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FRIENDS OF THE P.I. NIXON MEDICAL HISTORICAL LIBRARY
NEWSLETTER
The P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library No. 25 Annual Newsletter The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 7703 Floyd Curl Drive “Fascinating Anomalies of the Circus San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900 Telephone: 210-567-2400 Observing human oddities has been a popular pastime since Fax: 210-567-2490 they were first exhibited at fairs during medieval times. The http://www.library.uthscsa.edu
Fall 2009
Side Show”
living skeleton, the giant, the dwarf, the bearded lady have always drawn crowds who wanted to look, wonder and touch. The Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library was organized to foster the growth, development and use of a collection of books, manuscripts, and other materials relating to the history of the health sciences. The collection was brought together primarily through the efforts of Dr. P.I. Nixon, a physician and historian in San Antonio. The Library bears his name to honor his efforts.
Board of Directors, 2008-2009 President: Philip T. Valente, M.D. Vice-President/President-Elect: Julie K. Brown, Ph.D. Past-President 2007-2008: Kirsten Gardner, Ph.D. Secretary/Treasurer: Rajia Tobia, A.M.L.S. Members-at-Large: P.I. Nixon, III David P. Cappelli, Ph.D. Constance Lowe, M.F.A. Charles W. Sargent, Ph.D. Library Staff: Pennie Borchers, M.L.S. Special Collections Librarian Collections, Programs, Exhibits The Friends Annual Newsletter Susan Hunnicutt, M.L.I.S. Special Projects Librarian
Some of the most fascinating examples of these anomalies have appeared in circus side shows. The etiologies and eventual fate of some of the more unusual human beings will be discussed at the 39th Annual Dinner-Presentation on November 3rd by guest speaker, Dr. Joyce G. Schwartz, a board certified anatomic and clinical pathologist with the South Texas Pathology Associates group which serves the Methodist Hospital System. Dr. Schwartz received her Bachelor of Science and M.A. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and her medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. She was a tenured professor at the Health Science Center before joining Quest Diagnostic Laboratories at its headquarters in New Jersey, where she served as the Vice President, Chief Laboratory Officer and Vice President for Science and Innovation. She is a recipient of the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation “Piper Professor Award” for excellence in teaching and the Medical School “Alumnus of the Year Award,” presented by the UT Health Science Center School of Medicine. Dr. Schwartz has published over eighty articles in peer-reviewed medical and scientific publications and has had a longstanding interest in the history of medicine.
39TH ANNUAL MEETING Dinner and Presentation
We invite the Friends, their guests, and all those interested in this fascinating topic to an enjoyable evening of good food and conversation. This year the dinner will be Oak Hills Country Club held just off campus at the Oak Hills 5403 Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio 78229 Country Club, on Fredericksburg Road. Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Cash bar: 6:30 p.m. Dinner: 7:00 p.m. Appetizer, entrée, dessert, coffee or tea
Cost: $40/person Please send the enclosed invitation and ($30 for students includes Friends membership) Advance registration required Please RSVP by October 29th (Reservation form is enclosed)
membership renewal form by October 29 to reserve your place. We look forward to hearing from you!
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Exhibits and Lectures Texas is home to people from around the world. With the influx of migrations, many different folk traditions have taken root in Texas. Health Across Cultures in Texas, an exhibit researched and mounted by Linda Ho Peché and Suzy Seriff of the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, was on view in the lecture hall foyer from mid-January through the end of February. The display featured early migrations to Texas, the newcomers’ impressions of their adopted home, and the folk healing practices they brought with them. Personal stories were gathered from oral histories conducted in Austin and San Antonio by staff members of the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum and by students from the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, under the direction of Dr. Adelita Cantu of the School of Nursing.
Suzy Seriff, curator of the exhibit “Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America through Galveston Island,” was guest speaker at a Friends brownbag on January 16. Her presentation was part of the community outreach program for the exhibit, Health Across Cultures in Texas. “Forgotten Gateway” was made possible in part through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Wachovia Foundation.
YIN / YANG - THE UNITY OF DUALITY The Embedding of Yin and Yang: A Nursing Student’s Perspective At this January brownbag, Taiwanese nursing student Teck Tan gave the audience his perspective on the unity of duality, describing ways in which proper nutrition (the Yin/Yang culture of eating) can prevent ailments, help us regulate our “inner environment,” and achieve homeostasis.
