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Volume 15, Number 1Editor: Lois R. Densky-Wolff

A SALUTE TO RADIOLOGY ANDTHE SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MORRIS H. SAFFRON LECTURE

COMING MAY 24

A very special program is planned for the MHSNJ's annual meeting on May 24at the Nassau Club, Princeton. The Society salutes the Roentgen Centennialwith a diverse program; four speakers will present short papers exploringaspects of the history of radiology. Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, FACS, winner ofthe 1994 National Book Award for nonfiction, will deliver the sixteenth annualMorris H. Saffron Lecture, sponsored in part by The Academy of Medicine ofNew Jersey. Dr. Nuland, author of How We Die: Reflections on Life's Final Chapter(1994) and Medicine: the Art of Healing (1992), will present "As Others See Us: TheArtist Looks at the Doctor. " Special invitations will be mailed to members underseparate cover. Interest is expected to be high for this special annual meeting;space is limited. Members are urged to register before May 15.

Program:

Business Meeting -- William C. Campbell, PhD, President

Radiology: Past, Present and FutureMurray A. Rosenberg, MD, FACR, Associate Professor ofRadiology, UMDNJ-New jersey Medical School

History of Radiological Societies in the U.S.Julie Kelter Timins, MD, President, Radiological Society of New Jersey

'Start Up at the Top and Work Down': Thomas A. Edison and the FluoroscopeGeorge Tselos, PhD, Archivist, Edison National Historic Site

"Early one morning, 50 years ago, nearly the entire staff of the X-ray deparhnentof Budapest 's Jewish hospital was led away, for no apparent reason, to the deathcamp at Auschwitz. No one survived."Judith K. Amorosa, MD, Professor of Radiology,UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

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Cocktails and Dinner; Greetings:Palma Formica, MD, President, Academy of Medicine of New JerseyHoward D. Slobodien, MD, Editor-in-Chief, New Jersey Medicine

The Sixteenth Annual Morris H. Saffron Lecture:

As Others See Us: The Artist Looks at the Doctor

Sherwin B. Nuland, MD, FACSRecipient, National Book Award for Nonfiction, 1994

Members, students, and friends are invited to attend this dinner meeting.Registration begins at 3:30 pm, the program at 4 pm; $40 members, $45 non-members. Advance registration is required. For information, contact LisaFleischer, MHSNJ, 14 Washington Rd, Suite 101, Princeton Junction, NJ 08550,609/275-1911.

MEMBERS IN THE NEWS

Hugh E. Evans, MD, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, presented "Rooseveltat Yalta"on January 27 at the Working Group on Disability in United StatesPresidents held at The Carter Center of Emory University.

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Merton Griswold, MD, recorded an audiotape, "A Chequered Life -- Tales of aNew England Upbringing," a 45-minute autobiographical memoir published byWestminster Publishing Company (CO), in conjunction with his 90th birthdaylast October. Dr. Griswold retired from the practice of plastic and reconstructivesurgery in 1989.

Gerald N. Grob, PhD, Rutgers University, led a discussion following a film,"Asylum," at the National Museum of Health and Medicine, Washington, DC, onFebruary 2. The film lecture program, bridges the past and the present concernsof caring for and the treatment of the mentally ill in America.

George J. Hill, MD, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, received the MargaretHay Edwards Achievement Medal at the Annual Meeting of the AmericanAssociation for Cancer Education (AACE) in November 1994. Dr. Hill served aspresident of the AACE from 1985 to 1986.

Sandra Moss, MD, presented a history of the discovery of insulin which openeda four-week Grand Rounds symposium on diabetes. Dr. Moss reports thatresidents seemed to enjoy this glimpse of medical history at St. Peter's MedicalCenter in New Brunswick. A similar talk is scheduled for Pediatric GrandRounds.

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Murray A. Rosenberg, MD, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, has beenappointed guest-editor for the November 1995 Roentgen Centennial issue of NewJersey Medicine. Contributed papers will reflect the story of the discovery ofradiology and its beginnings in New jersey.

