Current exhibit:听When There Are No Words
Until March 30, 2025
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La version fran莽aise suit.
The exhibit,听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 51吃瓜网 Health Centre as an illustration of a different expression of sympathy.
Presented by the听Department of Social Studies of Medicine,听Maude Abbott Medical Museum, and the听Osler Library of the History of Medicine.
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Recent events and exhibits:
The Scientific Revolution in the Renaissance and the Dialogue between Galileo and Kepler
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Reading Abbott
Maude Abbott loved to read. This exhibition explores both what she read and ways we can read her life story.
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Heart & Mind by St茅phan Ballard, 2023 Mich猫le Larose-Osler Library Artist-in-Residence
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Thou Hast Need of Them: Historical Minorities in the Faculty of Medicine
Staff from the听Osler Library of the History of Medicine,听Maude Abbott Medical Museum, and the听 discussed the fascinating holdings related to three medical graduates from 51吃瓜网, each of whom prevailed over the systemic barriers they faced in pursuing their medical careers. Each institution gave a brief presentation about their graduate, followed by the opportunity to interact with items from their material history.
Past exhibitions and presentations
2023
- The Rise and Influence of Medicine in the Islamic World, a collaboration between the Islamic Studies Library and the Osler Library of the History of Medicine, September 2023 - February 2024.
- Coffee with a Codex: Medical Manuscripts & Marginalia / manuscrits m茅dicaux et notes marginales. Curator Dot Porter of the University of Pennsylvania鈥檚 Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies and Prof. Emerita Faith Wallis of 51吃瓜网 came together for a special joint edition of Coffee with a Codex. They looked at two medical Manuscripts: the Osler Library's recent acquisition, , and from the Kislak collection at the University of Pennsylvania.
- 51吃瓜网Medical Student Research Symposium. Meygan Brody, "Mortality in Medicine: How Palliative Care and Euthanasia Reframe Our Relationship with Death" ; Amina Moustaqim-Barrette, The opioid overdose crisis in British Columbia: Towards a Sociopolitical Reckoning ; Emmanuel Adams-Gelinas, The Biological Psychiatry of Islamic Medicine: an Antidote to Misconceptions about Medieval Madness ; Neevya Balasubramaniam, 鈥淭he Central Nervous System in the 18th Century Japanese Dissection Scrolls: Art of Observation and Dissection鈥� ; Paris Dastjerdi, "Restoring Avicenna's Tomb - A Historical Analysis of William Osler's Efforts" ; Yoel Yakobi, 鈥淎n Army of the (Illustrated) Dead: The Use of Style in Andreas Vesalius's Skeleton and Muscle Men in Deposing Galen as the Emperor of Anatomy.鈥� Plus, a special guest appearance by Dr. Milton Roxanas, "Early auscultation and the glass stethoscope." Watch the presentations here: .
- Danister Perera, Sri Lanka medical manuscripts as sources for medical history and the revitalization of traditional knowledge. ! Watch the presentation here: .
- An evening with Ana Mar铆a G贸mez L贸pez, Mich猫le Larose - Osler Library Artist-in-Residence. 3 April 2023.
2022
- Medical student research symposium. Yoel Yakobi, "Concessions, Coercions, and Coveted Conversions: Papal Injunctions against Jewish Physicians in the Renaissance"; Alba Sanchez-Allakhverdieva, "Beyond the Origins of the Institute Philippe-Pinel: Exploring the Relationship between Forensic Psychiatry and the Deinstitutionalization Movement in Quebec"; Devon Haseltine, 鈥淥ptimizing Global Food Security for a Sustainable and Healthy Tomorrow鈥�; Rushali Gandhi, 鈥淥n the Presence of Unaccounted Bias: The Saga of Samuel George Morton鈥檚 Skull Collection and Race鈥�; Saman Arfaie, 鈥淟eonardo da Vinci's Medical Library: Mining the Secrets of Genius, and Creativity鈥�; Ali Fazlollahi, 鈥淧assing the Torch: Education During the Golden Age of Neurosurgery at the Montreal Neurological Institute.鈥� 1 November 2022. Watch here:
- Professor Joseph W. Lella Symposium. Talks by Margaret Lock, Bernard Brais, Brendan Ross, Rolando Del Maestro, Jeremy Norman, Guylaine Beaudry, Mario Molina, Milton Roxanas, Vivien Lane, Maia Woolner (not recorded). 3 November 2022. Watch here: .
- Scholarship at the Source: Allister Neher on Art and Anatomy in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Talk by scholar and author Allister Neher upon themes from his book, Art and Anatomy in Nineteenth-Century Britain. Watch here: .
- Cure Yourself by Electricity! Personal Electrotherapeutic Devices in Canada and Beyond c. 1880s-1930s. Exhibit curated by Dr. Maia Woolner. McLennan Library Lobby, August-September 2022.
