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From Snake Oil to Social Media: Drug Advertising & Your Health
on May 11, 2021

How often have you seen advertisements promoting medications for depression, high blood pressure, or diabetes? Each year drug companies spend over six billion dollars on television, print, and internet...

The Heberden Society presents Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens
on March 11, 2021

Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American GynecologyJoin Dr. Deirdre Cooper Owens on April 28 at 5:00 PM EST for a presentation on her award-winning book, which examines the accomplishments of...

The Heberden Society presents Dr. Andrew Schafer
on February 9, 2021

In Search of the Cause of Death of Dr. Semmelweis: From Budapest to Vienna and Back AgainJoin Dr. Andrew Schafer, Professor of Medicine in Hematology-Oncology and Director of the Richard T. Silver Center for...

The Heberden Society presents Janice P. Nimura
on December 31, 2020

The Doctors BlackwellJoin author Janice P. Nimura at 5:00 pm on February 3, 2021, the 200th anniversary of Elizabeth Blackwell’s birthday, as she launches a major new biography celebrating two complicated...

2020-2021 Heberden Society series announced!
on November 30, 2020

Join us for the 2020-2021 Heberden Society history of medicine lecture series! All lectures are free and open to the public, though Zoom registration is required in advance. The 2020-2021 season is generously...

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