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Exhibits and Lectures Anomalies of the Circus October 21, 2009 – January 21, 2010
Individuals with unusual physical characteristics have always fascinated lay public and medical profession alike. In certain societies, the anomalous body was celebrated in all its manifold forms; in others, human abnormality was shunned for not conforming to preconceived notions of propriety. “Anomalies of the Circus,” an exhibit prepared by Special Collections Librarian Pennie Borchers, is based on an original display by Dr. Joyce Schwartz, guest speaker at the 2009 Dinner-Presentation. Its focus is on the world of the sideshow, where ‘human curiosities’ were exhibited for profit. Photographs and memorabilia capture the atmosphere of the ‘Big Top.’ This display is mounted in conjunction with the November 3rd Dinner-Presentation. Jakob Rueff De conceptu et generatione hominis, 1587
SAWS Exhibit – “Aqua People” “Aqua People,” a San Antonio Water System art installation representing various aspects of water conservation, was exhibited in the Briscoe Library in February. We were reminded that there are over 9000 miles of water pipes underneath San Antonio, which - if laid end to end - would reach from the Alamo City to Australia! To further expand our awareness of the importance of clean water to good health, SAWS designed ten larger-than-life, free-standing, translucent figures, which were placed at strategic points in the library. Inscriptions in Spanish and English at the base of each ‘Aqua Person’ - flamenco dancer, golfer, gardener, and others - underlined ways in which our precious natural resource is best conserved.
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Hospice and Palliative Care Hospice and Palliative Care is scheduled for display in the lecture hall foyer from August to late October, 2009. The brief historical overview presents images of refuges for medieval wayfarers and crusaders en route to religious shrines and gives a timeline honoring key figures in hospice care: Mary Aikenhead, Rose Hawthorne, and Cicely Saunders, to name but a few. Medical study of the human body – human dissection, gross anatomy, and the Willed Body Program – is the focus of another exhibit panel. Dr. Sandra Sanchez-Reilly, assistant professor of geriatrics and palliative care, asked students from her Medical Ethics class to share specific stories about their experiences with the dying. A number of these personal impressions - often concerning members of their immediate family - are included in the exhibit. The University of Texas Health Science Center’s 2009 “One Community/One Book” selection, Final Exam, by liver transplant surgeon Pauline Chen, MD, takes center stage in the last exhibit section. Dr. Chen has travelled the country extensively, speaking about end-of-life issues to medical and general audiences. On September 25 from 12:00 noon to1:00 p.m. in the Health Science Center Auditorium she will give a special presentation: “Our Best Selves: One Surgeon’s Reflections on Compassionate Care.” Excerpts from her writing reveal the shifts in perception toward the dying which she has experienced in the course of her career as a physician. Death of the Virgin Hans Multscher -1437 – Berlin
Students Visit the Nixon Library Two groups from the ¡VIVA! Peer Tutor Project of the South Texas ISD in Mercedes, Texas, visited the Briscoe Library in August. Twelve high school students and three chaperones explored health careers here on campus and in San Antonio. In addition to viewing a special display of rare books in the Nixon Library, their schedule included a visit to the dental clinic, an opportunity to observe a medical illustrator at work, a trip to the Spurs sports medicine facility and a meeting with the veterinarian at the San Antonio Zoo.
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Briscoe Library is Selected by the National Library of Medicine to receive Harry Potter Exhibit Exciting news arrived recently from the American Library Association: the announcement that the Briscoe Library was one of twelve libraries in the country selected to participate in the upcoming tour
Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine This NLM traveling exhibition was curated by Elizabeth J. Bland with assistance from History of Medicine consultant Mark A. Waddell, Ph.D. Coordination of the exhibition tour (from September 2009 to November 2010) is being handled by the American Library Association Public Programs Office. The Harry Potter exhibit will be on view in the Briscoe Library October 6 – November 8, 2010. Past Presidents of the Friends, Dr. Charleen Moore, Dr. Ron Philo, and Dr. Richard Luduena have generously offered their support. While the exhibit is on campus, Charleen Moore, Ph.D., Professor of Cellular and Structural Biology will give a presentation on Renaissance medicine and alchemy, in which she plans to feature Ambroise Pare’s innovations in surgery, Bischoff and Porta’s books on alchemy, and Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy. Dr. Moore will also cover early folk medicine with examples of herbals from our Special Collections. Ron Philo, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Anatomy at the Health Science Center and expert on Leonardo da Vinci, will discuss the historical transition from Galenism into the era of Renaissance medicine. He will