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American Association for the History of Medicine

Call for Papers, 1997 Annual Meeting. The 1997 meeting will be held in Williamsburg, Virginia, 3–6 April 1997. The Chair of the Program Committee is Todd L. Savitt. Any person interested in presenting a paper at this meeting is invited to submit an abstract (one original and seven copies) to: Todd L. Savitt, Ph.D., Department of Medical Humanities, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4354.

Any subject in the history of medicine is suitable for presentation, but the paper must represent original work not already published or in press. Presentations are limited to twenty minutes. Because the Bulletin of the History of Medicine is the official journal of the AAHM, the Association encourages speakers to make their manuscripts available for consideration by the Bulletin upon request.

Abstracts must be typed single-spaced on one sheet of paper, and must not exceed 350 words in length. Abstracts should embody not merely a statement of a research question, but findings and conclusions sufficient to allow assessment by the committee.

The following biographical information is also required: Name, title (occupation), preferred mailing address, work and home telephone numbers, present institutional affiliation and academic degrees. Abstracts must be received by 15 September 1996. Please note that abstracts submitted by e-mail or fax will not be accepted.

As in the past, the 1997 program will include lunch-time roundtable workshops. Those wishing to submit abstracts for these sessions should follow the instructions given above.

National and International News

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. The recipients of the 1996 ACOG-Ortho Fellowships in the History of American Obstetrics and Gynecology are Russell Mardon Viner, whose project is entitled “Abraham Jacobi and the Separation of Pediatrics from the Diseases of Women,” and Rima Apple, whose project is entitled, “The Perfect Mother: Mothers and Physicians, 1850–1990.”

These awards carry stipends of $5,000 each, to be used to defray expenses while the recipient spends a month in the ACOG historical collection (and other medical and historical collections in the Washington, D.C. area) to continue research in some area of American obstetric-gynecologic history. Deadline for application for the 1997 award: 1 September 1996. For further information and application forms, contact: Susan Rishworth, History Librarian/Archivist, The American College of Obstetricians an Gynecologists, 409 Twelfth Street, S.W., Washington, DC 20024 (tel.: 202-863-2578; fax: 202-484-1595; e-mail: srishwor@capcon.net).

A New Society and a New Journal. The International Society for the History of the Neurosciences, Inc., was founded in May 1995. Its official publication is the Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, edited by F. Clifford Rose, M.D., of the Neurological Centre, London, England, and published by Swets & Zeitlinger, of Lisse, The Netherlands. the society will sponsor annual meetings (usually in the spring), which will be held in alternate years in North America and on another continent (generally Europe). For further information, contact: Dr. Duane Haines, Secretary ISHN, Department of Anatomy, University of Mississippi Medical Center, 2500 North State Street, Jackson, MS 39216-4505 (tel.: 601-984-1640; fax: 601-984-1655; e-mail: dehaines@fiona.usmed.edu).

Call for Papers. The Journal of Community Health invites submission of medical history articles for publication. Manuscripts should be about 5,000 words. For further information, contact the Editor: Pascal James Imperato, M.D., State University of New York, Health Science Center, Department of Preventive Medicine and Community Health, 450 Clarkson Avenue, Box 43, Brooklyn, NY 11203.

Ethnographic Museum, Antwerp, Belgium. An exhibit entitled “Oriental Medicine” was on view at the Museum from 6 October–31 December 1995. The exhibit displays original manuscripts, books, paintings, medical instruments, herbs, works of art, and devotional objects that over the centuries have played an important part in therapy and medicine within different cultures. Included are a large Nepalese watercolor anatomical figure, Japanese herbal and acupuncture books, and manuscripts relating to traditional Indian medicine, all on loan from the Wellcome Institute’s Library collection.

European Bioethics Seminar. The Fourth European Bioethics Seminar, “Health Care Issues in Pluralistic Societies,” will take place 5–9 August...