Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU
@histmedjhu.bsky.social
History of medicine, disease, and the health sciences & their relation to society. Historical perspectives on contemporary health issues.
Mary Fissell visited the University of Rochester to give Health Humanities & Bioethics Grand
Rounds and a George Washington Corner lecture (co-sponsored by Rochester Institute of Technology) and caught up with History of Medicine alum Alex Parry and former CMHSM & OPHOM postdoc Christy Slobogin!
Rounds and a George Washington Corner lecture (co-sponsored by Rochester Institute of Technology) and caught up with History of Medicine alum Alex Parry and former CMHSM & OPHOM postdoc Christy Slobogin!
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Mary Fissell visited the University of Rochester to give Health Humanities & Bioethics Grand
Rounds and a George Washington Corner lecture (co-sponsored by Rochester Institute of Technology) and caught up with History of Medicine alum Alex Parry and former CMHSM & OPHOM postdoc Christy Slobogin!
Rounds and a George Washington Corner lecture (co-sponsored by Rochester Institute of Technology) and caught up with History of Medicine alum Alex Parry and former CMHSM & OPHOM postdoc Christy Slobogin!
Visiting Scholar Dr. Kudus Adebayo will present “When the Caregiver is the Sick Person: Hospital-Based Informal Caregiving and Health Systems in Nigeria" on Nov. 17th at 6pm in Gilman 50 and via zoom webinar.
For more info and to register, visit hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/dr-kudus-ade...
For more info and to register, visit hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/dr-kudus-ade...
November 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Visiting Scholar Dr. Kudus Adebayo will present “When the Caregiver is the Sick Person: Hospital-Based Informal Caregiving and Health Systems in Nigeria" on Nov. 17th at 6pm in Gilman 50 and via zoom webinar.
For more info and to register, visit hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/dr-kudus-ade...
For more info and to register, visit hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/dr-kudus-ade...
Register for special event - Power, Privilege, and Public Health in the United States book talk on 11/18 at 6pm: hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/pec-events/b...
The first 30 JHU students to register will receive a free copy of the edited volume including a chapter from our own Graham Mooney!
The first 30 JHU students to register will receive a free copy of the edited volume including a chapter from our own Graham Mooney!
November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Register for special event - Power, Privilege, and Public Health in the United States book talk on 11/18 at 6pm: hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/pec-events/b...
The first 30 JHU students to register will receive a free copy of the edited volume including a chapter from our own Graham Mooney!
The first 30 JHU students to register will receive a free copy of the edited volume including a chapter from our own Graham Mooney!
A hearty HUZZAH to History of Medicine Online Program alumni Paul Child on his new book based on his MA thesis - The Dean Disordered: Jonathan Swift and Humoral Medicine published by University of Virginia Press! www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10133/
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
A hearty HUZZAH to History of Medicine Online Program alumni Paul Child on his new book based on his MA thesis - The Dean Disordered: Jonathan Swift and Humoral Medicine published by University of Virginia Press! www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10133/
In the Work of Healing this week, we’re talking about medical instruments, including the spirometer, shown here in an 1846 image.
For more information on our online program, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom
For more information on our online program, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom
October 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
In the Work of Healing this week, we’re talking about medical instruments, including the spirometer, shown here in an 1846 image.
For more information on our online program, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom
For more information on our online program, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom
Inoculation to prevent smallpox was widely known in Africa and Asia; Lady Mary Wortley Montagu brought the practice to England. We’ll be talking about this precursor to vaccination in The Work of Healing this week.
For more information on our online program, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom
For more information on our online program, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom
October 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Inoculation to prevent smallpox was widely known in Africa and Asia; Lady Mary Wortley Montagu brought the practice to England. We’ll be talking about this precursor to vaccination in The Work of Healing this week.
For more information on our online program, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom
For more information on our online program, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom
This week in The Work of Healing we’re talking about pulse-taking, which has been emblematic of Western medicine for centuries, as in the 17th century Dutch painting.