describe Vesalius’ revolutionary, hands-on dissections, da Vinci’s emphasis on first-hand observation of the human body, and Dürer’s classic canon of proportion. Dr. Philo’s scholarly research on Leonardo’s anatomical drawings at Windsor Castle led to his appointment as exhibit cataloger on this great Renaissance artist for the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. Richard Luduena, Ph.D., Distinguished Teaching Fellow and Professor of Biochemistry, will gear his lecture to younger audiences with tales of barber-surgeons, blood-letters, and quacks. He will also describe the historical breakthrough in understanding the human circulatory system made by William Harvey. Finally, we look forward to a presentation by C. Mackenzie Brown, Ph.D., Jennie Farris Railey King Professor in Religion, Department of Religion, Trinity University, who has kindly consented to give us his insights on Paracelsus and Isaac Newton, the roots of science in alchemy, and the ways science, religion and magic were once interwoven. Special thanks to our local partners and supporters: The Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics – Director Ruth Berggren, M.D.; Philip T. Valente, M.D., Professor of Pathology, President of the Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library; Bexar County Medical Society President Roberto San Martin MD, M.S., F.A.C.S.; and Irene Chapa, Ph.D., director of the Office of Recruitment and Science Outreach at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Announcements of all the forthcoming ‘Harry Potter’ events will be sent to Friends members next summer. 5
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Art and Anatomy Workshop Spring, 2009
Iris Cahill
Hand by Derek Koller
Mira Hudson
The Art and Anatomy Workshop, a pilot project launched last spring, was developed by Charleen M. Moore, PhD, from the UTHSC Department of Cellular and Structural Biology; Constance Lowe, MFA, and Jayne Lawrence, MFA, from the Department of Art and Art History at UTSA; and Penelope Borchers, MLS, from the Briscoe Library. The goal of this three-part workshop was an interaction between UT Health Science Center medical students and UTSA art students for the purpose of developing new ways of “seeing” the body. Session One presented an introduction to basic drawing techniques (contour, gesture drawing, and shading) for accurate illustration of the structure of bones and attachments of muscles. This session met at the School of Medicine and used plastinated specimens from the anatomical collection in the Department of Cellular and Structural Biology. Session Two was an introduction to perspective and proportion of the human face. This session took place in the studios of the UTSA Department of Art and Art History, where the students drew portraits of one another. Art materials for the workshop were kindly provided by the department. Session Three offered the students an introduction to important anatomists/artists from the Renaissance to present times. This session met in the P.I. Nixon Library Reading Room, where the students examined many of the most famous anatomical atlases and discussed an image presentation of contemporary artists. It was generally agreed that this was not only an excellent learning experience but a wonderful opportunity for students to interact with their peers from another discipline.
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Digital Repository The Library’s Digital Repository is a collection of historical and instructional materials, including medical illustrations, photographs and manuscripts documenting the history of healthcare in South Texas, digitized copies of selected texts from the Nixon Library, theses and dissertations, and records and media highlighting the development of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The Digital Repository can be accessed on the Library’s web page under Services to the University or by using the direct link: http://learningobjects.library.uthscsa.edu/. Recent additions include: Essays on the Anatomy of Expression in Painting by Charles Bell http://learningobjects.library.uthscsa.edu/ cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/hom&CISOPTR=4546&REC=1 The Doctors Herff, a memoir written by San Antonio physician Ferdinand Peter Herff http:// learningobjects.library.uthscsa.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/hom&CISOPTR=6018&REC=1 The Casebooks of George Cupples, believed to be the first physician in Texas to use anesthesia. His notes cover the period from 1853 to 1867 and include amputation of the hip joint of a 9-year-old child following a pistol wound, traumatic tetanus and other diseases occurring among the pioneer residents of Texas. http://learningobjects.library.uthscsa.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/ hom&CISOPTR=5359&REC=2 Tourniquets and Amputation Instruments, a catalog published in 1804 with pictures of instruments used during the Civil War. http://learningobjects.library.uthscsa.edu/cdm4/results.php? CISOOP1=any&CISOBOX1=tourniquets&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=all
Photograph taken at the Friends 38th Annual Dinner Meeting on November 10, 2008 Dr. P.I. Nixon, Jr., Special Collections Librarian Pennie Borchers, Friends President Philip T. Valente, M.D.; Friends Past President Kirsten Gardner, Ph.D., and guest speaker, Beatrix Hoffman, Ph.D.
