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Hear Prof Shelley McKellar's talk on 19th Century Tonsil Excision
March 05, 2021
Prof McKellar will be giving a talk to University of Ottawa medical students on Thurs, Feb 25th from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.“Why do Psychiatric Diagnoses Appear and Disappear from the DSM?" A History of Mental Illnesses
February 16, 2021
Guest Lecturer Prof Susan Lamb, Jason A. Hannah Chair in History of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine (DIME), University of Ottawa, presented via Zoom by he Osler Society on February 12 at 12:30 p.m.2021 History of Medicine Rounds
February 16, 2021
Participate in the March 2021 History of Medicine Rounds and compete for prizes.Consider submitting a research paper for HMD at University of Calgary
February 01, 2021
Consider undertaking an independent history of medicine research paper for the national History of Medicine Days conference at the University of Calgary.Knives, Guillotines or Scissors? Tonsil 'Cutting' & Surgical Knowledge in the 19th Century
February 01, 2021
Prof Shelley McKellar to deliver talk -- "Knives, Guillotines or Scissors? Tonsil 'Cutting' & Surgical Knowledge in the 19th Century" -- to Northern Ontario History of Health & Medicine Group and NOSM Surgical Interest Group Event will take place on Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 12 noon.Upcoming Osler Society Meeting: "The Knick Screening"
January 27, 2020
The next Osler Society meeting will be held on Wednesday, January 29 at 6:00 p.m.New Fellowship puts Innovation at Forefront
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.Inaugural lecture at History Of Medicine Visiting Speaker Series a success
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.”"Somebody Call the Doctor - Rural Medical Practices in the Late Nineteenth Century" Display on Now
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/