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Ira Rutkow, MD, author of the critically acclaimed Illustrated History of Surgery,delivered a lecture entitled "Nineteenth Century American Surgery," on March29. The lecture, co-sponsored by University Libraries and UMDNJ-New JerseyMedical School, was held in the History of Medicine Room at the UMDNJ-George F. Smith Library.

Christopher C. Sellers, MD, PhD, New Jersey Institute of Technology, wasawarded a National Library of Medicine publication grant for his forthcomingbook, Emergence of an American Science of Occupational Disease.

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Richard P. Wedeen, MD, UMDNJ-New Jersey Medical School, and HelenSheehan, PhD, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, St. JohnsUniversity, presented papers last December at the International Conference onEnvironment and Health in Developing Countries at the Indian Institute ofManagement in Calcutta. Dr. Wedeen's paper was entitled "Medical Signs ofEnvironmental Disease," and Dr. Sheehan 's paper was entitled "A SociologicalAnalysis of the Roles of Government, Scientists, Physicians and the Communityin Environmental Health." They also presented papers in Hyderabad at theIndian Institute of the History of Medicine and at the Directorate of MedicalEducation of the Ministry of Health, Andhra Pradesh State.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Save this date -- October 18 -- for the fall meeting of the MHSNJ.********

The MHSNJ welcomes the following new members (as of April 1, 1995):

Steven Deak, MDJames P. Dunn, MDMorton Farber, MDMilton Fineman, MDWolfgang Jochle, DVMTerry A. Johnston, MD

Michael Nevins, MDJerome Nozick, MDJohn S. O'Shea, MDGus Slotman, MDFelix H. Vann, MDJoseph A. Vasselli, MD

MHSNJ members are reminded they may apply for library privilegesprimary user status at any UMDNJ library upon payment of $50 per year.

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Pasteur Prize

Karen McKeon, a student at Stuart Country Day School in Princeton, has beenselected the winner of the MHSNJ's Pasteur Prize for 1995. Her essay is entitled"The Influence of Medicine on William Carlos Williams' Writing." Karen willreceive a $350 prize. The runners-up are Paul Joseph Swiatocha, Jr., VernonTownship High School, for "The Bubonic Plague: A Piece of the Past We ShouldNot be 'Condemned to Repeat' and Tina Enhoffer, Saddle Brook High School,for "The History of the Bubonic Plague; " each will receive a certificate of merit.Six students will be awarded certificates as distinguished essayists. The studentsare Sarnir Shah, Laura Jean Lizzi, Leah Scherzer, Jaime L. Blank, Nicholas J.Gatto, and Leandra A. Marcelle.

A committee of MHSNJ members and others read all the essays and selected thewinning entries. The committee was comprised of Andrea and Jay Blumenthal,William Campbell, Sandra Moss, Helen Sheehan, and Richard and RobertaWedeen. This is the second year the Society has sponsored the Pasteur Prize.

UMDNJ 25th Anniversary Exhibit Opened

"The First Quarter Century: UMDNJ, 1970-1995, " an exhibit celebrating theUniversity of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey 's 25th anniversary, willopen at the George F. Smith Library of the Health Sciences on the NewarkCampus on April 19. Featured in the exhibit are photographs, documents,ephemera and memorabilia from the UMDNJ Archives illustrating theUniversit

y' s history. An opening reception will be held in the Library Exhibition

Gallery from 3 pm to 4:30 pm. The public is invited to attend.

The exhibit is underwritten by a gift from McCarter & English, Attorneys atLaw, Newark. For more information, contact Lois Densky-Wolff, archivist,University Libraries-Special Collections Department at 201/982-7830.

