New Exhibit at the University of Chicago's John Crerar Library

Exhibit: History of the University of Chicago's Hospitals

Credit: University of Chicago's Photofiles

Thanks to Jennifer Hart, Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics Librarian, Eckhart Library/Crerar Library, for sharing the following exhibit news with CAMA.

A new exhibit recently opened at the University of Chicago's John Crerar Library. The exhibit is free and open to the public, so don't miss it! Please see below for details.

Past, Present, Future: The Evolution of Medicine at the University of Chicago's Hospitals

http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/crerar/exhibits/

October 25, 2011-March 30, 2012

Curated by Mindy Schwartz, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago  

Description: A hospital and medical school at the University of Chicago were envisioned by the university founders.  That plan, initiated with a joint medical program with Rush Medical College, was followed by the development of the world-class University of Chicago Medical Center on campus.  This exhibit looks at the history and evolution of the medical school program, the hospital facilities and their technology, and medical partnerships with other Chicago area hospitals.

Location: The John Crerar Library , Atrium, 5730 South Ellis Avenue, Chicago

Public Hours: Monday – Saturday: 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Cost: Free

Image Caption: Chicago Lying-In Hospital, 50th Anniversary Baby 1, [1945]. From the Archival Photographic Files (Photofiles) collection of the University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center. [Image apf2-01538]

Interested in learning more about the history of the University of Chicago or Rush Medical College?  

Please contact the following repositories:

University of Chicago Library, the John Crerar Library and Special Collections Research Center

Rush University Medical Center Archives

John Benjamin Murphy, 1857-1916

CAMA Historical Facilities/Figures Project

Murphy conducts a surgical clinic at Mercy Hospital, 1902

The Chicago Area Medical Archivists member institutions often house material related to the same individuals. Some of Chicago's most innovative physicians and surgeons belonged to the staffs and faculties of several Chicago hospitals and medical schools and were members and presidents of Chicago-based professional organizations. 

One such individual was surgeon John Benjamin Murphy, MD, LLD, MSc, who graduated from Rush Medical College in 1879. He went on to serve on the faculties of Rush Medical College, the College of Physicians and Surgeons (now the University of Illinois College of Medicine), and Northwestern University Medical School. He served some time on the staff of Cook County Hospital and was chief of surgery of Mercy Hospital from 1895 until his death in 1916. He served as president of both the Chicago Medical Society and the American Medical Association and was involved in the development of the American College of Surgeons, all of which are headquartered in Chicago.

Rush Medical College class composite, 1907

 

To learn more about Murphy's life and achievements, please read "An American Original: John Benjamin Murphy, MD" by Ron Sims, Special Collections Librarian at the Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.  

Their collection includes some wonderful items recently donated by Murphy's great-granddaughter, Barbara Miller.

http://www.galter.northwestern.edu/news/index.cfm/2011/4/7/An-American-Original-John-Benjamin-Murphy-MD

[1902 Clinic Image Credit: Special Collections, Galter Health Sciences Library, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine]

[1907 Murphy Image Credit: Rush University Medical Center Archives]

Medical School Class Photographs online

Research Tips

President J. Adams Allen with Rush Medical College, class of 1879

A new resource is available online! Thanks to the support of the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI), class photographs from Rush Medical College are now available for viewing by genealogists and scholars through CARLI Digital Collections.

http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm4/index_rsh_classp.php?CISOROOT=/rsh_classp

Also available through CARLI Digital Collections, class photographs from the University of Illinois College of Medicine and its predecessor, the College of Physicians and Surgeons.

http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm4/index_uic_cmc.php?CISOROOT=/uic_cmc

Does your repository house class photographs from Chicago medical or nursing schools? CAMA would love to add them to this Research Tip!

Want to know more about CONTENTdm and CARLI's project? Here are some handy links:

CARLI Digital Collections Home:

http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/

Resources on digitization and CONTENTdm from CARLI:

http://wiki.carli.illinois.edu/index.php/Portal:CONTENTdm

Medical History Symposium Program Finalized

CAMA Medical History Symposium, 2011

The program for this year's Medical History Symposium has been finalized. Please see below for the day's schedule.

Admission is free, but registration is required.  To register, please e-mail Felicia Reilly, by October 21, 2011, at f.reilly@asahq.org.  For information, please call 847-825-5586, Ext. 121.

For complete program information, view or download the full program online:

http://issuu.com/chicagoareamedicalarchivists/docs/cama_flyer_revised_sept_23_2011

We hope to see you there!

