New Histories of Medical Technology

Molina Symposium on the History of Medicine | Online Only March 1 – April 6, 2021 | Register Now!

[New Histories of Medical Technology @histmedtech]

How have ordinary objects shaped medicine's engagement with technology?

Join us for this six-week virtual conference, from March 1 to April 6! All times 5:00-6:30pm ET.

Free registration now open: https://t.co/jRWa74cEyC

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[New Histories of Medical Technology @histmedtech]

Watch Ted Porter ask Joe November about the relationship between quantification and individuation in medical computing.

Missed this panel? The recording will be available on Crowdcast until the end of the month! (Transcripts to follow.)

https://t.co/G2PSM88YcN

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[New Histories of Medical Technology @histmedtech]

Watch Ted Porter ask Wen Shen about the conflicts between clinical experience and standardized measurements.

Missed it? Full recordings of this session and others will be on Crowdcast until the end of the month! (Transcripts to follow.)

https://t.co/G2PSM88YcN

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Watch Wen Shen explain how "the CT scan became the presenting complaint" for cases of adrenal incidentaloma.

Missed it? Full recordings of this session and others will be on Crowdcast until the end of the month! (Transcripts to follow.)

https://t.co/G2PSM88YcN

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During our fifth session, Joe November described the "metal brain for diagnosis" developed by Robert Ledley.

Missed it? Full recordings of this session and others will be on Crowdcast until the end of the month! (Transcripts to follow.)

https://t.co/lXjKrZb3F9

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[New Histories of Medical Technology @histmedtech]

During our fourth session, @YuliaFrumer
and Tatiana Chudakova discussed the politics of medical pluralism.

Missed it? Full recordings of this session and others will be on Crowdcast until the end of the month! (Transcripts to follow.)

https://t.co/XCXsvS90Y0

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During our fourth session, @YuliaFrumer and Projit Mukharji discussed culturalism and the role of medical anthropology in developmentalist projects.

Missed this panel? The full recording will be on Crowdcast until the end of the month!

https://t.co/JIwFYgpJBp

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[Hannah Zeavin @HZeavin]

This whole conference was so generative, and this last panel with @HistoryElaine and @ShelleyMcKellar & @bhgross144 was a fantastic capstone. Thank you @jaivirdi and @jgreene2 for these last six weeks!

[Louise Bell @LouBell]

Such interesting papers tonight from @HistoryElaine and @ShelleyMcKellar, with wonderful discussion facilitated by @bhgross144. Thank you to all for such a rich session! #HistMedTech2021

[Louise Bell @LouBell]

The discussions around objects, print, and medical trade catalogues have also made me more excited about some of the reading I know I need to do next... 😅 #HistMedTech2021

[Louise Bell @LouBell]

Tonight’s @histmedtech session on instruments has come at a time where I’m starting to think about these ideas of relationships between makers and users, and adaptation and modification, myself - which has been serendipitously useful. #HistMedTech2021

[New Histories of Medical Technology @histmedtech]

Last week, Tatiana Chudakova explained what electroacupuncture in Russia can teach us about the "semiotics of proof."

View or read her and Projit Mukharji's talks now: https://t.co/XCXsvS90Y0

And join @bhgross144, @HistoryElaine, and @ShelleyMcKellar on 04/06.

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[New Histories of Medical Technology @histmedtech]

Last Thursday, Projit Mukharji problematized the notion of culture in his analysis of WHO studies on "injection practices."

View his and Tatiana Chudakova's talks now: https://t.co/JIwFYgpJBp

And join @bhgross144, @HistoryElaine, and @ShelleyMcKellar on 04/06!

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[New Histories of Medical Technology @histmedtech]

Watch @jaivirdi explain how the invisibility of hearing aids was marketed.

View and/or read her and @drcooperowens's talks at: https://t.co/gaaM8xoFgD

And join @bhgross144, @HistoryElaine, and @ShelleyMcKellar on 4/6 as they discuss other other medical tools!

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[New Histories of Medical Technology @histmedtech]

Watch @drcooperowens discuss the potential impact of women-designed specula.

Missed this session? View her and @jaivirdi's talks now: https://t.co/gaaM8xoFgD

And join @bhgross144, @HistoryElaine, and @ShelleyMcKellar on 4/6 as they discuss other medical tools.

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[Ben Gross @bhgross144]

Coming next week to @histmedtech: @HistoryElaine and @ShelleyMcKellar will discuss the history of medical instrumentation. I'll ask them some questions. It'll be fun!

Please join us on Tuesday, April 6 from 5:00-6:30 PM, ET (4:00-5:30, CT).

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[Ben Gross @bhgross144]

Wen Shen's presentation also focuses on CT scanning, in this case, the way that the technology facilitates the discovery of adrenal incidentaloma--an enlargement of the adrenal gland in patients w/o other signs of adrenal disease.

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[Ben Gross @bhgross144]

November provides a brief overview of the history of computed tomography, with a particular focus on Robert Ledley's work on the ACTA whole-body CT scan.

More on Ledley's contributiosn to medical imaging: https://t.co/FHJDmeOD8w

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[Ben Gross @bhgross144]

"We've all been Walter White..."

Starting off this afternoon's @histmedtech w/a #BreakingBad-inspired discussion of the difficulties of interpreting CT scans.

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[New Histories of Medical Technology @histmedtech]

And join us this today as Joseph November, Wen Shen, and Ted Porter discuss visualization!

Register now at https://t.co/6TT5r30BuT.

[New Histories of Medical Technology @histmedtech]

Watch @coreen_anne answer questions from the audience about the sexual and racial biases embedded in measurements of vital capacity.

Missed her conversation with @besswww and Caroline Lieffers? View the panel and/or read the papers here: https://t.co/QfXjOQvJkj

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