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10th J. Worth Estes Lecture at HMS

J. Worth Estes

The Boston Medical Library presents the 10th J. Worth Estes, MD History of Medicine Lecture. David S. Jones, MD, PhD, A. Bernard Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine, Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine, Harvard University, will present his talk “Broken Hearts: The Tangled History of Cardiac Care” on Wednesday, May 28 from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM in the Cannon Room/Building C/HMS Quad.

J. Worth Estes was a beloved professor in the Department of Pharmacology at BU.

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Aceso Fall 2013 Submissions

Aceso: The Journal of the BUSM Historical Society is accepting submission for this fall's issue. We are looking for contributions in the fields of:

  • Medicine in Antiquity
  • History of Medicine, Public Health, and related fields
  • History of Medical Education
  • History of BUSM, BMC, and Boston City Hospital
  • History of Medicine in Boston and in Massachusetts
  • Biographical Essays
  • Ethics/Editorials
  • General Medical History
  • Book Reviews

If you have an interest in these topics, or have a suggestion for another topic, and would like to write an article please contact us at aceso@bu.edu.  We suggest a length or 2000-3000 words, but can be flexible.  Deadline for submissions is August 1, 2013.

Want to write but don't have a topic? Contact us and we can send you a few ideas.

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