The historical library of the Birmingham Medical Institute is offered at auction by Dominic Winter Book Auctions. The collection dates as far back as 1875 and comprises 5,000 items published from 1502 to ca. 1920. A first session held on April 18th, 2012, dispersed 455 printed books up to 1800, including the first edition of Hippocrates' work in Greek and, to mention just these, the second -- and best -- edition of Vesalius, De humani corporis fabrica (1555). The second session will be held Thursday July 26th, 2012. It contains 330 printed books, plus several hundred volumes of bound pamphlets and manuscripts, ca. 1670-1920. The lots will be on view Monday-Wednesday 23-25 July, and the sale will start at 11:00 am on July 26th (Mallard House, Broadway Lane, South Cerney, Gloucestershire GL7 5UQ). The catalogue can be found on the web site of Dominic Winter, and a printed copy is available upon request (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).
The History of Medicine Division at the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, has created and maintains a worldwide Directory of History of Medicine Collections. It list collections providing research, reference, and interlibrary loan services to scholars interested in the history of the health sciences in its widest sense. The Institute has been recently approved to be among the organizations recognized in the Directory.
If you still haven't seen it, the Rotunda Gallery of the National Library of Medicine displays an exhibition which explores the interconnectedness of wellness, illness, and cultural life of Native peoples: Native Voices: Native Peoples' Concepts of Health and Illness.
The US Botanical Gardens in Washington, DC, offer a different exhibition on the terrace of the Conservatory, in the East Gallery and in the National Garden: Savage Gardens: The Real and Imaginary World of Carnivorous Plants. It will be on view through October 8, 2012.
The Internet gives an opportunity to virtually visit an exhibition by the Lloyd Library and Museum in Cincinnati, OH: Woodcuts and Wood-Engravings from the Lloyd's Collections.
The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pittsburgh, PA, will inaugurate a new exhibition: Portraits of a Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium. This exhibition, which will be on view from September 21st to December 16th, 2012, showcases 48 American botanical artists who are revitalizing the centuries-old tradition of the florilegium by creating a lasting archive of watercolors and drawings of the plants growing at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG). This selection of original artworks, on loan from the BBG’s permanent collection, will be displayed with a sampling of historical printed volumes representative of the florilegium tradition from the Hunt Institute’s Library collection.
Two conferences of interest will be held in September: the 13th International Congress of the International Society for Ethnopharmacology (ISE), which publishes the Journal of Ethnopharmacology. It will be held in Graz, Austria, September 2-6. The conference will focus on Intercultural Ethnopharmacology, with 5 major themes: Ethnomedicine along the Silk Road; Herbal Medicines, from Traditional Knowledge to Global Commodities; Holistic Approach and Systems Biology in Medicinal Plant Research; Traditional and Modern Herbal Medicinal Products in Ageing Related Diseases; and Traditional and Modern Herbal Medicinal Products in Infectious Diseases. Scientific Director Alain Touwaide will deliver a major lecture on the Silk Road as a channel for goods and knowledge transmission.
Shortly afterwards, the International Society for the History of Medicine will hold its 43rd Congress in Padua-Abano Terme, Italy, in September 12-16. The Congress will be devoted to The Development of Medical Sciences between Past and Future, with four major topics: The Birth of Modern Medicine: Padua University Medical School and the European Renaissance; The Republic of Venice and the Fight against Transmissible Diseases in a Global World; Past and Future of Thermal Therapies: from Aponus to Abano and Beyond; Plants, Animals and Minerals: The Long Journey Towards Present; Pharmacotherapeutics. Touwaide, who is one of the current Vice-Presidents of the Society, will be present with Appetiti.
Georgetown University, in Washington, D.C., is organizing the International Conference for Educators in Complementary and Integrative Medicine, to be held on October 24th-26th. The Institute will participate in this conference.
Next year, the 8th International Congress for Complementary Medicine Research (ICCMR) will be held in London (UK), April 11-13, 2013. This congress will mark the 10th Anniversary of the International Society for Complementary Medicine Research (ISCMR), an international professional, multidisciplinary, non-profit scientific organization devoted to fostering complementary and integrative medicine research. The Institute is among its supporting organizations and is planning to participate.
Important notice: the 8th Congress of the International Association for the History of Nephrology (IAHN), which was initially scheduled for October 7-9, in Naples, Italy, has been postponed to 2013.
