Medicinhistorie

Følelse og Fordøjelse I begyndelsen af det 20. århundrede udforskede flere fysiologer forholdet mellem følelse og fordøjelse. Det var den russiske fysiolog Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936), der banede vejen for den nye interesse, hvor forholdet mellem forsøgsdyrenes følelser og fysiologi blev eksperimentelt udforsket. I en række forsøg lykkedes det fysiologer at få øget kontrol med forsøgsdyrenes […]

Skibslægen nyder atter “Longchair”-livet ombord, men har haft problemer med at håndtere rejerne, så de ikke endte i vestelommen. Mens han har travlt med at styre rejerne er kulierne på øen Penang derimod meget dovne. 24. Skibslægen Arne Faber er om bord på damperen ”Manchuria” på vej fra Singapore til den lille ø Penang, der […]

 Skibslægen holder sin besætning sund, selvom den snart ligner en zoologisk have. Han fortæller om dyr, mad og drikke fra sit ophold i Singapore. Læs de øvrige afsnit her. 23. Efter 130 dages togt er skibslæge Arne Faber stadig om bord. De har tilbragt 3 dage i Singapore efter afsejlingen fra Saigon, hvor de har fået […]

Franskmændene mishandler de indfødte, mens varmen får skibslægen til at ligge brak i sin “Longchair”, og matroserne sveder, så man ikke behøver at spule dæk. Skibslægen kigger langt efter junglen, da de afsejler fra Saigon. 22. Skibslæge Arne Faber har i maj 1901 skrevet i sin dagbog om, hvordan det er at være i Saigon […]

In last issue of the journal Isis (vol 107, nr 2, 2016), twelwe scholars discuss different aspects of The History Manifesto from the vantage point of the history of science, technology and medicine.

On Sunday July 3rd at 7pm, Medical Museion will be hosting a tour through the Scandinavian history of neuroscience, organised by the FENS History of Neuroscience Committee as part of the FENS 2016 conference. Speakers include Albert Gjedde, Hans Hultborn and Troels Kardel (University of Copenhagen); Richard Brown (Dalhousie University), Lorenzo Lorusso (Chiari), and Zoltán Molnár (University of Oxford). The talks […]

And although the biohacking lab has gone we want to keep in mind the lessons with regard to the importance of craft and openness in science. Here’re some words from the opening on togas, lab coats and open science in the academy:

Many of the objects held by museums of science and medicine are significant because they have been used in the production of knowledge and scientific enquiry. This blog post discusses how we might display such objects in ways that draw on their potential to generate scientific knowledge as well as their cultural history and materiality. […]

On May 21st, I will defend my PhD dissertation in the nice old auditorium at Medical Museion. The title of the dissertation is “Unsettling successful ageing: A history and queering of the concept of successful ageing in ageing research”, and the event lasts from 1 PM (sharp!) to 4 PM, followed by a small reception. […]

This post was originally published on the official blog of the International Congress of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, held in Manchester 22-28 July, as an appetiser for the paper “Understanding social media in STEM museums: the lessons from establishing a bio-hacking laboratory” that I co-authored with Karin Tybjerg and which Karin presented in the […]