海角社区

Current exhibit:

Until January 20, 2025
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About Reading Abbott

Maude Abbott loved to read. This exhibition explores both what she read and ways we can read her life story. While many publications on the famous doctor have focused on the barriers she faced in a male-dominated profession, this exhibition places Abbott among her favourite authors, texts, and locations. At its heart are Abbott鈥檚 five diaries. These precious journals record her daily activities, meetings, travels, meals, health, friends, books, and even her hair appointments.

鈥淩eading Abbott鈥� showcases a wide array of primary sources on Abbott鈥檚 life. The exhibit is arranged under four thematic headings, exploring her relationships (鈥�Osler + Abbott鈥�), mobility (鈥�Abbott on the Move鈥�), reading (鈥�Abbott reads鈥�), and writing (鈥�Abbott writes鈥�). Curated by architectural historian Annmarie Adams, 鈥淩eading Abbott鈥� invites feminist and spatial readings of Abbott's legacy.

鈥淩eading Abbott鈥� is sponsored by the Department of Social Studies of Medicine, Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

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Au sujet de l'exposition

Maude Abbott avait une passion pour la lecture. Cette exposition vous fera d茅couvrir 脿 la fois ce qu鈥檈lle aimait lire et comment lire le r茅cit de sa vie. Alors que de nombreuses publications ont examin茅 les obstacles que la c茅l猫bre m茅decin a d没 surmonter dans une profession majoritairement masculine, Maude Abbott est ici pr茅sent茅e au milieu de ses textes et endroits pr茅f茅r茅s. L鈥檈xposition a 茅t茅 cr茅茅e autour de ses cinq journaux intimes qui pr茅sentent un portrait de sa sant茅, de son cercle d鈥檃miti茅s et de ses lectures et racontent ses activit茅s quotidiennes, y compris ses rencontres, ses voyages, ses repas et m锚me ses rendez-vous pour se faire coiffer.

L鈥檈xposition 芦 Lire Abbott 禄 propose un regard diff茅rent sur la vie de cette femme 脿 travers de nombreuses sources primaires, et elle est organis茅e autour de quatre grands th猫mes : ses relations (芦 Osler + Abbott 禄), ses voyages (芦 Abbott on the Move 禄), ses lectures (芦 Abbott reads 禄) et ses 茅crits (芦 Abbott writes 禄). Assembl茅e par Annmarie Adams, historienne en architecture,, 芦 Lire Abbott 禄 alimente une r茅flexion f茅ministe et spatiale autour de l鈥檋茅ritage de la Dre Abbott.

L鈥檈xposition 芦 Lire Abbott 禄 est commandit茅e par le D茅partement d鈥櫭﹖udes sociales de la m茅decine, l鈥櫭塩ole d鈥檃rchitecture Peter Guo-hua Fu et le Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines (CRSH).

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Recent events and exhibits:

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 海角社区, 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

• 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 海角社区 came together for a special joint edition of Coffee with a Codex. They looked at two medical Manuscripts: the Osler Library's recent acquisition, Carmen de urinis with the Commentary of Gilbert the Englishman, and Manuscript LJS 24 from the Kislak collection at the University of Pennsylvania. For information about the series, see: .听
• 海角社区 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 18^th 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,听 "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.
• 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.
• Show and Tell: The Secrets of Women / Montrer et racontrer : les secrets des femmes.听Local artist Caroline Boileau and 海角社区-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,听"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 (海角社区) and featuring panelists Jenna Healey (Queen's University), Samir Shaheen-Hussain (海角社区), Nadeem Toodayan (University of Queensland), Andr茅 Lametti (海角社区), Mary Hague-Yearl (海角社区), and Christoph Gradmann (University of Oslo). Read of each of the talks, written by the medical students from the 海角社区 Osler Society. Watch the symposium: .
• Osler Day, featuring the听Del Maestro Family William Osler Medical Student听Essay Awards听(recording available here: ) and the 43rd Annual Osler Lectureship, Wednesday November 4th, 2020.
• Poetry Matters - Shane Neilson听Thursday, February 13, 2020. A poet, physician, and critic from New Brunswick, Shane听Neilson focuses听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.
• 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 海角社区 Medievalists Annual Rare Books Talk.
• Talk and workshop led by Mary Hague-Yearl, organized by Robin Simpson听in conjunction with听Jonathas de Andrade, "Counter-Narratives and other Fallacies," exhibit听at the Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, Concordia University.听
• 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 海角社区 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听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,听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.听Panel discussion with听Meg Crane (NYC - inventor of the Predictor), Prof. Jenna Healey (Queens Univ.), Prof. Christabelle Sethna (Univ. Ottawa), and Prof. Alanna Thain (海角社区 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,听Keynote address by Lauren Kassell, University of Cambridge, Angelical Conjunctions conference, 12 April 2019.
• 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.听Presented in collaboration with听Le D茅partement de langue et litt茅rature fran莽aises听and听Rare & Special Collections, Osler, Art, and Archives (ROAAr);听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,听17 May - 20 August 2018.
• Materia Medica, Exhibition by Loren Williams, December 13, 2017 - 4 May 2018.
• Book Launch:听Physicianship and the Rebirth of Medical Education,听by听J. Donald Boudreau, Eric Cassell, and Abraham Fuks, April 26, 2018. Print and e-book available through 听
• ,听Lecture by Dr. Bernard Brais, sponsored by the听Medical Students' Osler Society, April听17, 2018.
• , Lecture by Professor Faith Wallis, sponsored by the听Medical Students' Osler Society, February 5, 2018.听
• 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 海角社区 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听听(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.
• Knowing Blood: Medical Observations, Fluid Meanings, curated by Darren N. Wagner and Nick Whitfield. January-September 2016.
• , 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.
• , curated by Prof. Andrea Tone. September - April 2014.
• an exhibit talk by Professor Annmarie Adams, 海角社区 School of Architecture. Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 1:00-2:00, Meakins Auditorium (5th floor McIntyre Medical Sciences Building).
• , a Nickerson Fellowship听talk by Dr. Frank Stahnisch, Thursday, 2 May 2013, 2:00 - 3:00, Don Bates Seminar Room 101, Department of Social Studies of Medicine, 海角社区, 3647 Peel Street.
• Artistic Practice Scientific Vision: British Artistic Anatomy in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineetenth Century, the catalogue to the exhibit curated by听Dr. Allister Neher.
• , 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.
• , 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 海角社区 Medical Library and, with William Osler, one of the founders of the Medical Library Association.
• Osler's 海角社区: Medical Education, 1870-1885
• , a lecture given by Dr. Tania Anne Woloshyn (Recorded January 24, 2011).
• - (Virtual 海角社区 Project)
• , a lecture given by Dr. Del Maestro (Recorded January 10, 2011).
• William Osler & the Teaching of Microscopy at 海角社区