A caduceus symbol donated to our rare book reading room
The New York Academy of Medicine’s Section on the History of Medicine and Public Health is pleased to announce its upcoming Fifth Annual History of Medicine Night, to be held on March 11, 2015 from 6:00–7:30 pm. The event will take place at the Academy, located at 1216 Fifth Avenue at the corner of 103rd Street.
We are inviting all those interested in presenting to submit an abstract concerning a historical subject relating to medicine.
Please note the following submission requirements:
- Abstracts (not to exceed 250 words) should be submitted together with authors’ contact details and affiliations.
- Abstracts must be submitted no later than January 30, 2015
Selected speakers will be asked to prepare a presentation of no more than 12 minutes, with an additional 3 minutes for questions/discussion. Papers selected for presentation will be determined by a panel of History of Medicine Section members and staff of The New York Academy of Medicine.
Abstracts should be submitted electronically to Suhani Parikh at sparikh@nyam.org. Questions may be directed to Suhani via email or phone (212-419-3544).
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