John Hunter, The Once and Future Surgeon
November 30, 2012 |
John Hunter, The Once and Future Surgeon: Why the work of an eighteenth-century pioneer is still relevant today
Wendy Moore, author and journalist
Friday, November 30, 2012
Public lecture: 12:15pm
Refreshments served at noon
Location: OHSU Old Library Auditorium
Wendy Moore is a British journalist and author. Her first book, The Knife Man: The Extraordinary Life and Times of John Hunter, Father of Modern Surgery was published in 2005 and won the Medical Journalists’ Association Consumer Book Award. Her second book, Wedlock: How Georgian Britain’s Worst Husband Met His Match, was published in 2009 and reached number one on the Sunday Times bestseller list. She is currently working on her third book, due for publication in early 2013. As an award-winning freelance journalist specializing in health issues, Moore has been published in national newspapers, the British Medical Journal, and History Today. She currently writes a column on medical history for the BMJ. Her combined interest in medicine and history led to her taking the diploma in the history of medicine with the Society of Apothecaries (DHMSA) in 1999, earning the Macabbean prize for the best dissertation.
The lecture is free and open to the public. If you have a disability and need an accommodation to attend or participate in this event please contact Maija Anderson (503-418-2287) at least five business days prior to the event.
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OHSU Old Library Auditorium |
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Portland, OR |
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andermai@ohsu.edu |
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