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Conference: A History of the Medical Book
Friday, Nov. 16, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 17, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
This conference brings together a range of perspectives on medical texts that emphasize their lives as books, bringing together the disciplines of the history of medicine and of book history. Speakers will explore a wide variety of medical genres in diverse chronological contexts, posing questions about change and continuity in the nature of the medical book. Rothenberg Hall
Registration for this 2-day conference is $25, with an optional buffet lunch each day for $20.
Conference registration is $10 for current Huntington docents, and free for current Long-Term Fellows and students with a current Student I.D. Please bring your current I.D. to event day check-in. Students, please note school affiliation after your name when registering.
Conference Schedule
FRIDAY, NOV. 16
9:15 a.m. - Registration & Coffee
9:45 a.m. - Welcome: Steve Hindle (The Huntington)
Opening Remarks: Mary Fissell (Johns Hopkins University)
10 a.m. - Session 1: Becoming Canonical
Moderator: Joel Klein (The Huntington)
Daniel Margócsy (Cambridge University)
Vesalius Copied
Carin Berkowitz (Chemical Heritage Foundation)
Anatomy, Descriptive and Surgical - A Textbook for All Classrooms?
12 p.m. - Lunch
1 p.m. - Session 2: Books in Practice - Breakout Sessions
Options:
Teaching with Rare Books
After Vesalius
Manuscripts to Print
Making an Early Modern Book
Tour of Conservation Department
Self-Guided Scavenger Hunt on Book History
1:45 p.m. - Break
2 p.m. - Session 3: Books as Technologies
Moderator: Daniel Lewis (The Huntington)
Carla Bittel (Loyola Marymount University)
Boxes of Traits and Volumes of Knowledge: Phrenology Books as Medical Technologies
Projit Mukharji (University of Pennsylvania)
Written in Red: Red Ink, Print Culture and Therapeutic Mantras
Wendy Kline (Purdue University)
Mimeographed Medicine: Alternative Birth Newsletters in the 1970s
SATURDAY, NOV. 17
9:30 a.m. - Registration & Coffee
10 a.m. - Session 4: Readers & Reception
Moderator: Jessica Rosenberg (University of Miami)
Jennifer Richards (Newcastle University)
Speaking Cures
Mary Fissell
Under the Bed and in the Factory Canteen: 20th-Century Readers of Aristotles Masterpiece
12 p.m. - Lunch
1 p.m. - Session 5: Becoming Print
Moderator: Seth LeJacq (Duke University)
Lori Jones (University of Ottawa)
The Changing Language of Plague Treatises
Kathleen Crowther (University of Oklahoma)
Gabriele Zerbis De generatione embrionis"
3 p.m. - Break
3:15 p.m. - Session 6: Knowledge in Motion
Moderator: Mary Terrall (UCLA)
Harold Cook (Brown University)
The Importance of Translation in English Medical Publishing in the 17th Century
Nancy Tomes (Stony Brook)
The Medical Reference Book: from Physician Mainstay to Consumer Bible
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LocationRothenberg Hall, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens (View)
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
United States
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| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: Yes! |
| Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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