The Colloquium on the History of Psychiatry and Medicine offers an opportunity to clinicians, researchers, and historians interested in a historical perspective on their fields to discuss informally historical studies in progress. Below you will find an announcement of this year's unusually rich Colloquium (note meeting rooms for specific dates). Please join us.
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David G. Satin, M.D.
Department of Postgraduate and Continuing Education, McLean Hospital And Center for the History of Medicine, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine present
COLLOQUIUM ON THE HISTORY OF
PSYCHIATRY AND MEDICINE
David G. Satin, M.D., DLFAPA Director
Open to students of history and those valuing a historical perspective on their professions.
September 17 (Countway Library of Medicine, 5th Floor, Minot Room) "The History of Psychiatry and Neurology at the Boston City Hospital and Boston Medical Center"
Michael A. Grodin, M.D.: Professor of Health Law, Bioethics, and Human Rights, Department of Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights, Boston University School of Public Health; Professor of Socio-Medical Sciences, Community Medicine, and Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine
October 15 (Countway Library of Medicine, 5th Floor, Minot Room)
"Check-Up: A History of the Annual Preventive Examination in America and Its Social Context"
Stephen A. Martin, M.D., Ed.M.: Department of Medicine and Community Health, University of Massachusetts School of Medicine; Sara L. Dubow, Ph.D.: Assistant Professor, Department of History, Williams College
November 19 (Medical Education Center Room L-008) "Vitalism and Wilhelm Reich: From Hippocrates to Holistic Healing"
Sebastian Normandin, Ph.D.: Post-Doctoral Fellow in the History of International Health, University of Windsor, Ontario
December 17 (Countway Library of Medicine, 5th Floor, Minot Room) "Foundations of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research and their Legacy for Present Policy"
Grischa Metlay: Doctoral Candidate, Department of the History of Science, Harvard University
4:00 P.M.-5:30 P.M.
Room as indicated for each presentation
For further information contact David G. Satin, M.D., Colloquium Director, phone/FAX 617-332-0032, e-mail david_satin@hms.harvard.edu
(h/t H-SCI-MED-TECH)
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