2021
- Show and Tell: The Secrets of Women / Montrer et racontrer : les secrets des femmes. Local artist Caroline Boileau and McGill-trained historian Margaret Carlyle interact with a few of the Osler Library's new acquisitions (and some older ones!) in an attempt to demystify medical history during a feminist dialogue of discovery. 15 December 2021. Enjoy the event here: .
- Research and the Osler. An evening celebrating medical student humanities research supported by the Osler Library. Featured speakers: Lilly Groszman, "Untold Medical History: Montreal鈥檚 Days of Shame;" Brendan Ross, "The Chinese Apotheosis of Dr. Norman Bethune: The Making of a Medical Folk Hero;" Faith Wallis, "Osler the Student." Watch the symposium: .
- The many faces of Norman Bethune. A moderated discussion held virtually on 23 March 2021. Watch the discussion: .
- Perspectives on Sir William Osler in the 21st century. Virtual symposium hosted by our colleagues in the Department of Social Studies of Medicine on February 3, 2021. Moderated by Suzanne Morton (51吃瓜网) and featuring panelists Jenna Healey (Queen's University), Samir Shaheen-Hussain (51吃瓜网), Nadeem Toodayan (University of Queensland), Andr茅 Lametti (51吃瓜网), Mary Hague-Yearl (51吃瓜网), and Christoph Gradmann (University of Oslo). Read of each of the talks, written by the medical students from the 51吃瓜网Osler Society. Watch the symposium: .
2020
- Osler Day, featuring the Del Maestro Family William Osler Medical Student Essay Awards (recording available here: ) and the 43rd Annual Osler Lectureship, Wednesday November 4th, 2020.
- Poetry Matters - Shane Neilson Thursday, February 13, 2020. A poet, physician, and critic from New Brunswick, Shane Neilson focuses on the articulation of pain and disordered affect through poetic form. As poet and editor, he comments on the emergent area of "disability poetics"; as a physician, he considers the value of poetry in medical practice.
2019
- Osler Day, featuring the Pam and Rolando Del Maestro William Osler Medical Students Essay Awards and the , Wednesday, November 6th, 2019.
- "The Reception of Galen's Pharmacology in Latin", talk by Mary Louise Nickerson Travel Grant awardee Dr. Iolanda Ventura, Department of Classical Philology and Italian Studies, Universit脿 di Bologna, Wednesday, October 23, 2019, 17:00 in ARTS 160. Sponsored by the 51吃瓜网Medievalists Annual Rare Books Talk.
- Talk and workshop led by Mary Hague-Yearl, organized by Robin Simpson in conjunction with Jonathas de Andrade, "Counter-Narratives and other Fallacies," exhibit at the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, Concordia University.
- Sir William Osler's Leonardo da Vinci Collection: Flight, Anatomy and Art. An exhibition curated by Dr. Rolando F. Del Maestro, William Feindel Professor Emeritus in Neuro-Oncology at 51吃瓜网 and Director, Neurosurgical Simulation and Artificial Intelligence Learning Centre at the Montreal Neurological Institute, 15 April - 30 June 2019. A catalogue to the exhibit is available and can be viewed or downloaded here. Read some press coverage of this exhibit from France.fr: ; .
- Osler: The Man You Rarely See. An exhibition of rarely-displayed items relating to William Osler, curated by former Medical History Librarian, Pamela Miller, 15 April - 30 June 2019.
- Predictor Unveiled: The First Reliable Home Pregnancy Test & its Little-Known Connection to Montreal. Panel discussion with Meg Crane (NYC - inventor of the Predictor), Prof. Jenna Healey (Queens Univ.), Prof. Christabelle Sethna (Univ. Ottawa), and Prof. Alanna Thain (51吃瓜网Univ.), May 7, 2019.
- Curiosities of Conception; Selections from the Osler Library of the History of Medicine. An exhibit co-curated by Shana Cooperstein and Frances Cullen with contributions from Robin Lynch, Lauren Harnish, Rach Klein, Anya Kowalchuk, and Kristy Kong, 24 January - 15 May 2019.
- Corps qui hantent d'autres corps. An exhibition featuring the work of 2018 Michele Larose-Osler Library Artist-in-Residence, , 4 February - 15 April 2019.
- "Universal medicine": Lessons from seventeenth-century England, Keynote address by Lauren Kassell, University of Cambridge, Angelical Conjunctions conference, 12 April 2019.
2018
- Osler Day, featuring the Pam and Rolando Del Maestro William Osler Medical Students Essay Awards and the , 7 November 2018.
- The Fabric of the Human Body" (Vesalius, 1543): Images and Icons for the History of Medicine, Lecture by H茅l猫ne Cazes. Presented in collaboration with Le D茅partement de langue et litt茅rature fran莽aises and Rare & Special Collections, Osler, Art, and Archives (ROAAr); supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 30 October 2018.
