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The Hippocratic Background to Aristotle’s Gynaecology
Paris, onlineThis talk by Sophia Connell (Birkbeck, University of London) is part of the seminar series on medical and philosophical physiologies at Sorbonne University. To register for the seminar, please contact one of the organisers on this page.
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The Effect of the Constitution of Blood on Animal Character in Aristotle’s Parts of Animals
Paris, onlineThis talk is part of the seminar series on medical and philosophical physiologies at Sorbonne University. To register for the seminar, please contact one of the organisers on this page.
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‘A Cruel and Bloody Operation’: Caesarean Section and Medical Morality in the Nineteenth Century
onlineThe Groningen Centre for Health and Humanities and the Centre for Historical Studies are hosting a seminar series on the history of surgery. All seminars are 16:00-17:00 Dutch time. Online sessions are hosted on Google Meet. Please send an e-mail to James Kennaway (James.kennaway@rug.nl) to receive the link. Sally Frampton, University of Oxford, “‘A Cruel…
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The cultural biography of the prostate
onlineThe Kolloquium des Instituts für Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf will host two webinars in collaboration with the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health. 29 November 2023, 12.30-14: Ericka Johnson, Linköping: The cultural biography of the prostate. MS Teams https://bit.ly/45FJzhp 31 January 2024, 12.30-14: Rina Knoeff, Groningen: The speculum…
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Nurses’ Voices from the Second World War: The Ireland Connection
onlineSeán Graffin, RCN Northern Ireland History of Nursing Network member, will discuss how he has collated a database of over 600 Irish nurses which will be available on the website of the Public Records office of Northen Ireland (PRONI). Margaret Graham will talk through the stories of some of these nurses from a new book,…
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Under the Knife: Pain and Ambition in Early Modern Surgery
onlineThe Groningen Centre for Health and Humanities and the Centre for Historical Studies are hosting a seminar series on the history of surgery. All seminars are 16:00-17:00 Dutch time. Online sessions are hosted on Google Meet. Please send an e-mail to James Kennaway (James.kennaway@rug.nl) to receive the link. Alanna Skuse, University of Reading, “Under the…
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The speculum paradox: A history of medicine, morality and menopause
onlineThe Kolloquium des Instituts für Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin at the Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf will host two webinars in collaboration with the European Association for the History of Medicine and Health. 29 November 2023, 12.30-14: Ericka Johnson, Linköping: The cultural biography of the prostate. MS Teams https://bit.ly/45FJzhp 31 January 2024, 12.30-14: Rina Knoeff, Groningen: The speculum…
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Children’s experiences of the first children’s wards in late-nineteenth and early-twentieth-century England
onlineSiân Pooley, from the Centre for the History of Childhood at Oxford University, delves into her research into children’s experiences of early children’s wards. While previous generations had been denied access to hospital, or occasionally treated on adult wards, find out what young people in the first children’s hospitals thought about their experiences of care.…
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Sharing Stories from the Archive: The History of Children’s Nursing
onlineOur exhibition was co-curated by a team of volunteers, many of whom are or were children and young people’s nurses. Hear from some of the team about the fascinating stories they uncovered – on mental health, hospital visiting, hospital history, nurse education and children’s rights – alongside their personal recollections of caring for, and learning…
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‘Against Human Vivisection’ – Criticism of Surgery in Britain, the US, and Germany, 1880s-1914
onlineThe Groningen Centre for Health and Humanities and the Centre for Historical Studies are hosting a seminar series on the history of surgery. All seminars are 16:00-17:00 Dutch time. Online sessions are hosted on Google Meet. Please send an e-mail to James Kennaway (James.kennaway@rug.nl) to receive the link. Thomas Schlich, McGill University, “'Against Human Vivisection’…
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‘English Flesh bears Operations better than French Flesh’: Resilience, Degeneration and Race in Crimean War Surgery
onlineThe Groningen Centre for Health and Humanities and the Centre for Historical Studies are hosting a seminar series on the history of surgery. All seminars are 16:00-17:00 Dutch time. Online sessions are hosted on Google Meet. Please send an e-mail to James Kennaway (James.kennaway@rug.nl) to receive the link. James Kennaway, University of Groningen, “‘English Flesh…
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The Making of a Special Specialty: Performing Neurosurgical Expertise in the Netherlands, 1890-1990
onlineThis talk by Bart Lutters (Utrecht University) is part of the Groningen History of Medicine seminar series, which, this semester, focuses on the history of surgery. Please send an email to James Kennaway (j.g.kennaway@rug.nl) for the link.