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Moses Maimonides, Medical Doctor and Author: Aspects of His Work, Medical Training, Theory, and Practice

153 Rubenstein Library, Duke University

Trent History of Medicine Lecture Series Presents Gerrit Bos, PHD Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Martin Buber Institute for Jewish Studies, University of Cologne "Moses Maimonides, medical doctor and author: aspects of his work, medical training, theory, and practice" Room 153, Rubenstein Library, Duke University Rabbi Moses ben Maimon, most commonly known as … Read more

Contraception Crossroads: Health Workers Encounter Family Planning in Mid-20th Century Latin America

Duke University Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room Rubenstein Library Room 153 411 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, United States

Trent History of Medicine Lecture Series: Contraception Crossroads: Health Workers Encounter Family Planning in Mid-20th Century Latin America Between the 1930s and the 1970s, health workers of different types began to embrace, slowly and selectively, the value of smaller families for all people in the region as well as to become used to new types of contraceptive technologies. What … Read more

Arabic Medicine Conquers Latin Europe, 1050-1300: Methods and Motives, a symposium.

Rubenstein Library Duke University

Thursday, November 1: Rubenstein Library, RM 153 5PM: Exhibit tour With curators Sean Swanick and Rachel Ingold   5:30PM: Keynote lecture Cristina Alvarez Millán of the UNED (Madrid), "Arabic Medicine in the World of Classical Islam: Growth & Achievement" Reception to follow   Friday, November 2: Rubenstein Library, RM 249 10AM-2PM Symposium featuring: Eliza Glaze … Read more

The Newest Negroes: Black Doctors and the Desegregation of Harlem Hospital, 1919-1935.

Duke University Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room Rubenstein Library Room 153 411 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, United States

Adam Biggs will present "The Newest Negroes: Black Doctors and the Desegregation of Harlem Hospital, 1919-1935."   Adam Biggs is faculty at the University of South Carolina Lancaster where he teaches African American Studies and US History. His research examines black doctors and their efforts to address the problem of race in early 20th century … Read more