- De musei fabrica, Exhibition in collaboration with Text鈥檃rt, a group of six Montreal fibre artists, and the Maude Abbott Medical Museum, 17 May - 20 August 2018.
- Materia Medica, Exhibition by Loren Williams, December 13, 2017 - 4 May 2018.
- Book Launch: Physicianship and the Rebirth of Medical Education, by J. Donald Boudreau, Eric Cassell, and Abraham Fuks, April 26, 2018. Print and e-book available through
- , Lecture by Dr. Bernard Brais, sponsored by the Medical Students' Osler Society, April 17, 2018.
- , Lecture by Professor Faith Wallis, sponsored by the Medical Students' Osler Society, February 5, 2018.
2017
- Impossible pathologies: re-fragmenting the archive, Exhibition by Lucy Lyons, October 12 - December 12, 2017.
- The Gendered Cultures of Beer and Cheese: the Regulation of Human and Microbial Bodies on the Home and Industrial Scales, 1616 - 2017, September 11 - October 2, 2017.
- Vaccination: Fame, Fear and Controversy, 1798-1998, January 2017 - August 2017.
- , a talk by Dr. Rolando Del Maestro, MD, PhD, William Feindel Emeritus Professor in Neuro-Oncology, Director of 51吃瓜网Neurosurgical Simulation Research and Training Centre. This talk encouraged discussion surrounding ideas and individuals that have shaped the world of neuro-oncology, while placing emphasis on Canadian neuro-oncology research. Attendees were encouraged to prepare a 鈥楥anadian Neuro-Oncology Minute鈥� that highlighted an individual鈥檚 contributions to historical and/or current advancements in Canada and received an autographed copy of Dr. Rolando Del Maestro鈥檚 book (2008).
- Rural Medicine in 20th Century Quebec: Stories and Devices, curated by Dr. Richard Fraser, Laura Sang, Joan O鈥橫alley, Marc Provost, Jerry Xie, Meriem Bounnab and Lucy Luo. October 2016 - January 2017.
2016
- Knowing Blood: Medical Observations, Fluid Meanings, curated by Darren N. Wagner and Nick Whitfield. January-September 2016.
2015
- , curated by Cynthia Tang and Anna Dysert. September-December 2015.
- , curated by Sylvie Boisjoli and and Shana Cooperstein. Read exhibition talks from the curators in the spring 2015 issue of the Osler Library Newsletter (no. 122). Follow link to an interview with the curators on our blog.
2014
- The Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman and The Yellow Wallpaper. A Biography of Neurasthenia in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, curated by Prof. Andrea Tone. September - April 2014.
2013
- Designing Doctors, an exhibit talk by Professor Annmarie Adams, 51吃瓜网School of Architecture. Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 1:00-2:00, Meakins Auditorium (5th floor McIntyre Medical Sciences Building).
- "Neurological Laboratories" to Interdisciplinary "Centres of Brain Research": Otfrid Foerster, Wilder Penfield, and Early Neuroscience in Breslau and Montreal, a Nickerson Fellowship talk by Dr. Frank Stahnisch, Thursday, 2 May 2013, 2:00 - 3:00, Don Bates Seminar Room 101, Department of Social Studies of Medicine, 51吃瓜网, 3647 Peel Street.
2012
- Artistic Practice Scientific Vision: British Artistic Anatomy in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineetenth Century, the catalogue to the exhibit curated by Dr. Allister Neher.
2011
- Our Friend the Sun: Images of Light Therapeutics from the Osler Library Collection, 1901-1944, a lecture given by Dr. Tania Anne Woloshyn (Recorded January 24, 2011). This recording is made possible by a generous gift from Gail Beck, O.Ont., Med鈥�78 and Andrew Fenus, MLS鈥�74.
- Osler Library Lecture: A Relationship Etched in Time: Leonardo da Vinci, the Earl of Arundel and Wenceslaus Hollar, a lecture given by Dr. Del Maestro (Recorded January 10, 2011). This recording is made possible by a generous gift from Gail Beck, O.Ont., Med鈥�78 and Andrew Fenus, MLS鈥�74.
- Our Friend, the Sun: Images of Light Therapeutics from the Osler Library Collection, 1901-1944, the catalogue to the exhibit curated by Dr. Tania Anne Woloshyn.
- The Ghafiqi Project
- Margaret Ridley Charlton - Pioneer Medical Librarian. The first person with library training to work at the 51吃瓜网 Medical Library and, with William Osler, one of the founders of the Medical Library Association.
- Osler's McGill: Medical Education, 1870-1885
- Our Friend the Sun - Images of Light, a lecture given by Dr. Tania Anne Woloshyn (Recorded January 24, 2011).
- - (Virtual 51吃瓜网Project)
- A Relationship Etched in Time: Leonardo da Vinci, the Earl of Arundel and Wenceslaus Hollar, a lecture given by Dr. Del Maestro (Recorded January 10, 2011).
- William Osler & the Teaching of Microscopy at McGill