CHICAGO AREA MEDICAL ARCHIVISTS (CAMA)
NINTH MEDICAL HISTORY SYMPOSIUM

Friday, October 28, 2011
9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.
Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology
American Society of Anesthesiologists
520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL
(847)825-5586
http://www.WoodLibraryMuseum.org

The Chicago Area Medical Archivists (CAMA) will host the Ninth Medical History Symposium at the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, located in the headquarters of the American Society of Anesthesiologists in Park Ridge, IL.  As part of Archives Week in Chicago, please join CAMA for a day of presentations, discussion, and networking.

SCHEDULE                  Registration begins at 9:00 A.M.  The program will begin at 9:30 A.M.

9:00 to 9:30                   Coffee and registration.

9:30 to 10:15                 Welcome and Introduction
                                    Tour of the newly-remodeled Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology by Honorary
                                    Curator Dr. George S. Bause.

PRESENTATIONS:

10:15 to 11:15               Dr. George S. Bause:  Making Anesthesia History: From Chicagoland to the World
(and Vice Versa).

11:15 to 11:30               Break

11:30 to 12:30               Katharine White:  Pioneer Physicians:  The Ransom Family’s Impact on the
Practice of Medicine in Rockford, Illinois.

12:30 to 1:45                 Lunch Break and Book Sales.

1:45 to 2:45                   Dr. Ted Winslow:  Parallels between Chicago History and Hospitals and Health in Chicago.

2:45 to 3:45                   Sue Sacharski:  Lights, Camera, Scalpel:  “Operation Television” in Chicago, 1948.

3:45 to 4:00                   Book Sales.

 

Update: Medical History Symposium, 2011

Event : Update, Medical History Symposium, 2011

Have you marked your calendar yet?

The next Chicago Area Medical Archivists Medical History Symposium will be held Friday, October 28, 2011, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. It will be graciously hosted by the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology. Thank you to CAMA member and secretary, Felicia Reilly, for coordinating the event!

The program is almost finalized and will be posted soon. 


Admission is free, but registration is required. 


To reserve your seat, or for more information, please contact Felicia Reilly by email...
f.reilly@asahq.org
or phone...

847-825-5586, ext. 121

The Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology is located in Park Ridge, IL, about fifteen miles northwest of downtown Chicago. For more information on their institution, please visit their wonderful website:

http://www.woodlibrarymuseum.org/

Check out past CAMA Symposium programs on our ISSUU page!
http://issuu.com/chicagoareamedicalarchivists/docs/cama_symposia_flyers__2003-2008__2010

Since October 2002, CAMA has sponsored a medical history symposium hosted by member institutions. Past symposia have featured presentations by archivists, librarians, physicians and nurses, institutional exhibits, roundtable discussions and facility tours. The presentation topics are usually centered on local medical or nursing history.

Northwestern's Dispensaries and Outpatient Clinics

Research Tips

As part of the Galter Health Sciences Library's new exhibit, Photographing Pediatrics, Special Collections Librarian Ron Sims compiled a pictorial history of the dispensary and clinics at Northwestern. Here is part one of the article, which was originally published in Galter Health Science Library’s, Library Notes newsletter:

http://www.galter.northwestern.edu/news/index.cfm/2011/6/6/A-Brief-History-of-Northwesterns-Dispensaries-and-Outpatient-Clinics-Part-1-18591925

Waiting Room, South Side Dispensary, Davis Hall, c1910

This helpful article explains the relationships and name changes of institutions associated with Northwestern's medical past, including the Chicago City Dispensary, the Medical Department of Lind University, Chicago Medical College, Mercy Hospital, Davis Free Dispensary, and the South Side Dispensary. 

For more information on the Photographing Pediatrics exhibit and a previous exhibit, An American Original: John Benjamin Murphy, M.D. check out this CAMA blog post from earlier this summer:

http://chicagoareamedicalarchivists.blogspot.com/2011/06/galter-health-sciences-library-hosts.html

Isabella C. Herb, 1869-1943

CAMA Historical Figures/Facilities Project

Anesthesiologist and instructor Isabella C. Herb was born in Clyman, Wisc., on 5 November 1869. She married Charles Albert Herb but after only a few years of marriage, he was killed in an accident in 1888. Herb obtained her medical degree from Woman’s Medical College of Northwestern University in 1892. She completed a year internship at the Mary Thompson Hospital for Women and Children in Chicago and was Assistant to the Medical Staff until 1894, as well as working as their Dispensary Physician and Superintendent. In 1897, she practiced as an anesthetist and pathologist in Augustana Hospital in Chicago. There she worked with Lawrence Prince, M.D., the major developer of open drop ether and chloroform anesthesia. 