For more information on our online program, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom
For more information on our online program, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom
September 30, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This week in The Work of Healing we’re talking about pulse-taking, which has been emblematic of Western medicine for centuries, as in the 17th century Dutch painting.
For more information on our online program, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom
For more information on our online program, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom
This lovely 19th century watercolor depicts Roman surgical tools, the subject of our discussion in The Work of Healing this week.
For more information on our online program, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom
For more information on our online program, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom
September 23, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This lovely 19th century watercolor depicts Roman surgical tools, the subject of our discussion in The Work of Healing this week.
For more information on our online program, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom
For more information on our online program, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom
On Thursday, September 25th at 3pm, Dominique Tobbell will present to the Class of 1973 Nursing History Lectureship, co-sponsored by the HSMT Fall 2025 colloquia series. Registration is required for this hybrid event. events.jhu.edu/form/class-o...
September 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
On Thursday, September 25th at 3pm, Dominique Tobbell will present to the Class of 1973 Nursing History Lectureship, co-sponsored by the HSMT Fall 2025 colloquia series. Registration is required for this hybrid event. events.jhu.edu/form/class-o...
A hearty congratulations to JHU History of Medicine graduate student Carter Barnett!
Carter has been awarded a Fulbright Award for his research project titled “Beyond Medicine: The Mission Hospitals of Ottoman/Mandatory Palestine, 1850–1950.
hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/2025/09/17/c...
Carter has been awarded a Fulbright Award for his research project titled “Beyond Medicine: The Mission Hospitals of Ottoman/Mandatory Palestine, 1850–1950.
hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/2025/09/17/c...
Carter Barnett awarded Fulbright Award – Department of the History of Medicine
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September 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
A hearty congratulations to JHU History of Medicine graduate student Carter Barnett!
Carter has been awarded a Fulbright Award for his research project titled “Beyond Medicine: The Mission Hospitals of Ottoman/Mandatory Palestine, 1850–1950.
hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/2025/09/17/c...
Carter has been awarded a Fulbright Award for his research project titled “Beyond Medicine: The Mission Hospitals of Ottoman/Mandatory Palestine, 1850–1950.
hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/2025/09/17/c...
Bandaging was the hallmark of the skilled surgeon for centuries, as this image from a 1714 French book suggests. We’ll be exploring bandaging from antiquity to the 19th century in The Work of Healing this week.
For more information on our online courses, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom
For more information on our online courses, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom
September 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Bandaging was the hallmark of the skilled surgeon for centuries, as this image from a 1714 French book suggests. We’ll be exploring bandaging from antiquity to the 19th century in The Work of Healing this week.
For more information on our online courses, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom
For more information on our online courses, visit tinyurl.com/jhophom
On Thursday, 9/18 at 3pm, Mia Levenson of JHU will present "Eugenics Congresses, Exhibitions, and the ‘Masque for Race Betterment’" as part of the Fall 2025 HSMT Colloquia series.
hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/colloquium-s...
hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/colloquium-s...
September 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
On Thursday, 9/18 at 3pm, Mia Levenson of JHU will present "Eugenics Congresses, Exhibitions, and the ‘Masque for Race Betterment’" as part of the Fall 2025 HSMT Colloquia series.
hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/colloquium-s...
hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/colloquium-s...
Unfortunately, Thursday's virtual open house on PhD admissions has been canceled. For more information, visit our admissions page here - hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/admissions/
September 15, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Unfortunately, Thursday's virtual open house on PhD admissions has been canceled. For more information, visit our admissions page here - hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/admissions/
This week in The Work of Healing we’re exploring how skeletal remains might be analyzed by historians as well as archaeologists, including an extraordinary burial from medieval Lund, pictured here.
For more information on our online program, visit hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/online-progr...
For more information on our online program, visit hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/online-progr...
