The Proceedings of the 10th Annual History of Medicine Days

WHITELAW, Dr. W. A. (ed.)

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ix, 338 p. 28 cm. Blue leatherette with gold print. The conference took place March 23 and 24, 2001 at the Libin Theatre, Health Sciences Centre, U. of Calgary. Contains list of participating students and their universities, preceptors and their universities and text of numerous presentations. Topics include: ancient Egyptian obstetrics, the history of opium addiction, the origins of plastic surgery, origins of the European medical university, a bio of the Doctors Mayo, medicine during the American Civil War, smallpox in the Americas, the origin of HIV/AIDS, history of PMS, North American herbology, Soviet psychiatry in the Cold War, Nazi medical research, man-midwives, history of silicone breast implants, and much more.