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Coombs, Samuel Williams, 1830-1882 (Sc 2602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Coombs, Samuel Williams, 1830-1882 (Sc 2602), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2602. Bound photocopy of the holographic personal diary of Samuel Williams Coombs, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, detailing medical school, and his day-to-day life.
Louisville Medical School - Louisville, Kentucky - Notes (Sc 321), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Louisville Medical School - Louisville, Kentucky - Notes (Sc 321), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Manuscript Collection Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 321. Notebook kept by an unidentified student at the Louisville (Kentucky) Medical School. Includes notes of lectures given by professors Yandell, Miller, Gross, Palmer, Rogers, Flint and Smith.
Manipulating Fate: Medical Innovations, Ethical Implications, Theatrical Illuminations, Karen H. Rothenberg, Lynn W. Bush
Manipulating Fate: Medical Innovations, Ethical Implications, Theatrical Illuminations, Karen H. Rothenberg, Lynn W. Bush
Faculty Scholarship
Transformative innovations in medicine and their ethical complexities create frequent confusion and misinterpretation that color the imagination. Placed in historical context, theatre provides a framework to reflect upon how the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging technologies evolve over time and how attempts to control fate through medical science have shaped -- and been shaped by -- personal and professional relationships. The drama of these human interactions is powerful and has the potential to generate fear, create hope, transform identity, and inspire empathy -- a vivid source to observe the complex implications of translating research into clinical practice through …