Designing “The Plague of Piracy”
Contributed by Sara Mackenzie Parkin, Laupus Library History Collections Graduate Assistant 2018 is the 300th anniversary of Blackbeard’s death in North Carolina. In commemoration of this, a series of exhibits...
Curative Corpus Archives
“Mariners’ Maladies: Examining Medical Equipage from the ‘Queen Anne’s Revenge’ Shipwreck” Lecture on Monday, November 12
The Medical History Interest Group invites you to attend "Mariners' Maladies: Examining Medical Equipage from the Queen Anne's Revenge Shipwreck" presented by Dr. Linda F. Carnes-McNaughton, RPA; Archaeologist, Fort Bragg...
“Entering a White Profession: Black Physicians in the Turn-of-the-Century South” Lecture on Monday, October 22
The Medical History Interest Group invites you to attend Entering a White Profession: Black Physicians in the Turn-of-the-Century South presented by Todd Savitt, PhD, Professor, Bioethics and Interdisciplinary Studies, Brody...
From the Archivist: Developing “The Spanish Influenza Is Here” Exhibit
2018 marks several historical centennial anniversaries. Earlier this year, I curated an exhibit for the one-hundredth anniversary of World War I and described the experiences of North Carolina doctors and...
Models of Care: Stories of Eastern North Carolina Physicians and Nurses from The Country Doctor Museum’s Collections
Chartered in 1967, The Country Doctor Museum (CDM) holds over 4,500 artifacts and documents related to rural healthcare in America. Because many of these objects were donated by heirs and...
Medical History Interest Group Lecture on Monday, September 24
The Medical History Interest Group invites you to attend "Paleopathology: Rewriting the History of Plagues and Diseases with Modern Molecular DNA Methods" presented by Richard J. Baltaro, MD, PhD, Professor...
Medical History Interest Group Lecture on Tuesday August 28
The Medical History Interest Group invites you to attend The Health Principles Practiced at John Harvey Kellogg’s Battle Creek Sanitarium presented by Roman Pawlak, PhD, RD, Associate Professor, Department of Nutrition...
Fighting for their Lives: Medical Practices During the American Civil War — An Online Exhibit
Online exhibit featuring highlights from the Civil War Medicine exhibit....
Medical History Interest Group Lecture on Monday April 9
Presentation by Dr. Sheena Eagan, "The History of PTSD: How Cultural Narratives Affect the Patient Experience" to be given on Monday April 9 at 4:30PM in Laupus Library. ...
Laupus Offers a Glimpse Into the Role of Medical Workers During War
Exhibit engages visitors with displays of artifacts, photographs and paper materials to demonstrate how the medical field responded to WWI. Exhibit runs from January 17 - March 18....