Guidelines for Gifts The Briscoe Library and the P. I. Nixon Medical Historical Library appreciate gifts of books that enhance the collections. Items donated to the library are accepted with the understanding that, upon receipt, these materials become library property. Cataloging treatment and the right to determine retention, use, or disposition of the rare books will be at the library’s discretion. The donor will receive an acknowledgement letter specifying number and type of items, but IRS regulations prohibit library staff from assigning a value to gifts. The library is especially interested in building a strong collection on the history of healthcare in South Texas and would be grateful for donations of materials such as casebooks, memoirs, photographs and oral histories. You may also wish to make a monetary gift to the library for the purchase of a book as a memorial or in honor of someone. The book will bear a label, identifying it as a gift in memory of the deceased. Although library staff will make the final book selection, donors may specify the choice of subject related to the health sciences. A fitting tribute to a health care professional is a book in his or her specialty. Arrangements for donations are made through the library at (210) 567-2469. 7
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Membership Roster for 2008 – 2009 Honorary Members Drs. Charles & Virginia Bowden Mrs. A. G. Grum Mrs. Robert S. Sparkman Life Members Mrs. Maxine E. Bernreuter Dr. Louise A. Box-Hutchinson Dr. & Mrs. John E. Carter Dr. & Mrs. Alfonso Chiscano Mrs. Helen Groves Mrs. Reagan Houston Dr. John P. Howe, III Dr. Milton S. Jacobs Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Krause Mrs. Brooks B. McGimsey Dr. David D. Madorsky Mrs. Catherine Meaney Dr. Janice A. Mendelson Dr. & Mrs. P. I. Nixon, Jr. Dr. Joel E. Pessa Dr. James E. Pridgen Mrs. Vernie A. Stembridge Mrs. Albert Steves, III Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Steves Dr. Edwin M. Sykes, Jr. Mrs. Zula Vizard Dr. Janet F. Williams Dr. & Mrs. Harry Wilmer Mr. & Mrs. A. Jerome York Patron Members Dr. & Mrs. Bradley Aust Drs. Phyllis & Neil Bowie Dr. C. Mackenzie Brown Drs. Julie K. and John P. Brown Dr. & Mrs. Robert V. Blystone Dr. & Mrs. Alan D. Cox
Dr. & Mrs. David P. Cappelli Dr. Robert A. Clark Mr. Jerry Crockett Dr. & Mrs. Marvin Forland Mrs. August F. Herff Dr. & Mrs. O. Roger Hollan Mr. Danny Jones Dr. & Mrs. Frank Kiel Dr. & Mrs. Robert Leon Dr. & Mrs. Arthur S. McFee Dr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Mayes Dr. Charlene M. Moore Mr. & Mrs. John B. Nixon Dr. & Mrs. Ron Philo Dr. & Mrs. Basil A. Pruitt, Jr. Dr. Rajam Ramamurthy Dr. & Mrs. John D. Rugh Dr. & Mrs. Wayne H. Schwesinger Dr. & Mrs. John C. Sparks Ms. Rajia Tobia Dr. & Mrs. Lorenz Trick Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Williams Dr. & Mrs. Vick Williams Dr. & Mrs. Philip T. Valente
Ms. Katie Prentice Dr. Waid Rogers Dr. Charles W. Sargent Dr. Stacey Smith Dr. John H. J. Sykes Mr. Fred W. Todd Dr. Kristine Vogel Dr. James W. Yancy Student Members Ms. Jennifer Bliss Ms. Helen Bowman Mr. Alan Brown Ms. Jehee Choi Ms. Mariann Craddock Mr. John Craig Ms. Stephanie Gardner Mr. Christopher Gibson Ms. Summer Gibson Mr. Oscar Hernandez Mr. Travis Holloway Mr. Neal Jackson Mr. James Murphree Ms. Sarah Murphree Ms. Catherine Reppa Ms. Katie Wiggins-Dohlvik
Regular Members Dr. Alvi Azad Ms. Pennie Borchers Dr. Cheryl Burns Dr. Diana Deister Ms. Monica du Bois Dr. Kirsten Gardner Dr. Martin B. Giffen Dr. Joseph Kobos Ms. Connie Lowe Dr. Milka Montiel Mr. Patrick I. Nixon, III
Past Presidents John L. Matthews, M.D. P. I. Nixon, Jr., M.D. Robert B. Krause, M.D. Milton S. Jacobs, M.D. J. W. Winter, M.D. A. O. Severance, M.D. David McCullough, M.D. James E. Pridgen, M.D. S. Perry Post, M.D. Edwin M. Sykes, Jr., M.D. J. Bradley Aust, M.D. Perry W. Nadig, M.D. 8
William B. Brendel, M.D. David McMahon, M.D. Mrs. Lila Cockrell William V. Healey, M.D. Mrs. Charles W. Finley Maurice S. Albin, M.D. Charles A. Hulse, M.D. Joyce G. Schwartz, M.D. Mrs. Zula Vizard Harlan D. Root, M.D., Ph.D. Herman S. Wigodsky, M.D., Ph.D. John M. Smith, Jr. M.D. August F. Herff. M.D.
Janice A. Mendelson, M.D. Daniel Rosenthal, M.D. Arthur S. McFee, M.D. Daniel H. Jones, M.L.S. Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., M.D. Erle K. Adrian, Jr., M.D., Ph.D. Emilio F. Romero, M.D. Charleen M. Moore, Ph.D. Ron Philo, Ph.D. Richard F. Luduena, Ph.D. Kirsten Gardner, Ph.D. Philip T. Valente, M.D.