Herbals in Medical History ScholarshipTheme of ALHHS Annual Meeting

Two lectures on herbals will be presented at the twentieth annual meeting of theArchivists and Librarians in the History of the Health Sciences (ALHHS) to beheld at the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation in Pittsburgh on May 11.J. Worth Estes, MD, Boston University School of Medicine, will present a lectureon "The Use of Herbals in History of Medicine Scholarship." Charlotte Tansin,MSLS, Librarian of the Hunt Institute, will discuss "Herbal Incunabula."

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ALHHS' s meeting takes place in conjunction with and prior to the annualmeeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine. Forregistration information contact, Peter A. Nelson, 215/955-7642; Internet

NELSON@JE FLIN. TJU. EDU .

Videotapes Available

The MHSNJ began videotaping its meetings in May 1992, thanks to ChristineHaycock, MD, and the tapes are available for viewing. To borrow a videotape,contact Lisa Fleischer at the AMNJ, 609/275-1911. Return postage is theresponsibility of the borrower. Videotapes available are:

May 1992

Book Collecting Program:"Bibliophilia or Bibliomania: A Case Study, " Francis P. Chinard, MD"A Quiet Lover of Books: Dr. Samuel Lewis of Philadelphia and His Library, "

Thomas A. Horrocks, MA, MS, MLA"Enough Responsibilities for All: Collectors, Book Dealers, & Librarians, "

Estelle Brodman, PhD"An Historic Find: Charcot 's Gift to Lancereaux," Richard P. Wedeen,MD"Medical Book Collecting and Scholarship: Past, Present, and Future,"

W. Bruce Fye, MD, Saffron Lecturer

October 1992

"PCP and Me: The Small Joys di Great Satisfactions of Medical Sleuthing, "Allen B. Weisse, MD

"The Nobel Prize and Surgery, " Kenneth Swan, MD"Their Bones Just Rotted," William D. Sharpe, MD"In Dr. Harrison S. Martland's Footsteps: The Radium Dial Episode, "

Ross Mullner, PhD, MPH

May 1993

"Paradigm in Anatomy, " Richard J. Wein, MD" `A Statement of Causes ' : The Court Martial of William A. Hammond,MD, Surgeon General, " Murray A. Rosenberg, MD"New Jersey Cares for Civil War Veterans: A Model for the Nation, "

Helen E. Sheehan, PhD, and Richard P. Wedeen, MD"Spreading the Germ Theory, " Nancy Tomes, PhD, Saffron Lecturer

October 1993

"Thomas Jefferson and Physicians: A 250th Anniversary Commentary, "

Francis P. Chinard, MD"From Glasgow to Newark: Neurological Surgery in New Jersey,"

George L. Becker, Jr, MD"The Medical History of Franklin D. Roosevelt, " Hugh E. Evans, MD"Aesthetics and the Making of Darwin's Theory," David Kohn, PhD

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May 1994'Blutwaschung' -- Building the Artificial Kidney," Sandra Moss, MD

"A History of the Treatment of the Rupture: The Silent Plague, " Benjamin F. Rush, Jr,MD

"How Shall We Determine Whether a Treatment Works? -- A BriefHistory of Clinical Trials, " Bart K. Holland, PhD"Nineteenth Century Addiction Cures," William H. Helfand, Saffron Lecturer

October 1994

"Why Did New jersey Become a Center for Pharmaceutical Innovation? The Case of theMerck Research Laboratories, " Jeffrey L. Sturchio, PhD

"Tuberculosis: Why the 'White Plague' ?," Allen B. Weisse, MD"Latter Day Encounters with Radium: Changing Concepts of the Benefits

and Evils of Radioactivity," M. Donald Blaufox, MD, PhD

MEMBERS' PUBLICATIONS IN THE HISTORY OF MEDICINE, 1994

Asbell, MB. A brief history of pedodontics. The Diamond -- Temple UniversitySchool of Dentistry 1994; 3(1): 10-11.

. Research in dental caries. Compendium 1994; 14: 792-798.

