#  Center for History of Medicine: "Death and Diversity in Civil War Medicine" Margaret Humphreys 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **November 18, 2014** 

 05:00PM - 05:00PM EST 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **Harvard Medical School, Countway Library, Lahey Room, Fifth Floor, 10 Shattuck St., Boston, MA**  



 

 



 

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**Margaret Humphreys**, PhD.  
Professor of Medicine and History,   
Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities and   
History of Medicine, Duke University, and current   
President of the American Association for the History of Medicine   
  
This talk explores the reasons for the widely divergent death rates from disease among white Confederate troops, white Union troops, and black Union troops during the American Civil War.

REFRESHMENTS AT 5:00 PM

THIS EVENT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.   
Registration is required. To register, please visit <http://bit.ly/1mpoPDM>  
  
For more information visit <https://cms.www.countway.harvard.edu/wp/?p=9810>  
  
Questions? Email us at [Contact](mailto:ContactCHoM@hms.harvard.edu)[CHoM@hms.harvard.edu](https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__mailto-3AContactCHoM-40hms.harvard.edu&d=AAMFAg&c=WO-RGvefibhHBZq3fL85hQ&r=UAczM-upjPHfx9eAPK2vrj0bZHXBybnO5S53iVPgitA&m=X4LCNrdjXBjZw9CXonyUMSfbEBBO-Hf-ZVJbFvjd3J4&s=pqvCU1zjVOU4rUBUzRKZjpGMnSmg6beCK41miXmQjXo&e=) or call 617-432-2170  
  
Sponsored by the Center for the History of Medicine and the Harvard Medical School Office for Diversity Inclusion and Community Partnership



 

 



 

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