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NEWSLETTER
The P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library No. 25 Annual Newsletter The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio 7703 Floyd Curl Drive “Fascinating Anomalies of the Circus San Antonio, Texas 78229-3900 Telephone: 210-567-2400 Observing human oddities has been a popular pastime since Fax: 210-567-2490 they were first exhibited at fairs during medieval times. The http://www.library.uthscsa.edu
Fall 2009
Side Show”
living skeleton, the giant, the dwarf, the bearded lady have always drawn crowds who wanted to look, wonder and touch. The Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library was organized to foster the growth, development and use of a collection of books, manuscripts, and other materials relating to the history of the health sciences. The collection was brought together primarily through the efforts of Dr. P.I. Nixon, a physician and historian in San Antonio. The Library bears his name to honor his efforts.
Board of Directors, 2008-2009 President: Philip T. Valente, M.D. Vice-President/President-Elect: Julie K. Brown, Ph.D. Past-President 2007-2008: Kirsten Gardner, Ph.D. Secretary/Treasurer: Rajia Tobia, A.M.L.S. Members-at-Large: P.I. Nixon, III David P. Cappelli, Ph.D. Constance Lowe, M.F.A. Charles W. Sargent, Ph.D. Library Staff: Pennie Borchers, M.L.S. Special Collections Librarian Collections, Programs, Exhibits The Friends Annual Newsletter Susan Hunnicutt, M.L.I.S. Special Projects Librarian
Some of the most fascinating examples of these anomalies have appeared in circus side shows. The etiologies and eventual fate of some of the more unusual human beings will be discussed at the 39th Annual Dinner-Presentation on November 3rd by guest speaker, Dr. Joyce G. Schwartz, a board certified anatomic and clinical pathologist with the South Texas Pathology Associates group which serves the Methodist Hospital System. Dr. Schwartz received her Bachelor of Science and M.A. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin and her medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. She was a tenured professor at the Health Science Center before joining Quest Diagnostic Laboratories at its headquarters in New Jersey, where she served as the Vice President, Chief Laboratory Officer and Vice President for Science and Innovation. She is a recipient of the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation “Piper Professor Award” for excellence in teaching and the Medical School “Alumnus of the Year Award,” presented by the UT Health Science Center School of Medicine. Dr. Schwartz has published over eighty articles in peer-reviewed medical and scientific publications and has had a longstanding interest in the history of medicine.
39TH ANNUAL MEETING Dinner and Presentation
We invite the Friends, their guests, and all those interested in this fascinating topic to an enjoyable evening of good food and conversation. This year the dinner will be Oak Hills Country Club held just off campus at the Oak Hills 5403 Fredericksburg Road, San Antonio 78229 Country Club, on Fredericksburg Road. Tuesday, November 3, 2009 Cash bar: 6:30 p.m. Dinner: 7:00 p.m. Appetizer, entrée, dessert, coffee or tea
Cost: $40/person Please send the enclosed invitation and ($30 for students includes Friends membership) Advance registration required Please RSVP by October 29th (Reservation form is enclosed)
membership renewal form by October 29 to reserve your place. We look forward to hearing from you!
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Exhibits and Lectures Texas is home to people from around the world. With the influx of migrations, many different folk traditions have taken root in Texas. Health Across Cultures in Texas, an exhibit researched and mounted by Linda Ho Peché and Suzy Seriff of the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, was on view in the lecture hall foyer from mid-January through the end of February. The display featured early migrations to Texas, the newcomers’ impressions of their adopted home, and the folk healing practices they brought with them. Personal stories were gathered from oral histories conducted in Austin and San Antonio by staff members of the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum and by students from the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio, under the direction of Dr. Adelita Cantu of the School of Nursing.
Suzy Seriff, curator of the exhibit “Forgotten Gateway: Coming to America through Galveston Island,” was guest speaker at a Friends brownbag on January 16. Her presentation was part of the community outreach program for the exhibit, Health Across Cultures in Texas. “Forgotten Gateway” was made possible in part through the generous support of the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Wachovia Foundation.
YIN / YANG - THE UNITY OF DUALITY The Embedding of Yin and Yang: A Nursing Student’s Perspective At this January brownbag, Taiwanese nursing student Teck Tan gave the audience his perspective on the unity of duality, describing ways in which proper nutrition (the Yin/Yang culture of eating) can prevent ailments, help us regulate our “inner environment,” and achieve homeostasis.
