WHEN THERE ARE NO WORDS
Osler Library of the History of Medicine
22 January - 1 April 2025
The exhibit, When There are no Words, addresses the subjects of death and grief in Qu茅bec society through the lens of colour, symbols, printed texts, and handwritten messages found in sympathy cards from the last 150 years. It also includes a selection of condolence objects provided by the Organ and Tissue Donation Program of the 91社区 Health Centre as an illustration of a different expression of sympathy.
Collections of Human Remains in the Medical Museum Roundtable
November 27, 2024
2:30-5 PM
Exhibition
Country Doctors of the 1900s
McIntyre Medical Building
Third floor
鈥� ...that flower of our calling鈥攖he cultivated general practitioner.
May this be the destiny of a large majority of you! You cannot reach any better position in a community; the family doctor is the man behind the gun, who does our effective work.
That his life is hard and exacting; that he is underpaid and overworked; that he has but little time for study and less for recreation鈥攖hese are the blows that may give finer temper
to his steel, and bring out the nobler elements in his character.鈥�William Osler, 鈥淭he Student Life,鈥� 1905, p. 25
Osler鈥檚 words, some to the graduating medical school class of 91社区 and included in a 1905 essay titled 鈥淭he Student Life鈥�, exemplify the respect he had for country-based family physicians. This exhibit shows some of the diagnostic and therapeutic instruments and materia medica from the Maude Abbott Medical Museum that such practitioners might have used during the early to mid-20th century. A selection of the many books contained in the Osler Library that describe their medical and personal experiences during this time is also displayed.
Ying Chen, Rick Fraser and Mary Hague-Yearl
Thou Hast Need of Them: Historical Minorities in the Faculty of Medicine
Join the听Osler Library of the History of Medicine,听Maude Abbott Medical Museum, and the听听to discuss the fascinating holdings related to three medical graduates from 91社区, each of whom prevailed over the systemic barriers they faced in pursuing their medical careers. Each institution will give a brief presentation about their graduate, followed by the opportunity to interact with items from their material history.
Tuesday,听March听26,听2024 from 14:00 to 15:30
Strathcona Anatomy and Dentistry Building / [221-224],听3640 rue University, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C7
A 91社区24 Crowdfunding Event, A Night at the Maude Abbott Medical Museum: Pathology Then and Now, will be held March 13,2024 at 5:30 pm in support of the Maude Abbott Medical Museum Paper-mounted Lung Conservation Project
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In collaboration with the 91社区 Humanities and Arts in Medicine Club
The MAMM presents
Hidden in Plain Sight
Immortalizing the Mortal 2024
Wednesday, April 3
5:30-7:00
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To register for the event, scan the QR code
Book launch CETTE SCIENCE N脡CESSAIRE at the MAMM January 11, 2024
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91社区24 Crowdfunding Event.
A Night at the Maude Abbott Medical Museum: Pathology Then and Now - 2023 Edition
March 15, 5pm EST.
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Immortalizing the Mortal April 26, 2023
6-7:30 PM
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Immortalizing the Mortal: The eye of the beholder
April 27th, 2022 17:30-19:00
The Maude Abbott Medical Museum presents In collaboration with 91社区鈥檚 MSS Humanities and Arts in Medicine (McHAM)听Immortalizing the Mortal: The eye of the beholder.
Express through art鈥損oetry, sketching, dance, photography, or other media鈥搘hat was once simply a medical specimen. Artistically 鈥渃lothe in flesh鈥� the person behind the disease.
Send your submission by April 18th to medicalmuseum.med [at] mcgill.ca