 The story continues after the jump...

Caption: "Isabella Herb, M.D., chief anesthetist at Presbyterian Hospital, demonstrates ethylene-oxygen equipment to (center and right) Jay Bailey Carter, M.D. and Arno B. Luckhardt, M.D. Dr. Luckhardt discovered the anesthetic property of ethylene gas with the assistance of Dr. Carter, who had volunteered to be the first human subject for his experiments. An actual patient would be lying down when the anesthesia is administered." Image Call Number: P5236. From the Rush University Medical Center Archives.

Announcing CAMA's Ninth Medical History Symposium, October 28, 2011!

Event : Medical History Symposium, 2011

Mark your calendars!

The next Chicago Area Medical Archivists Medical History Symposium will be held Friday, October 28, 2011. It will be graciously hosted by the Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology. Thank you to CAMA member and secretary, Felicia Reilly, for coordinating the event!

The Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology is located in Park Ridge, IL, about fifteen miles northwest of downtown Chicago. For more information on their institution, please visit their wonderful website:

http://www.woodlibrarymuseum.org/

Since October 2002, CAMA has sponsored a medical history symposium hosted by member institutions. Past symposia have featured presentations by archivists, librarians, physicians and nurses, institutional exhibits, roundtable discussions and facility tours. The presentation topics are usually centered on local medical or nursing history.

The presentation slots are filling up quickly, and we plan to have a full-day's worth of speakers. If you have a speaker or topic in mind for the symposium, please contact CAMA!

chicagomedicalarchivists@gmail.com

Keep an eye on the CAMA Blog for upcoming news on this event as details unfold!

Now Online: Prominent Physicians, Surgeons, and Medical Institutions of Cook County, c.1900

Research Tips

Finally online! A great resource for CAMA members and anyone interested in the history of medicine in the Chicago area.

"Surgical Operation, Dr. Marie J. Mergler's Clinic, Woman's Hospital," page 259

Prominent Physicians, Surgeons, and Medical Institutions of Cook County in the Closing Year of the Nineteenth Century was digitized recently by the Rush University Medical Center Archives. The Rush Archives received a Book Digitization Initiative Grant from the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI) last September. This two-volume collection of biographical sketches, descriptions of hospitals and medical schools, and beautiful photographs was the perfect candidate for digitization. 

"Cook County Hospital," page 431

The book also features wonderful images of surgical clinics, patient wards, and laboratories.

You can read and search the book online, download it as a PDF or full text, and even download it to your Kindle, iPhone, or other portable device.

Find it here:

http://www.archive.org/details/prominentphysici00unse

For more digitized documents from this project, please visit the Internet Archive's home page for the Rush Archives:

http://www.archive.org/details/rushuniversity

Questions about this project? Contact the Rush Archivists at Rush_Archives@rush.edu.

Rush History Book now Available in Free Digital Version

Research Tips

From CAMA Member Heather Stecklein, Archivist, Rush University Medical Center:

Many of the researchers who contact the Rush Archives ask us for a general history of the institution. Good Medicine: The First 150 Years of Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, 1987, is a solid history of Rush that includes historical photos and information from a variety of resources in the Rush Archives. Unfortunately, the book is now out of print, and it is difficult to obtain enough copies to meet demand.

The Rush Archives is pleased to announce that Good Medicine is now available on the Internet Archive website for downloading or online viewing. Researchers can perform key-word searches of the text on the website or download the entire book in a variety of e-reader formats.

Last September, the Rush Archives received a Book Digitization Initiative Grant from the Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI). We created a collection of digital books from commonly requested works in our collections. In addition to Good Medicine, the Rush Archives page on the Internet Archive includes The Pulse Rush Medical College yearbooks from 1894 and 1895, two early alumni directories, and a variety of publications written by early Rush Medical College faculty.

Good Medicine, page 155

To view these fascinating historical works online, visit the Rush Archives page of the Internet Archive here:

http://www.archive.org/details/rushuniversity

View Good Medicine directly here:

http://www.archive.org/details/goodmedicinefirs00bowm

If you have questions about Rush history or this book digitization project, please contact the Rush Archives at Rush_Archives@rush.edu.