The Trent Society (Duke) and the Bullitt Club (UNC-Chapel Hill) will alternately host history of medicine speakers.

When


Second Tuesday of each month during the academic year (see schedule below)
In the event of a conflict with a basketball game, the paper will be rescheduled for the following Tuesday.
Papers will begin at 6:00 pm. A light buffet supper will be available from 5:30 pm.

Where


Duke Trent Society - History of Medicine Reading Room (102), Medical Center Library, Duke University
UNC Bullitt Club - Conference Room, 5th floor, UNC Health Sciences Library

Directions/Further Details
Suzanne Porter (Duke) 919-660-1143
Daniel Smith (UNC) 919-966-1776

September 9, 2008 - Duke James R. Urbaniak, MD Virginia Flowers Baker Professor, Orthopedic Surgery, Duke The Origin and History of the Handshake
October 21, 2008 - UNC (Note: 3rd Tuesday) Elizabeth Fenn, PhD Associate Professor, Department of History, Duke Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82
November 11, 2008 - Duke Robert H. Wilkins, MD Professor Emeritus, Neurosurgery, Duke Barnes Woodhall: Man of Mystery
December 9, 2008 - UNC Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhD University Professor of Medical Humanities, George Washington University Without Health and Long Life All Else Fails: A History of African-American Efforts to Eliminate Racial Disparities in Health and Health Care
January 13, 2009 - Duke Priscilla Wald, PhD Professor of English and Women's Studies, Duke Clones, Chimeras, and Other Creatures of the Biotech Revolution: Towards a Genomic Mythology
February 10, 2009 - UNC Todd L. Savitt, PhD Professor of Medical Humanities, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University Entering a "White" Profession: Black Physicians in 19th- and Early 20th-Century America
March 10, 2009 - Duke Seymour Mauskopf, PhD Professor of History, Duke Fritz Haber: A Cautionary Tale
April 14, 2009 - UNC Sue Estroff, PhD Professor of Social Medicine, School of Medicine, UNC Blemished Bodies and Persons: A Historical Perspective on Stigma