Campbell, WC. Book Review: Murder, magic and medicine by John Mann. J

Hist Med. 1994; 49: 147-150.. Centenary biographical note: Chester Albern Herrick. Int J for

Parasitol 1993; 23: 975-976._. Historical basis of binomials assigned to helminths collected on

Scott's last Antarctic expedition. J Helminthological Soc Wash 1994; 61: 1-11.. Milestones in parasitology (Letter to the Editor). Parasitol Today

1994; 10: 303-304.. Pioneer papers: 1. Nelson and Maukundi, 1963. Newsl Amer Soc

of Parasitologists 1994; 16: 3.

Cowen, DL. America's pre-pharmacopoeial literature. Med Secoli Arte Sci:Giornale Stork: Med. 1993; 5 (1): 79-102.

. Introduction. In: Nauny, B. Memories, thoughts and convictions.Canton, MA: Watson Pub Int; 1994. (Resources in Medical HistorySeries).

Grob, GN. Book Review: The first psychiatric institute: how research and educationchanged by LC Kolb and L Roezin. Bull Hist Med. 1994; 68: 744-745.

. Book Review: The turning point: how men of conscience brought aboutmajor change in the care of America's mentally ill by A. Sareyen. J PsychothPract Res 1994; 4: 83-84.

. Government and mental health policy: a structural analysis. Milbank

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Q 1994; 72: 471-500.. The history of the asylum revisited: personal reflections. In: Micale

M, Porter, R, editors. Discovering the history ofpsychiatry. New York:Oxford Univ, Press; 1994. p. 260-281.

. The mad among us: a history of the care of America 's mentally ill. NewYork: Free Press; 1994.

. Mad, homeless, and unwanted: a history of the care of the chronicmentally ill in America. Psychiatr clin North America 1994; 17 (3): 541-558.

Hill, Gj. A decade of training in surgical oncology. J Cancer Educ 1994; 9 (3);Suppl: 15, abstract 33.

. The American Cancer Society Latin America exchange program. JCancer Educ 1994; 9 (3); Suppl: 14, abstract 32.

Irwin, BS. The medical history collection at UMDNJ libraries. NJ Libraries 1994;Fall: 23-24.

Jochle, W [new member]. Biology and pathology of reproduction in Greekmythology.Contraception 1971; 4: 1-13.

. Menses-inducing drugs: their role in antique,medieval and renaissance gynecology and birth control. Contraception1974; 10: 425.

. Abortion and the Mosaic law. Contraception 1975;12: 229-231.

. Veterinary acupuncture in Europe and America:past and present. Amer J Acupuncture 1978; 6: 149-156.

. Traces of embryo transfer and artificial inseminationin antiquity and the medieval age. Theriogenology 1984; 21: 80-83.

. The dangerous mare goddess. Reflections on equinereproduction in Indian mythology. J Equine Vet Sci 1992; 12: 332-335.

Katz, FF. Theobald Smith and animal parasitology: highlights on an anniversary.Vet Heritage, Bull Amer Vet Hist Soc 1994; 17 (2): 63-71.

Nevins, M. The Jewish physician: a narrative history. n.p.: Jason Aronson. In press.

Parsonnet, V, Bernstein, AD. Transvenous pacing: a seminal transition from theresearch laboratory. Ann Thorac Surg 1989; 48: 738-740.

Rogers, FB. Psychoanalysis: one science of man. Temple Univ Med. Alumni News1994; 6 (1): 3.

Wedeen, RP, Sheehan, HE. Sharing the toxic burden in New Jersey. NJ Med.1994; 91 (10): 707-713.

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The Newsletter of the Medical History Society of New jersey is published in October and May by theSociety and is a benefit of membership. The deadline for the next newsletter is September 1,1995. Correspondence and submissions may be addressed to:

Lois Densky-WolffEditor, MHSNJUMDNJ-George F. Smith Library30 12th AvenueNewark, NJ 07103201/982-7830Internet: densky@umdnj.edu

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