May 16, 2018 Dr Alexandra Istl (Med 2015) publishes historical research on Dr Edwin Seaborn and Western's medical response in the Journal of Medical Biography (May 2018). Read more ...
November 14, 2017 Join us for a joint session of the Osler Society & the Local Officers of Reproductive and Sexual Health of the CFMS Global Health program, entitled "The History of Reproductive and Sexual Health Issues in Medicine," on Nov 28 at 12:30 p.m. in DSB 1002 (London) and MEB 1115 (Windsor)
November 14, 2017 Call for Presentations -- History of Medicine Days conference at the University of Calgary, scheduled for Friday, March 2 and Saturday, March 3, 2018. The deadline to submit abstracts is January 12, 2018. Please send your abstracts and application materials directly to Donna Weich, Conference Coordinator at donna.weich@ucalgary.ca More information about the conference can be found on their website at https://hom.ucalgary.ca/hmd
November 18, 2015 Ali Tavallaei is making better use of his time these days. As one of three young scholars chosen as part of the recently launched Western Medical Innovation Fellowship program, his focus has been streamlined.
November 04, 2015 The inaugural lecture for the newly introduced History of Medicine Visiting Speaker Series took place earlier this month with huge success. Nearly 100 people were in attendance for Dr. Dale C. Smith’s lecture, “Caring for the Wounded: How the Great War Medical Experience Shaped Post-War American Surgery.”
November 04, 2015 "Somebody Call the Doctor - Rural Medical Practices in the Late Nineteenth Century" is a new hallway case display outside MSB 146 and MSB 148 that showcases objects from the Medical Artifact Collection at Western. Stop to see some of the artifacts used in 'doctoring' when house calls and kitchen table surgery took place! To learn more about the 1200 medical objects in the Medical Artifact Collection at Western, go to http://medicalhistory.uwo.ca/
