What do Dr. George Papanicolaou and primary sources have in common? A group of sixth graders from the Hellenic Charter School in Brooklyn, New York wanted to find out! Last month the Medical Center Archives welcomed five students who have been researching Dr.
Dr. Fritz Fuchs was an internationally known obstetrician and gynecologist who, along with his colleague, Povi Riis, was the first to use amniocentesis for detecting the sex of a fetus in Demark in 1955. This led to the eventual use of amniocentesis procedure to detect genetic disorders in fetuses.
President Ronald Reagan. New York City Mayor Ed Koch. Actress Elizabeth Taylor. The Heimlich maneuver is credited with saving the lives of these and many others since its invention by Dr. Henry Heimlich in 1974. Although he is best known for the anti-choking maneuver that became synonymous with his name, Dr. Heimlich created many medical procedures and devices throughout the course of his career.
THE HEBERDEN SOCIETY LECTURE: PROMOTING INTEREST IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE
The New York Academy of Medicine, Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health and The Heberden Society, Weill Cornell Medicine, present
VICTORIA JOHNSON, PhD
Associate Professor of Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College, City University of New York
Losing Hamilton, Saving New York: Dr. David Hosack, Botany, and Medicine in the Early Republic
Dale C. Smith, Ph.D., Professor of Military Medicine & History, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, will present the next Heberden society lecture on "American Medicine Supports the Great War: Base Hospitals, Staffing and Practice" on Tuesday, April 17, 2018, 5:00 p.m. The lecture will be held at Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue, Uris Faculty Room (A-126), New York, NY 10065.
Charlotte D. Jacobs, M.D., Ben and A. Jess Shenson Professor of Medicine (Emerita), Stanford University, will present the next Heberden society lecture on Wednesday, December 7, 2016, at 5:00 pm.
Jonas Salk: American Hero, Scientific Outcast
Wednesday, December 7, 2016, 5:00 p.m.
Weill Cornell Medical College, 1300 York Avenue
Uris Faculty Room (A-126)
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Looking for histories of the medical center, your department, or other institutions, please visit our History of the Institutions and History of the Medical Center sections. The new History of the Medical Center section contains a brief history of the establishment of the medical center, departmental timelines, and timelines highlighting medical discoveries and buildings.
Please note the change from our usual venue!
The Heberden Society and the WCMC Division of Medical Ethics jointly present:
Kenneth M. Ludmerer, MD
Professor of Medicine
Mabel Dorn Reeder Distinguished Professor of the History of Medicine
Washington University School of Medicine
Residency Training in America: Past, Present, Future
Wednesday, April 13, 2016, 5:00 pm