Tag Archives: healthcare history

Michigan Today

Two Weeks in 1918

James Tobin | March 26, 2020 Michigan in the World

Heritage

Fighting the Flu

March 19, 2020

Scrapbooks archived at U-M include flu masks from a fatal influenza outbreak post-WWI. Michigan scientists worked tirelessly to develop a vaccine to ensure it never happened again.

healthcare history

Medicine at Michigan

The First University Hospital

James Tobin | Winter 2020 Michigan Medicine

Medicine at Michigan

In Her Own Right

by Katie Vloet | June 2019

Sarah Gertrude Banks, one of the earliest women to graduate from the U-M Medical School, cared for patients while championing women’s suffrage.

activism

Medicine at Michigan

X-Ray Vision

by Jim Tobin | February 2019

James Gerrit Van Zwaluwenburg (M.D. 1908) was an early adopter of X-ray technology, and he made imaging an integral element of clinical diagnoses and patient care at U-M.

healthcare history