BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Center for History of Medicine: "Death and Diversity in Civil War Medicine" Margaret Humphreys PRODID:-//Harvard events data//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_306066_0 SUMMARY:Center for History of Medicine: "Death and Diversity in Civil War Medicine" Margaret Humphreys DESCRIPTION:

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 CHoM@hms.harvard.edu 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

LOCATION:Harvard Medical School, Countway Library, Lahey Room, Fifth Floor, 10 Shattuck St., Boston, MA STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTART:20141118T220000Z DTEND:20141118T220000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR