Wailoo

(1999-2002)

Rima D. Apple

James J. Bono

Susan C. Lawrence

Sherwin B. Nuland

(2000-2003)

Anne-Emanuelle Birn

Harry Marks

Naomi Rogers

Nancy Siraisi

COMMITTEES:

Committee on Annual Meetings

William Summers - Chair

James Bono

Charlotte Borst

K. Codell Carter

Amalie Kass

Alison Li

Estes Prize Committee

John Parascandola - Chair

John Swann

John Riddle

Finance Committee

William Helfand - Chair

Thomas Bonner

Margaret Marsh

Garrison Lecture Committee

Susan Lederer - Chair

H. Hughes Evans

David Barnes

Barron Lerner

Martha Baldwin

Lifetime Achievement Award

Ann LaBerge - Chair

Bruce Fye

Barbara Rosenkrantz Local Arrangements Committee

2001 (Charleston):

Curtis Worthington - Co-chair

Peter McCandless - Co-chair

Jane Brown

Timothy Fitzharris

H. Biemann Othersen, Jr.

John Newell, Jr.

Amy McCandless

Charles Bryan

Elizabeth Young Newsom

Kay Carter

Rachel Tebalt

2002 (Kansas City):

Robert Martensen - Chair Newsletter:

Dale Smith - Editor Nominating Committee

(2000-02):

Margaret Humphreys - Chair

Thomas Gariepy

Amalie Kass Osler Medal Committee

Robert Kaiser - Chair

Ann Carmichael

Christopher Crenner

Chris Feudtner

Jennifer Gunn

Pressman-Burroughs Wellcome Award

Gert Brieger - Chair

Rosemary Stevens

Gerald Grob

Program Committee

2001:

Rima Apple - Co-chair

Janet Golden - Co-chair

Warwick Anderson

Jacalyn Duffin

Monica Green

Maneesha Lal

Peter McCandless (liaison with LAC)

2002:

Nancy Tomes - Co-chair

Harold Cook - Co-chair

David Barnes

Joel Braslow

Linda Payne

Leslie Reagan

Robert Martensen (liaison with LAC)

Shryock Medal Committee

Thomas Broman - Chair

Joel Howell

Barbara Clow

Monica Green

Susan Smith Webmaster

Susan Lawrence

Welch Medal Committee:

Mary Lindemann – Chair

Chandak Sengoopta

Rosemary Stevens

Micaela Sullivan-Fowler

George Weisz

Electronic Media

Russell Maulitz - Chair

William Helfand

Joel Howell

Ed Morman

David Pearson

Christine Ruggere

Susan Lawrence

Ad-Hoc Committee on the Program

Harry Marks - Chair

Sherwin Nuland

Susan Lawrence

Robert Martensen

Susan Rishworth

Ad-Hoc Committee on ACLS Membership

Allan Brandt - Chair

H. Hughes Evans

Martin Pernick

Ad-Hoc Committee on Education and Training

Charlotte Borst - Chair

Chester Burns

Jo Hayes

Philip Wilson

Caroline Shapiro-Shapin

James Mohr

Ad-Hoc Committee on Welch Medal Guidelines

Caroline Hanaway – Chair

Philip Tiegen

Thomas Benedek

The Estes Award has been established in honor of J. Worth Estes in recognition of his many years of invaluable contributions to the AAHM and to scholarship in the history of medicine. The award will be made annually for the best published paper in the history of pharmacology during the previous two years, whether appearing in a journal or a book collection of papers. The choice of topic reflects Worth Estes’ long tenure as Professor of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics at Boston University and his own scholarship in the history of pharmacology. For the purpose of this award, the history of pharmacology will be broadly defined to include ancient and traditional materia medica, folk medicines, herbal medicines, the pharmaceuticals and medications of the modern era, pharmaceutics, and the like. It shall encompass the discovery of medicaments, basic investi-

gations regarding them, their characteristics and properties, their preparation, and their therapeutic applications. While the Committee will be monitoring relevant journals and books where such papers might appear, they welcome nominations of papers that would be eligible for consideration. The nomination should consist of a letter citing the work nominated, along with a copy of the paper. For the current award, candidate papers will be those published in 1999 and 2000. Nominations should be directed to the Chair of the Committee: Dr. John Parascandola, Public Health Service Historian, 18-23 Parklawn Building, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Nominations must be received by the Committee Chair by January 16, 2001. The award will be pre-sented at the annual meeting of the AAHM in the form of a written acknowledgment. As a result of a generous contribution in honor of Worth Estes from one of our members, the award will be accompanied by a check for $500.

Osler Medal Essay Contest, 2001 -- The William Osler Medal is awarded annually for the best unpublished essay on a medical historical topic written by a student enrolled in a school of medicine or osteopathy in the United States or Canada. First awarded in 1942, the medal commemorates Sir William Osler, who stimulated an interest in the humanities among medical students and physicians. The writer of the winning essay will be invited to attend the 2001 AAHM meeting 19-22 April in Charleston, SC, where the medal will be conferred. Reasonable travel expenses will be provided, as will a two-year complimentary membership in the AAHM. If the Osler Medal Committee also selects an essay for honorable mention, its author will receive a two-year com-plimentary membership in the Association.

All students who are candidates for the degree of Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy, or are gradu-ates of the class of 2000, are eligible. The essay must have been written while the entrant was a student in good standing. Students who are currently enrolled, or have been enrolled, in graduate studies in history, the humani-ties, or the social sciences are not eligible for the competition. Such persons may be eligible for the Richard Shryock Medal.

Essays may pertain to the historical development of a contemporary medical problem, or to a topic within the health sciences related to a discrete period of the past, and should demonstrate either original research or an un-usual appreciation and understanding of the problems discussed. The essay (maximum 10,000 words, including endnotes) must be entirely the work of one contestant.

The required contest submission form (for substantiation of student status) and rules must first be obtained ei-ther from the AAHM website (www.histmed.org/Awards) or from the Osler Medal Committee chair: Robert M. Kaiser, MD, Durham VA Medical Center, GRECC (182), 508 Fulton Street, Durham, NC 27707. Entries must be postmarked no later than 1 February 2001.

Shryock Medal Essay Contest, 2001 -- Graduate students in the United States and Canada are invited to enter the Shryock Medal Essay Contest. The medal honors Richard Harrison Shryock (1893-1972), a pioneer among historians interested in the history of medicine. The award is given for an outstanding, unpublished essay by a single author on any topic in the history of medicine. The essay must be the result of original research or show

an unusual appreciation and understanding of problems in the history of medicine. In particular, the committee will judge essays on the quality of writing, appropriate use of sources, and ability to address themes of historical significance.

The winner will be invited to attend the 2001 meeting of the Association, 19-22 April in Charleston, SC, where the medal will be conferred. Reasonable travel expenses for the winner will be provided, as will a two-year complimentary membership in the AAHM. If the Shryock Medal Committee also selects an essay for honorable mention, its author will receive a two-year complimentary membership in the AAHM.

Students must be enrolled in a graduate program at the time of submission. (Students who are currently eligible for the Association’s Osler Medal competition for medical students are not eligible for the Shryock Medal).

Interested students must obtain guidelines and an application form from the Shryock Medal Committee chair. Be sure to include your mailing address. Prof. Thomas Broman, Department of the History of Medicine, 1420 Medical Sciences Center, 1300 University Drive, Madison, Wisconsin 53706; or electronically at: “thbroman@facstaff.wisc.edu”. Essays must be postmarked no later than 1 February 2000.

FELLOWSHIPS/GRANTS

Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History invites applications for its 2001-2002 fellowships from scholars who are interested in contributing to our theme “Exceptional by Nature: American Science and Medi-cine, 1500-1900”. Our goal is to bring together scholars interested in how arguments over America’s natural world affected definitions of American science and medicine, as well as politics and culture. Topics may be interdisciplinary and could discuss a broad range of contexts. Applicants must not be degree candidates at any institution, and should have a PhD or equivalent degree. Preference will be given to those who can accept a full year fellowship. Fellows are members of the University, with access to the Harvard libraries and other facilities, and a private office with telephone in the Center. Stipends are individually determined. Completed applications are due in the Center by January 15, 2001; decisions will be announced in early March. Applications may be obtained by writing to the Administrator, Charles Warren Center, Emerson Hall 4th floor, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138; phone: (617)-496-2111 or email “cwc@fas.harvard.edu” an application is also available at our website: “http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~cwc”.

Each year the New York Academy of Medicine offers the Paul Klemperer Fellowship and the Audrey and Wil-liam H. Helfand Fellowship to support work in history and the humanities as they relate to medicine, the bio-medical sciences, and health. The Klemperer Fellowship supports research using the Academy Library as a his-torical resource. It is intended specifically for a scholar in residence in the collections of the Academy Library. The Helfand Fellowship more broadly supports work in the humanities, including both creative projects dealing with health and the medical enterprise, and scholarly research in a humanistic discipline – excluding history -- as applied to medicine and health. Although residence is not obligatory, preference in the selection process will

be given applicants whose projects require use of the resources of the Academy Library and who plan to spend time at the Academy.

The Helfand Fellowship and the Klemperer Fellowship each provide stipends of up to $5,000 to support travel, lodging and incidental expenses for a flexible period between June 1, 2001and May 31, 2002. Applicants may compete for either the Klemperer or the Helfand Fellowship, but not both. Applications must be received by the Academy by February 5, 2001; candidates will be informed of the results by May 31, 2001. More informa-tion on the fellowship programs is available on the World Wide Web at “www.nyam.org/history/libfell.html”. The application form and instructions for completing it are available at “www.nyam.org/history/histinstr.html”. Requests for further information should be addressed to: Office of the Associate Librarian for Historical Collec-tions and Programs, New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10029. Email: “his-tory@nyam.org”. Telephone: 212-822-7314.

The Department of the History of Medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison will have funds available for one Maurice L. Richardson Graduate Fellowship for the 2001-2002 academic year. This fellowship is open to qualified students specializing in the history of medicine or combining the history of medicine with history or the history of science. The fellowship provides for remission of out-of-state tuition. For further information, contact Ronald L. Numbers, Chair, Department of the History of Medicine, 1432 MSC, 1300 University Av-enue, Madison, WI 53706, (608) 262-3701, email: rnumbers@med.wisc.edu.

Bakken Visiting Research Fellowships -- The Bakken Library and Museum in Minneapolis offers visiting research fellowships for the purpose of facilitating scholarly research in its collection of books, journals, manu-scripts, prints, and instruments. The focus of the Bakken’s collection is on the history of electricity and magne-tism and their applications in the life sciences and medicine. Related materials include mesmerism and animal magnetism, 19th-century ephemera concerning alternative electromedical therapies, letters of various scientists, and trade catalogues. The instruments include electrostatic generators, magneto-electric generators, induc-tion coils, physiological instruments, recording devices, and accessories. The fellowship payis a maximum of $1,300 and is to be used to help defray the expenses of travel, subsistence, and other direct costs of conducting research at The Bakken. The minimum period of residence is one week. The next deadline is February 1, 2001. For further details contact: David J. Rhees, Executive Director, The Bakken Library and Museum, 3537 Zenith Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55416, USA; (telephone: 612-926-3878, extension 213; fax: 612-927-7265; e-mail: rhees@thebakken.org; www.thebakken.org).

The American Osler Society William B. Bean Student Research Award for support of research in the broad areas of medical history and medical humanism. Completed applications should be received by March 15, 2001. For more information, please contact Charles S. Bryan, MD, Secretary-Treasurer, American Osler Society, Depart-ment of Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Two Medical Park, Suite 502, Columbia, SC 29203.

NEWS

The National Institutes of Health History Office and DeWitt Stetten, Jr., Museum of Medical Research is pleased to announce two new recipients of John J. Pisano Travel Grants. Dr. Nikola Biller-Andorno, of the Department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine, University of Goettingen, Germany, will pursue a proj-ect on the history of the Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI) program within the National Human Genome Research Institute as an case study in the institutionalization of bioethics. Ingrid Farreras, a doctoral candidate in the Psychology Department, University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire, will investigate the role of the National Institute of Mental Health in the emergence of the scientist-clinician (“Boulder”) model for training in clinical psychology. Pisano grant applications will now be accepted at any time and will be reviewed quarterly. For more information on the program, please see “http://www.nih.gov/od/museum/grants/pisano/.”

Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London -- This month saw the es-tablishment of the world’s largest centre for the study of the history of medicine. Part of the Department of Anatomy & Developmental Biology at University College London, the Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine aims to build on and develop the international renown its predecessor, the Academic Unit of the Wellcome Trust, has already achieved. For more information about the Centre, its own website will be available shortly at “www.ucl.ac.uk/histmed”.

American Association for the History of Nursing awarded its prestigious Lavinia L. Dock award to Mary T. Sarnecky for the book, A History of the US Army Nurse Corps. The book was published in 1999 by the Uni-versity of Pennsylvania Press. Long overdue, the book provides a detailed account of the contributions and accomplishments of the US Army Nurse Corps from its beginning in 1901 through the Vietnam Era. The Dock award is given to recognize outstanding historical scholarship and writing. Dr. Sarnecky is a retired Colonel, US Army Nurse Corps. The Teresa E. Christy Award for outstanding historical research and writing by a student was presented to Cynthia Connolly for her dissertation on the pediatric tuberculosis preventorium movement in the US from 1909 to 1951. Dr. Connolly received her PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in December 1999. The American Association for the History of Nursing also presented two research grants. The Society for Nursing History Research Award went to Tom Olson for a project involving oral histories of Hawaiian nurses. Dr. Olsen is an Associate Professor at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and has conducted numerous historical research projects. The Student Research Award was presented to Marjorie Porter for her dissertation research on the history of DePauw University School of Nursing. Porter is a doctoral student at Indiana University and an Assistant Professor at the University of Indianapolis School of Nursing.

The History of Medicine Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is celebrating its 50th birthday on October 27-28, 2000. Dr. Erwin Ackerknecht was appointed the first professor of the history of medicine in 1950, establishing the second Department of the History of Medicine in the country. Since that time, the de-partment has maintained a tradition of academic excellence in the history of medicine, as well as serving as the home for a prominent program in medical ethics. Today these programs are recognized as leaders in research and education world wide. To celebrate 50 years of excellence in teaching and research, a Jubilee program is scheduled with a University Lecture by Guenter Risse (faculty 1971-85) on Friday afternoon followed by a reception and historical books exhibit. Saturday features an all-day program of speakers who have received advanced degrees through the History of Medicine Department at Wisconsin.. A gala banquet Saturday evening features Charles E. Rosenberg (B.A., 1956, L.D.H., 1977) highlighting the accomplishments of our “Found-

ing Fathers.” Additional information about the Department, its program, and faculty can be found at “www.medsch.wisc.edu/medhist/.”

LIBRARIES/MUSEUMS “Frankenstein: Mary Shelley’s Dream” -- The Bakken celebrated its 25th Anniversary with the opening of a new, permanent Frankenstein exhibit. Step back to the early 1800s, when a young Mary Shelley put pen to paper and created Frankenstein. The Bakken’s exhibit is a return to the original novel through a historically ac-curate recreation of Frankenstein’s laboratory and Shelley’s study. For information, contact the Bakken at (612) 926-3878 or visit us online at “www.thebakken.org”.

National Library of Medicine Exhibit -- When Elizabeth Blackwell graduated from Geneva Medical College in Geneva, N.Y., in 1849, she became the first woman to complete a medical course and receive the degree of M.D. The National Library of Medicine has prepared an attractive poster exhibit to celebrate this noteworthy occasion. It is available for loan. The poster is 8’ x 4’ and can be attached to an easel or wall with Velcro strips. For information contact Monique Young: “monique_young@nlm.nih.gov” phone: 301 435-8498.

RESEARCH NEWS

HISTLINE has long been the one-stop location for searching all types of materials related to the history of medicine. As part of the National Library of Medicine’s (NLM) program to modernize its computer systems and to implement its integrated library system, HISTLINE, together with NLM’s other special databases, is being phased out as a separate NLM database. By the end of 2000, online citations to NLM’s historical literature that will have until then been stored in HISTLINE are expected to have been moved and made searchable online as follows:

1. Monographs:

Old citations to historical monographs (including books, audiovisuals, serials, book chapters, and meeting pa-pers) have already been moved to LOCATORplus, NLM’s web-based online public access catalog, where they may be searched separately from now on, along with newly created citations. Search LOCATORplus at

“http://www/nlm.nih.gov/locatorplus/locatorplus.html”.

2. Journal Articles:

Old citations to journals are to be moved to PubMed, NLM’s web-based retrieval system, tentatively by the end of 2000, where they may be searched separately along with newly created citations. Search PubMed at “http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed”.

3. Integrated History Searches:

By the end of 2000, NLM also expects to have online citations to both types of historical literature -- journal articles as well as monographs -- again accessible through a single search location when desired. This is to be made possible through “The Gateway,” a new search tool that is now being tested. Search directions will be distributed when they become available. For any questions, contact: History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine Bethesda, Maryland, Reference Desk: (301) 402-8878, email: “hmdref@nlm.nih.gov”.

The Baker-Cederberg Museum and Archives web site has been installed on the viaHealth home page. It can be viewed at: “www.viahealth.org/archives”. The site includes pages on the history of Rochester City/General Hospital, biographies, timeline, a listing of B-C.M.A.’s collections, and other items of interest.

CALLS FOR PAPERS

CHEIRON -- The International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences -- 33rd Annual Meet-ing, 21-24 June 2001, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana. Papers, posters, symposia or workshops may deal with any aspect of the history of the behavioral and social sciences or with related historiographical issues and must be received by 15 January 2001. For more information contact Prof. Marlene Shore, Cheiron Program Chair, Department of History, 2140 Vari Hall, York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, CANADA, M3J 1P3, email:”mshore@yorku.ca”, phone: (416)736-5123, Fax: (416)736-5836.

5th Conference of the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health - “Health and the Child: Care and Culture in History”, 13-16 September 2001, Geneva Medical School, Geneva, Switzerland. Propos-als should be sent by 15 November 2000 to: Bernadino Fantini, Institut Louis Jeantet d’histoire de la médecine, CMU, Case Postale, 1211 Genéve 4, Switzerland. For more information call Mona Guichoud-Abboud, +41-22-702-57-90, fax: +41-22-702-57-92,email: Mona.Guichoud@medecine.unige.ch”.

Occupational Health and Public Health “Lessons from the Past– Challenges for the Future” Norrköping, 6–9 September 2001. For several reasons occupational health and occupational safety became a discipline and a field of its own, involving not only medical and technical expertise, but also politicians, legislators and, after the First World War, trade unions and employers’ associations. However, its roots are also to be found within the general history of public health and the welfare state. That is the reason for the joint effort to organize this conference. For further information write: Norrköping Conference 2001, Att: Maria Arvidsson, Arbetslivsinsti-tutet Laxholmen, S-602 21 Norrköping, Sweden; Fax: +46-13-28 29 95 email: “maria.arvidsson@niwl.se” or “ohphinfo@tema.liu.se” or see the website “http://www.tema.liu.se/ohph/”.

The Society of Civil War Surgeons, Inc., is seeking presenters for its 8th National Conference next year. The

conference will be held March 16-18, 2001, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, at the Radisson Read House Hotel. The Friday pre-conference workshop, to be conducted by Dr. Bruce Evans, will take us on a tour through the U.S. Army Pannier. On Sunday morning, we will have a tour of the Chattanooga Civil War sites, with emphasis on those relating to the medical aspects of this area. Those wishing to present a paper at the conference should submit an abstract, maximum of two (2) typewritten pages, along with biographical data. The subject of the pa-per can be any aspect of Civil War era medicine. Since our conference will be in the Western Theater of the war, papers should, but are not required, to cover subjects of that theater. For further information consult the soci-ety’s website “www.civilwarsurgeons.org”. Please submit your abstracts and biographical data by November 1, 2000, to: The Society of Civil War Surgeons, Inc.; Conference 2001; 539 Bristol Drive, SW; Reynoldsburg, OH 43068.

Division 26 (History of Psychology) of the American Psychological Association (APA) announces a call for proposals for the annual APA convention in San Francisco, California, in August 2001. Deadline for submitting proposals is December 1, 2000; application materials will be available in the September issue of the APA Moni-tor or by request through “convention.apa.org” or 202-336-6020. Paper, poster, and symposium submissions on all topics in the history of psychology are welcome. For more information contact Rachael Rosner, Program Chair, Department of the History of Science, 235 Science Center, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachu-setts 02138 USA. Tel: 617-441-9327, fax: 617-495-3344 or email: “rrosner@fas.harvard.edu”.

LECTURES & SYMPOSIA

The Body, a Historical Category Colloquium in Human Sciences - December 1-2, 2000, University of Lau-sanne. Organized jointly by the Institut romand d’histoire de la médecine et de la santé and the Faculties of letters of the Universities of Lausanne and Geneva, the colloquium will be the occasion of meetings and discus-sions, across traditional academic disciplines, of some of the most stimulating interpreters of the body today, physiologists, historians, anthropologists, philosophers, and sociologists. For information contact: Institut universitaire d’histoire de la médecine, 1, chemin des Falaises, CH-1005 Lausanne; tel. 21 / 314 70 50; fax 21 / 314 70 55.

Nursing History Forums - UVA School of Nursing Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry announces the Fall 2000 schedule of noon hour Nursing History Forums which are free and open to the public. On Wednesday, No-vember 15, 2000, Mary Gibson, RN, MSN, “‘Who Cared?’ Landmarks in Crippled Children’s Care in Virginia, 1910-1940,” For more information, call the Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry @ (804)924-0083.

The Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia, announces the 2000/2001 History of the Health Sciences Lecture Series:

11 October 2000, PAUL WAGNER

“Telling History” The John L. Guerrant History Lecture

29 November 2000, ANN G. CARMICHAEL, MD, PhD, “American Railway Surgery”

7 March 2001 SALLY SQUIRES

“Secret World, Silent People: The Tragedy and Triumph of Carville, Louisiana”

11 April 2001, BARRON H. LERNER, MD, PhD

“The Death of Eleanor Roosevelt: Did Her Doctors Miss the Diagnosis?”

9 May 2001, NUZHET O. ATUK, MD

“A Lifetime Caring for Appalachian Children with Familial Pheochromocytoma and von Hippel-Lindau Dis-ease”

For further information contact Joan Echtenkamp Klein, Assistant Director for Historical Collections and Ser-vices, The Claude Moore Health Sciences Library, University of Virginia Health System, 1300 Jefferson Park Avenue, P.O. Box 800722, Charlottesville, VA 22908-0722; or by telephone at (804) 924-0052; fax at (804) 243-5873; e-mail “jre@virginia.edu” .

The Section on Historical Medicine of the New York Academy of Medicine announces its schedule of monthly public lectures for academic year 2000-2001:

Wednesday, September 27, 2000. Guenter Risse, M.D., Ph.D.:”From Admission to Discharge: The Hospital as House of Rituals.”

Tuesday, October 24, 2000. Barron Lerner, M.D., Ph.D.: “Fighting the War on Breast Cancer in New York City, 1900-2000.”

Wednesday, November 29, 2000. Theodore Brown, Ph.D.: “The Rise and Fall of American Psychosomatics.”

Tuesday, January 16, 2001. (The John K. Lattimer Lecture) Jacalyn Duffin, M.D., Ph.D.: “Saints Cosmos and Damian: An Ancient Therapy Finds New Life in Manhattan (and Howard Beach).”

Wednesday, February 21, 2001. (The Iago Galdston Lecture) Dora Weiner, Ph.D.: “Clinical Medicine in Paris during the Revolution and under Napoleon.”

Tuesday, March 20, 2001. Eugene Flamm, M.D.: “Collecting the History of a Specialty: Neurosurgery, 1517-1867.”

Wednesday, April 11, 2001 Ronald Bayer, Ph.D. and Gerald M. Oppenheimer, Ph.D., M.P.H.: “The Biography of an Epidemic: An Oral History of Doctors & AIDS.”

Tuesday, May 8, 2001. (The Lilianna Sauter Lecture) Kenneth M. Ludmerer, M.A., M.D.: “The Coming of the Second Revolution in Medical Education.”

For further information please contact history@nyam.org or call 212-822-8714.

FOR THE RECORD

The Historical Center for the Health Sciences, University of Michigan hosted a symposium on the history of pediatrics and child health in America. The symposium was September 22-23, 2000, and brought together his-torians of medicine and public health from across the United States and Great Britain in honor of David Murray Cowie, M.D., the first professor of pediatrics at the University of Michigan. Dr. Leon Eisenberg, the preeminent child psychiatrist from Harvard, delivered the keynote address. The conference was organized into four plenary sessions that addressed the following topics: the historical development of pediatrics during the Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, technology and therapeutics, disability, professional standards, and the discovery and treat-ment of new disease entities in the 20th century. Presenters included: Howard Markel, Leon Eisenberg, Rus-sell Viner, Alexandra Minna Stern, Jeffrey Baker, Chris Feudtner, Peter English, Walton O. Shalick III, Jeffrey Brosco, Heather Munro Prescott, Richard Meckel, Janet Golden, and Hughes Evans. Papers presented at the conference will be compiled into a volume tentatively titled ‘Formative Years: Children’s Health in America, 1880-2000,’ to be published by the University of Michigan Press in 2001.

The Section on Medical History of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are pleased to announce the annual Samuel X Radbill Lecture. Peter English, Professor of Pedi-atrics and Professor of History, Duke University spoke on “The Emergence and Disappearance of Rheumatic Fever.” The lecture was held on Wednesday, October 11, 2000, at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, 19 South 22nd Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103-3097.

OUR MEMBERS

The Board of Regents of the University of Michigan has named Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D., the George E. Wantz Professor of the History of Medicine, effective October 1, 2000. A gift of Dr. George E. Wantz, a 1946 graduate of the University of Michigan Medical School and Clinical Professor Emeritus of Surgery at the Cornell Medical College and New York Hospital, this endowed chair is the first time in the University of Michi-gan’s history that a specific professorship in the history of medicine has been created.

Dr. David Cantor has been named the DeWitt Stetten, Jr., Memorial Fellow in the History of Biomedical Sci-ences and Technology for 2000-2001. Previously a Wellcome Research Fellow in the Department of History and Economic History at Manchester Metropolitan University, Dr. Cantor will research the history of the radium loan program that was a part of the original 1937 legislation creating the National Cancer Institute. The Stetten Fellowship is sponsored by the DeWitt Stetten, Jr., Museum of Medical Research at the National Institutes of Health.

POSITIONS AVAILABLE

Two tenure-track assistant professorships in the Federated History Department of New Jersey Institute of Tech-nology and Rutgers University at Newark. Both positions will be based at NJIT in Newark and will begin in September 2001. Fields of specialization are environmental history of North America (including urban environ-mental issues) and the history of public health, but versatility within the history of technology, environment and medicine/health is encouraged for both positions. The department is looking for excellent scholars and teachers who will contribute to NJIT’s growing prominence in this field by participating in a number of exciting new col-laborative degree programs. PhD required, along with promising records of scholarship and teaching. The uni-versity reserves the right to substitute equivalent education and/or experience at its discretion. NJIT is an AA/equal access/EOE and especially encourages applications from women, minorities, and persons with disabilities. Send letter of application, c.v., sample of scholarship and course syllabi, and three letters of recommendation by November 1, 2000, to New Jersey Institute of Technology, Personnel Box FH-AP, University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102-1982.

For further information, contact Richard B. Sher, NJIT Chair - Federated History Department, New Jersey In-

stitute of Technology, University Heights, Newark, NJ 07102-1982;e-mail:”sher@njit.edu”;tel.:973-596-3377; fax:973-762-3039;website:”http://www.njit.edu/Directory/Academic/History/index.html”.

The Department of History and Sociology of Science at the University of Pennsylvania invites applications for its Janice and Julian Bers Professorship, endowed to support a distinguished scholar of the social, cultural, and historical aspects of medicine. Specialization is open, and the successful candidate will be free to offer a broad range of courses to both undergraduate and graduate students. Consideration of applications will begin on No-vember 14, and will continue until the position has been filled. Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, and names of three referees to Search committee Chair, Department of History and Sociology of Science, 303 Logan Hall 249 S. 36th Street, University of Pennsylvania, Phila., PA 19104/6304, USA. The University of Pennsyl-vania is an AA/EOE.

The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine is seeking an eminent academician to lead the Department of History of Science, Medicine & Technology. Applicants should have demonstrated leadership qualities and outstanding abilities in research and teaching. Please send letter of application, curriculum vitae and bibliogra-phy to: Paul McHugh, M.D.,Chairman, History of Science, Medicine & Technology Search Committee, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Avenue, Room 100,SOM, Baltimore, MD 21205-2196. An Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Department of History at Northwestern University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor in the history of science to begin September 2001, pending final administrative approval. The search is open as to field and should be understood to include the history of technology, medicine, and/or behavioral and social sciences. Applications are particularly encouraged from scholars who connect their work to broader histori-cal contexts and themes. Send C.V., transcripts, personal statement, a writing sample (chapter or article), and three confidential letters of recommendation by November 15, 2000 to: History of Science Search Committee, Department of History, Northwestern University, 1881 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60208-2220. Women and members of minority groups are encouraged to apply. AA/EOE Questions only to email address: “p-blasko-vits@northwestern.edu”.

