Every semester, the Ruth Lilly Medical Library's John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society sponsors History of Medicine Talks. This semester there have already been two talks, and if you missed them, you can watch them online! (Next talk... November 14th!)
In September, in celebration of Riley Hospital for Children’s centennial anniversary, Dr. Richard Schreiner spoke about the fascinating history of Riley Hospital. Important figures, accomplishments, and details about the hospital's dramatic growth from the 1920s through the present were discussed.
(Event cosponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society, Riley Children’s Health, IU School of Medicine History of Medicine Student Interest Group, IU Indianapolis Medical Humanities & Health Studies Program, and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library)
In October, Bijal Trivedi presented on the Origins of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: How a Grassroots Effort Led by Parents and Physicians Revolutionized Treatment for a Fatal Genetic Disease and Changed Medicine Forever. Bijal is an award-winning freelance journalist specializing in longform narrative features about biology, medicine, and health.
(Event cosponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society; IU School of Medicine Department of Medicine, Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, and History of Medicine Student Interest Group; IU Indianapolis Medical Humanities & Health Studies Program; and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library)
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Donations:
If you are interested in making a tax-deductible donation to the John Shaw Billings Society for the History of Medicine Fund to help support the study and teaching of the history of medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine (including our annual lecture series), you can do so through the Indiana University Foundation: https://give.myiu.org/iu-indianapolis/I320015509.html.