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Exhibits and Lectures Anomalies of the Circus October 21, 2009 – January 21, 2010
Individuals with unusual physical characteristics have always fascinated lay public and medical profession alike. In certain societies, the anomalous body was celebrated in all its manifold forms; in others, human abnormality was shunned for not conforming to preconceived notions of propriety. “Anomalies of the Circus,” an exhibit prepared by Special Collections Librarian Pennie Borchers, is based on an original display by Dr. Joyce Schwartz, guest speaker at the 2009 Dinner-Presentation. Its focus is on the world of the sideshow, where ‘human curiosities’ were exhibited for profit. Photographs and memorabilia capture the atmosphere of the ‘Big Top.’ This display is mounted in conjunction with the November 3rd Dinner-Presentation. Jakob Rueff De conceptu et generatione hominis, 1587
SAWS Exhibit – “Aqua People” “Aqua People,” a San Antonio Water System art installation representing various aspects of water conservation, was exhibited in the Briscoe Library in February. We were reminded that there are over 9000 miles of water pipes underneath San Antonio, which - if laid end to end - would reach from the Alamo City to Australia! To further expand our awareness of the importance of clean water to good health, SAWS designed ten larger-than-life, free-standing, translucent figures, which were placed at strategic points in the library. Inscriptions in Spanish and English at the base of each ‘Aqua Person’ - flamenco dancer, golfer, gardener, and others - underlined ways in which our precious natural resource is best conserved.
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Hospice and Palliative Care Hospice and Palliative Care is scheduled for display in the lecture hall foyer from August to late October, 2009. The brief historical overview presents images of refuges for medieval wayfarers and crusaders en route to religious shrines and gives a timeline honoring key figures in hospice care: Mary Aikenhead, Rose Hawthorne, and Cicely Saunders, to name but a few. Medical study of the human body – human dissection, gross anatomy, and the Willed Body Program – is the focus of another exhibit panel. Dr. Sandra Sanchez-Reilly, assistant professor of geriatrics and palliative care, asked students from her Medical Ethics class to share specific stories about their experiences with the dying. A number of these personal impressions - often concerning members of their immediate family - are included in the exhibit. The University of Texas Health Science Center’s 2009 “One Community/One Book” selection, Final Exam, by liver transplant surgeon Pauline Chen, MD, takes center stage in the last exhibit section. Dr. Chen has travelled the country extensively, speaking about end-of-life issues to medical and general audiences. On September 25 from 12:00 noon to1:00 p.m. in the Health Science Center Auditorium she will give a special presentation: “Our Best Selves: One Surgeon’s Reflections on Compassionate Care.” Excerpts from her writing reveal the shifts in perception toward the dying which she has experienced in the course of her career as a physician. Death of the Virgin Hans Multscher -1437 – Berlin
Students Visit the Nixon Library Two groups from the ¡VIVA! Peer Tutor Project of the South Texas ISD in Mercedes, Texas, visited the Briscoe Library in August. Twelve high school students and three chaperones explored health careers here on campus and in San Antonio. In addition to viewing a special display of rare books in the Nixon Library, their schedule included a visit to the dental clinic, an opportunity to observe a medical illustrator at work, a trip to the Spurs sports medicine facility and a meeting with the veterinarian at the San Antonio Zoo.
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Briscoe Library is Selected by the National Library of Medicine to receive Harry Potter Exhibit Exciting news arrived recently from the American Library Association: the announcement that the Briscoe Library was one of twelve libraries in the country selected to participate in the upcoming tour
Harry Potter’s World: Renaissance Science, Magic, and Medicine This NLM traveling exhibition was curated by Elizabeth J. Bland with assistance from History of Medicine consultant Mark A. Waddell, Ph.D. Coordination of the exhibition tour (from September 2009 to November 2010) is being handled by the American Library Association Public Programs Office. The Harry Potter exhibit will be on view in the Briscoe Library October 6 – November 8, 2010. Past Presidents of the Friends, Dr. Charleen Moore, Dr. Ron Philo, and Dr. Richard Luduena have generously offered their support. While the exhibit is on campus, Charleen Moore, Ph.D., Professor of Cellular and Structural Biology will give a presentation on Renaissance medicine and alchemy, in which she plans to feature Ambroise Pare’s innovations in surgery, Bischoff and Porta’s books on alchemy, and Burton’s Anatomy of Melancholy. Dr. Moore will also cover early folk medicine with examples of herbals from our Special Collections. Ron Philo, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Anatomy at the Health Science Center and expert on Leonardo da Vinci, will discuss the historical transition from Galenism into the era of Renaissance medicine. He will describe Vesalius’ revolutionary, hands-on dissections, da Vinci’s emphasis on first-hand observation of the human body, and Dürer’s classic canon of proportion. Dr. Philo’s scholarly research on Leonardo’s anatomical drawings at Windsor Castle led to his appointment as exhibit cataloger on this great Renaissance artist for the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. Richard Luduena, Ph.D., Distinguished Teaching Fellow and Professor of Biochemistry, will gear his lecture to younger audiences with tales of barber-surgeons, blood-letters, and quacks. He will also describe the historical breakthrough in understanding the human circulatory system made by William Harvey. Finally, we look forward to a presentation by C. Mackenzie Brown, Ph.D., Jennie Farris Railey King Professor in Religion, Department of Religion, Trinity University, who has kindly consented to give us his insights on Paracelsus and Isaac Newton, the roots of science in alchemy, and the ways science, religion and magic were once interwoven. Special thanks to our local partners and supporters: The Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics – Director Ruth Berggren, M.D.; Philip T. Valente, M.D., Professor of Pathology, President of the Friends of the P.I. Nixon Medical Historical Library; Bexar County Medical Society President Roberto San Martin MD, M.S., F.A.C.S.; and Irene Chapa, Ph.D., director of the Office of Recruitment and Science Outreach at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. Announcements of all the forthcoming ‘Harry Potter’ events will be sent to Friends members next summer. 5
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Art and Anatomy Workshop Spring, 2009
Iris Cahill
Hand by Derek Koller
Mira Hudson
The Art and Anatomy Workshop, a pilot project launched last spring, was developed by Charleen M. Moore, PhD, from the UTHSC Department of Cellular and Structural Biology; Constance Lowe, MFA, and Jayne Lawrence, MFA, from the Department of Art and Art History at UTSA; and Penelope Borchers, MLS, from the Briscoe Library. The goal of this three-part workshop was an interaction between UT Health Science Center medical students and UTSA art students for the purpose of developing new ways of “seeing” the body. Session One presented an introduction to basic drawing techniques (contour, gesture drawing, and shading) for accurate illustration of the structure of bones and attachments of muscles. This session met at the School of Medicine and used plastinated specimens from the anatomical collection in the Department of Cellular and Structural Biology. Session Two was an introduction to perspective and proportion of the human face. This session took place in the studios of the UTSA Department of Art and Art History, where the students drew portraits of one another. Art materials for the workshop were kindly provided by the department. Session Three offered the students an introduction to important anatomists/artists from the Renaissance to present times. This session met in the P.I. Nixon Library Reading Room, where the students examined many of the most famous anatomical atlases and discussed an image presentation of contemporary artists. It was generally agreed that this was not only an excellent learning experience but a wonderful opportunity for students to interact with their peers from another discipline.
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Annual Newsletter
Fall 2009
Digital Repository The Library’s Digital Repository is a collection of historical and instructional materials, including medical illustrations, photographs and manuscripts documenting the history of healthcare in South Texas, digitized copies of selected texts from the Nixon Library, theses and dissertations, and records and media highlighting the development of the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio. The Digital Repository can be accessed on the Library’s web page under Services to the University or by using the direct link: http://learningobjects.library.uthscsa.edu/. Recent additions include: Essays on the Anatomy of Expression in Painting by Charles Bell http://learningobjects.library.uthscsa.edu/ cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/hom&CISOPTR=4546&REC=1 The Doctors Herff, a memoir written by San Antonio physician Ferdinand Peter Herff http:// learningobjects.library.uthscsa.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/hom&CISOPTR=6018&REC=1 The Casebooks of George Cupples, believed to be the first physician in Texas to use anesthesia. His notes cover the period from 1853 to 1867 and include amputation of the hip joint of a 9-year-old child following a pistol wound, traumatic tetanus and other diseases occurring among the pioneer residents of Texas. http://learningobjects.library.uthscsa.edu/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/ hom&CISOPTR=5359&REC=2 Tourniquets and Amputation Instruments, a catalog published in 1804 with pictures of instruments used during the Civil War. http://learningobjects.library.uthscsa.edu/cdm4/results.php? CISOOP1=any&CISOBOX1=tourniquets&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=all
Photograph taken at the Friends 38th Annual Dinner Meeting on November 10, 2008 Dr. P.I. Nixon, Jr., Special Collections Librarian Pennie Borchers, Friends President Philip T. Valente, M.D.; Friends Past President Kirsten Gardner, Ph.D., and guest speaker, Beatrix Hoffman, Ph.D.