Archivist- Pennsylvania Hospital RESPONSIBILITIES: The archivist maintains the varied collections of Penn-sylvania Hospital including the Archives, the Historic Library, Historic Artifacts Collection, the Fine Art and Antique Furniture collection; provides reference service to historical researchers, hospital staff and the public; oversees the Friends of the Historic Collections organization; creates exhibits, writes and manages grants, gives tours, and provides education. As the nation’s first hospital, Pennsylvania Hospital has amassed an extraordi-narily rich collection of 18th, 19th and 20th century literature, records, photographs, artifacts, and ephemera. For more information visit our website:“www.med.upenn.edu/paharc/”.

QUALIFICATIONS: MLS from an ALA accredited institution or MA in History or Art. Two or more years experience in archival collections, including experience in preservation and conservation techniques. Excellent writing, communications, presentation, research, and organizational skills. Facility with a variety of software

applications and web development skills are required. Strong consideration will be given to candidates with a demonstrated interest or background in the History of Medicine, Nursing, or Philadelphia. Archival Certification by the ACA preferred.

CONTACT: Resume with cover letter, salary requirements, and three references may be faxed, mailed, or e-mailed to: Mary McCann, MLIS, Manager, Library Services, Pennsylvania Hospital, 800 Spruce Street, Three Pine Center, Philadelphia, PA 19107. E-mail: mccannm@pahosp.com

OBITUARIES

Jean Imbert (1919-1999)

Historians of the hospital, of hospital legislation, and of the social history of health in France have lost a learned, wise and compassionate friend. Imbert was trained as a Doctor of Roman Law, wrote a thesis on Canon Law and taught his subject in Nancy and Paris. He then combined his academic role with diplomacy, serving as dean of the Law Faculty of Phnom-Penh, Cambodia, and rector of the University of Yaunde, Cameroon. Called home, he rose to be president of the University of Law, Economics and Social Sciences of Paris II. This learned and kindly man published widely. His Droit hospitalier de la Révolution et de l’Empire (1954) is still essential, his Histoire des hôpitaux en France (1982) is encyclopedic and beautifully illustrated, and with La protection sociale sous la Révolution francaise (1989) he participated in the most recent scholarship in our field. Of his dozen decorations (that he never wore) one might mention Commander of the Legion of Honor and Knight of the Order of Malta. He rose to be president of the National Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. A “Jean Imbert Prize” has just been established by the Société francaise d’histoire des hôpitaux, a society he founded in 1959 together with Marcel Candille: that society produced an invaluable bibliography and is now a lively asso-ciation that issues an informative Bulletin. Ever helpful to students, colleagues and visitors, Imbert was modest, but a stern judge of quality.

Dora B.Weiner

Alex Berman (1914-2000)

Historian of Pharmacy & Therapeutics

Alex Berman, lifetime AAHM member, passed away on June 29, 2000. He received his BS from Fordham University (1947) and his doctorate in historical studies from the University of Wisconsin (1954). His honors include a Guggenheim Fellowship (1958/59), a grant from the National Science Foundation (1963) and the Kre-mers Award for scholarship in the history of pharmacy in 1963. Dr. Berman held faculty positions at the Uni-versity of Michigan, Ann Arbor (1954-1958); the University of Texas at Austin (1961-1968); and the University of Cincinnati as Professor of History and Historical Studies in Pharmacy (1968- 1975). He was the author of numerous scholarly articles on the history of pharmacy and therapeutics and his dissertation on the American botanical medical movement is still widely regarded as a classic in the field. In addition, Berman authored 22 articles for the Dictionary of Scientific Biography on notable French pharmacists. Through his scholarship Ber-

man became America’s preeminent authority on French pharmacy.

Michael A. Flannery

Saul Jarcho (1906-2000)

Dr. Saul Jarcho died in September. Jarcho was simultaneously a significant internist in New York and a major figure in the history of medicine for over sixty years. He served as president of the American Association for the History of Medicine in 1968 and 1969, and had been active in both the Friends of the Rare Book Room and the Section on Historical Medicine of the New York Academy of Medicine. Jarcho was an erudite and witty man, literate in several European and Asian languages, who continued to publish translations and humanities scholarships into his nineties. His most recent book, The Concept of Contagion in Medicine, Literature, and Religion was published by Krieger within the past few weeks. His Clinical Consultations of Francesco Torti ap-peared last year. He headed the Army’s global epidemiology unit during WWII. Eulogists at his funeral made a point that his career as a historian/classicist was longer than his career as a physician, and that he managed to fit a third career in there, for a few years as a military officer.

Ed Morman