September 11, 2025 at 11:17 PM
This week in The Work of Healing we’re exploring how skeletal remains might be analyzed by historians as well as archaeologists, including an extraordinary burial from medieval Lund, pictured here.
For more information on our online program, visit hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/online-progr...
For more information on our online program, visit hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/online-progr...
This 13th century French silver container held - yes you guessed it — the arm of a saint. This week in The Work of Healing, we are looking at the role of relics in healing.
For more info on our online program, visit hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/online-progr...
For more info on our online program, visit hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/online-progr...
September 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This 13th century French silver container held - yes you guessed it — the arm of a saint. This week in The Work of Healing, we are looking at the role of relics in healing.
For more info on our online program, visit hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/online-progr...
For more info on our online program, visit hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/online-progr...
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Just got my author copy of the NursingClio reader! Please everyone get like 12 copies and support the incredible work of @nursingclio.bsky.social!!
September 3, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Just got my author copy of the NursingClio reader! Please everyone get like 12 copies and support the incredible work of @nursingclio.bsky.social!!
What do material practices, like cupping, shown here in an German 1583 book, tell us about clinical encounters and relations between sufferers and healers? In this 8 week online course “The Work of Healing”, we’ll look at a variety of such practices.
hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/non-degree-p...
hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/non-degree-p...
September 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
What do material practices, like cupping, shown here in an German 1583 book, tell us about clinical encounters and relations between sufferers and healers? In this 8 week online course “The Work of Healing”, we’ll look at a variety of such practices.
hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/non-degree-p...
hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/non-degree-p...
The deadline has been extended to 8/14! Last chance to register for Term 1 courses!
Register now (deadline is 8/5) for Term 1 online courses: Introduction to the History of Medicine; Science & the practice of medicine; Work of Healing: Medicine & Materiality.
For more info: hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/non-degree-p...
To register: hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/online-progr...
For more info: hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/non-degree-p...
To register: hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/online-progr...
August 12, 2025 at 6:52 PM
The deadline has been extended to 8/14! Last chance to register for Term 1 courses!
Register now (deadline is 8/5) for Term 1 online courses: Introduction to the History of Medicine; Science & the practice of medicine; Work of Healing: Medicine & Materiality.
For more info: hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/non-degree-p...
To register: hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/online-progr...
For more info: hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/non-degree-p...
To register: hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/online-progr...
August 1, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Register now (deadline is 8/5) for Term 1 online courses: Introduction to the History of Medicine; Science & the practice of medicine; Work of Healing: Medicine & Materiality.
For more info: hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/non-degree-p...
To register: hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/online-progr...
For more info: hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/non-degree-p...
To register: hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/online-progr...
Have questions about the JHU Online Program in the History of Medicine? We offer non-degree, certificate, and masters tracks. To find out more, join our virtual open house today from 12-1pm EDT hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/pec-events/o...
July 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Have questions about the JHU Online Program in the History of Medicine? We offer non-degree, certificate, and masters tracks. To find out more, join our virtual open house today from 12-1pm EDT hopkinshistoryofmedicine.org/pec-events/o...
The Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU is now on bluesky! Give us a follow to find out more about our hybrid events, online courses, and more.
Pic: Curator Michael Seminara displays a page of Gabriele Fallopio’s Observationes anatomic (printed in Venice 1561) for a documentary film crew.
Pic: Curator Michael Seminara displays a page of Gabriele Fallopio’s Observationes anatomic (printed in Venice 1561) for a documentary film crew.
July 24, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The Institute of the History of Medicine at JHU is now on bluesky! Give us a follow to find out more about our hybrid events, online courses, and more.
Pic: Curator Michael Seminara displays a page of Gabriele Fallopio’s Observationes anatomic (printed in Venice 1561) for a documentary film crew.
Pic: Curator Michael Seminara displays a page of Gabriele Fallopio’s Observationes anatomic (printed in Venice 1561) for a documentary film crew.