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The C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society is one of the largest regional history of medicine societies in the U.S., with a diverse membership that includes several past and present members of the History of Medicine faculty at the University of Pittsburgh. Among its activities, the Society sponsors an annual lecture series and an annual prize for the best research paper by a medical student.
Please refer all questions about the Society and its programming to Jonathon Erlen, PhD, at erlen@pitt.edu or 412-648-8927.
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2008-2009 Schedule of Lectures
All lectures will be held in Lecture Room 5, Scaife Hall, University of Pittsburgh, at 6 p.m. A dinner for members and their guests in the 11th floor Conference Center, Presbyterian University Hospital will follow each lecture.
September 25, 2008
"Taming the Flu: Influenza Vaccines and American Virology, 1937-1957"
John Eyler, PhD
Professor of the History of Medicine
University of Minnesota School of Medicine
November 6, 2008
15th Annual Sylvan E. Stool History of Medicine Lecture
"Ails to the Chief: Three American Presidents and Their ENT Maladies"
David H. Darrow, MD, DDS
Professor of Otolaryngology and Pediatrics
Eastern Virginia Medical School
January 20, 2009
"The 200th Anniversary of Abdominal Laparotomy—The Ephraim McDowell Story"
John Raves, MD
Senior Attending General Surgeon, Laparoscopist, and Laparotomist
Allegheny General Hospital
February 26, 2009
"Foundations of Palliative Care: William Osler's Study of the Act of Dying"
Paul Mueller
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Mayo Clinic
April 2, 2009
Twenty-First Annual Mark M. Ravitch History of Medicine Lecture
"Renal Transplantation: Historical Perspectives"
Arnold G. Diethelm, MD
Professor Emeritus, former Chair, Department of Surgery
University of Alabama School of Medicine
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