Guidelines for Gifts The Briscoe Library and the P. I. Nixon Medical Historical Library appreciate gifts of books that enhance the collections. Items donated to the library are accepted with the understanding that, upon receipt, these materials become library property. Cataloging treatment and the right to determine retention, use, or disposition of the rare books will be at the library’s discretion. The donor will receive an acknowledgement letter specifying number and type of items, but IRS regulations prohibit library staff from assigning a value to gifts. The library is especially interested in building a strong collection on the history of healthcare in South Texas and would be grateful for donations of materials such as casebooks, memoirs, photographs and oral histories. You may also wish to make a monetary gift to the library for the purchase of a book as a memorial or in honor of someone. The book will bear a label, identifying it as a gift in memory of the deceased. Although library staff will make the final book selection, donors may specify the choice of subject related to the health sciences. A fitting tribute to a health care professional is a book in his or her specialty. Arrangements for donations are made through the library at (210) 567-2469. 7
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Annual Newsletter
Fall 2009
Membership Roster for 2008 – 2009 Honorary Members Drs. Charles & Virginia Bowden Mrs. A. G. Grum Mrs. Robert S. Sparkman Life Members Mrs. Maxine E. Bernreuter Dr. Louise A. Box-Hutchinson Dr. & Mrs. John E. Carter Dr. & Mrs. Alfonso Chiscano Mrs. Helen Groves Mrs. Reagan Houston Dr. John P. Howe, III Dr. Milton S. Jacobs Dr. & Mrs. Robert B. Krause Mrs. Brooks B. McGimsey Dr. David D. Madorsky Mrs. Catherine Meaney Dr. Janice A. Mendelson Dr. & Mrs. P. I. Nixon, Jr. Dr. Joel E. Pessa Dr. James E. Pridgen Mrs. Vernie A. Stembridge Mrs. Albert Steves, III Mr. & Mrs. Marshall Steves Dr. Edwin M. Sykes, Jr. Mrs. Zula Vizard Dr. Janet F. Williams Dr. & Mrs. Harry Wilmer Mr. & Mrs. A. Jerome York Patron Members Dr. & Mrs. Bradley Aust Drs. Phyllis & Neil Bowie Dr. C. Mackenzie Brown Drs. Julie K. and John P. Brown Dr. & Mrs. Robert V. Blystone Dr. & Mrs. Alan D. Cox
Dr. & Mrs. David P. Cappelli Dr. Robert A. Clark Mr. Jerry Crockett Dr. & Mrs. Marvin Forland Mrs. August F. Herff Dr. & Mrs. O. Roger Hollan Mr. Danny Jones Dr. & Mrs. Frank Kiel Dr. & Mrs. Robert Leon Dr. & Mrs. Arthur S. McFee Dr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Mayes Dr. Charlene M. Moore Mr. & Mrs. John B. Nixon Dr. & Mrs. Ron Philo Dr. & Mrs. Basil A. Pruitt, Jr. Dr. Rajam Ramamurthy Dr. & Mrs. John D. Rugh Dr. & Mrs. Wayne H. Schwesinger Dr. & Mrs. John C. Sparks Ms. Rajia Tobia Dr. & Mrs. Lorenz Trick Dr. & Mrs. Ronald Williams Dr. & Mrs. Vick Williams Dr. & Mrs. Philip T. Valente
Ms. Katie Prentice Dr. Waid Rogers Dr. Charles W. Sargent Dr. Stacey Smith Dr. John H. J. Sykes Mr. Fred W. Todd Dr. Kristine Vogel Dr. James W. Yancy Student Members Ms. Jennifer Bliss Ms. Helen Bowman Mr. Alan Brown Ms. Jehee Choi Ms. Mariann Craddock Mr. John Craig Ms. Stephanie Gardner Mr. Christopher Gibson Ms. Summer Gibson Mr. Oscar Hernandez Mr. Travis Holloway Mr. Neal Jackson Mr. James Murphree Ms. Sarah Murphree Ms. Catherine Reppa Ms. Katie Wiggins-Dohlvik
Regular Members Dr. Alvi Azad Ms. Pennie Borchers Dr. Cheryl Burns Dr. Diana Deister Ms. Monica du Bois Dr. Kirsten Gardner Dr. Martin B. Giffen Dr. Joseph Kobos Ms. Connie Lowe Dr. Milka Montiel Mr. Patrick I. Nixon, III
Past Presidents John L. Matthews, M.D. P. I. Nixon, Jr., M.D. Robert B. Krause, M.D. Milton S. Jacobs, M.D. J. W. Winter, M.D. A. O. Severance, M.D. David McCullough, M.D. James E. Pridgen, M.D. S. Perry Post, M.D. Edwin M. Sykes, Jr., M.D. J. Bradley Aust, M.D. Perry W. Nadig, M.D. 8
William B. Brendel, M.D. David McMahon, M.D. Mrs. Lila Cockrell William V. Healey, M.D. Mrs. Charles W. Finley Maurice S. Albin, M.D. Charles A. Hulse, M.D. Joyce G. Schwartz, M.D. Mrs. Zula Vizard Harlan D. Root, M.D., Ph.D. Herman S. Wigodsky, M.D., Ph.D. John M. Smith, Jr. M.D. August F. Herff. M.D.
Janice A. Mendelson, M.D. Daniel Rosenthal, M.D. Arthur S. McFee, M.D. Daniel H. Jones, M.L.S. Basil A. Pruitt, Jr., M.D. Erle K. Adrian, Jr., M.D., Ph.D. Emilio F. Romero, M.D. Charleen M. Moore, Ph.D. Ron Philo, Ph.D. Richard F. Luduena, Ph.D. Kirsten Gardner, Ph.D. Philip T. Valente, M.D.
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