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AAHM planning ramps up at the Dittrick
The Dittrick is leading the planning for the 82nd annual
meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine, to take place at the Intercontinental Hotel, April 23-26, 2009. Pat Gerstner is taking the lead on arrangements with the conference hotel (photo right), while the rest of the Dittrick staff is dividing up other logistical aspects, and in this we are supported by several CWRU faculty and staff. The CMLA will be supporting the Garrison Lecture and reception, to be held at the Allen Memorial Medical Library on Thursday, April 23.

The Lakeside Unit in World War I
The Lakeside Unit, organized more than a year before the United States entered the war in 1917, provided medical care to Allied troops in France. In 1917 when the US did enter the war, the Lakeside Unit , now formally designated at Base Hospital No. 4, was ready for active duty overseas.

Through a cooperative effort between the Dittrick Medical History Center and the Stanley A. Ferguson Archives at the University Hospitals, original images and documents from both institutions holdings will be used in an online exhibit to document the history of the Lakeside Unit. If you have anything to share, please don’t hesitate to call Jennifer Nieves (Archivist/Museum Registrar, Dittrick Museum) at 216-368-3648, e-mail to jennifer.nieves@case.edu. We are actively seeking materials that may help us in our research.

The scourge of Nazi medicine: the Pernkopf anatomy atlas and eugenics in the museum context

This temporary exhibit is located in the Allen Memorial Medical Library in the Cushing Reading room and will be open for viewing during regular library hours.

Or view the online version of this exhibit.

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