Winkler Center Winter 2016 Newsletter

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Letter from the Chair

THIS ISSUE Letter from the Chair Letter from the Dean Halloween HST 1099 Class Visit Henry Winkler 100th Oral History News Being Social Collection Highlight In Memoriam Advisory Board

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Professions extends warm wishes for a very happy holiday season to all of our friends and supporters. As you will read below in months have witnessed numerous accomplishments, including several well attended events, classes and tours, progress on a number of grants, collection processing and much more. On a us honoring Dr. Henry R. Winkler on what would have been his 100th birthday and saying goodbye to Heloisa Sabin. Both were

We look forward to an exciting and productive 2017 in which we will continue working on new and innovative ways to engage UC FEATURED EXHIBIT

Philip Diller, MD, PhD; Fred Lazarus Jr. Professor of Family and Community Medicine; Chair, Winkler Center Advisory Board.

and once again have a wonderful holiday.

A History of Nursing at UC

Letter from the Dean As we come to the end of 2016 I wish to extend holiday greetings to the friends of the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions.

Winkler Center, integration of best practices and a new data management system, the Winkler Center continues to build and grow its reputation and reach locally, regionally and nationally.

Lucas Board Room

Xuemao Wang, Dean and University Librarian; Winkler Center Advisory Board

Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library

with the Winkler Center as it continues to embrace its vision: “to develop a national and international reputation for excellence in collections, services and programming related to the history of the health sciences.” On behalf of the University of Cincinnati Libraries and the Winkler Center Advisory Board Members, I would like to extend best wishes for a pleasant holiday season and happy New Year.

University of Cincinnati Libraries 231 Albert Sabin Way Cincinnati, OH 45267–0574

Phone 513–558–5120 http://libraries.uc.edu/hsl/history/

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Halloween in the Winkler Center On Monday, October 31, the Winkler Center held a special outreach event to celebrate not only Halloween, but also the culmination of National Archives Month. The Winkler displayed some of the more “disturbing” materials from its collections. Included in this were amputee kits and other medical instruments, X-rays, large illustrated medical books, wound drawings, historic photographs of various Cincinnati hospitals, pharmaceuticals, elixirs and much more.

Over 50 visitors including students, staff and faculty, attended the event between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Guests were encouraged to view the exhibits and then to have some Halloween treats and beverages before leaving. The Halloween/Archives Month event was an overwhelming success and the Winkler staff plans to do the same next year.

Students look at historic materials at the Halloween event. At right, some of the many materials displayed for the event

HST 1099 (History of Cancer) Class Visit Recently, department of history faculty member Katherine Sorrels brought to the Winkler Center her freshman class on the history of cancer. The objective of the visit was to inform the students of the many primary sources the Center holds on the history of the health professions. The HST 1099 students are required to analyze at least one historic primary source for their final papers on some aspect of cancer history. The scope of student paper topics was wide ranging e.g., how cancer was viewed in the ancient world to the ways in which fundraising advertisements for cancer research reinforce stigmas associated with the disease, and cancer in American popular culture, to name just a few.

The 20 students and their instructor were first introduced to the Winkler Center’s website and how to search for books in our catalog.

Archivist/Curator, Gino Pasi, engages HST 1099 students with primary sources

Next, students were shown how to search for manuscript collections and shown a collection guide/finding aid, what purpose the guides serve and how to navigate them. A tour of the Center followed asWinkler staff had pulled a variety of thought provoking materials and also a significant amount of documents related to cancer and cancer research for the students to peruse. Collections utilized for this tour were the Elwood Jensen Papers, the Albert Sabin Papers, the Eugene Saenger Papers and the Whole Body Radiation Study Records Collection. Professor Sorrels is committed to making this a regular occurrence with her classes and numerous students made appointments to come back and look at some of the materials in more detail.

Contact Information: Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library

University of Cincinnati Libraries 231 Albert Sabin Way Cincinnati, OH 45267–0574

Phone 513–558–5120 http://libraries.uc.edu/hsl/history/

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Henry R. Winkler 100th Anniversary In early October, Winkler Advisory Board Member Steve Marine brought to our attention that October 27th was the 100th anniversary of the birth of our namesake, Henry R. Winkler. To honor Dr. Winkler’s memory the Center planned a blog post detailing his life and work with corresponding images which was published on October 27.

A small event honoring Dr. Winkler’s memory was also planned and sponsored by the UC Foundation and held at the Winkler Center on Wednesday, November 16. The guests of honor were Dr. Winkler’s widow, Bea, his son Alan and Alan’s wife, Sarah Penhale. Also in attendance were members of the UC Foundation; Dean of the Libraries, Xuemao Wang; Associate Dean, Leslie Schick; Winkler Center Advisory Board Chair Philip Diller; Advisory Board Members; Winkler Staff and many other friends of Henry and Bea Winkler.

After a brief discussion with Winkler Staff and a tour of the facilities, guests were treated to lunch in the Lucas Board Room.

After lunch and a few remarks by Dean Wang and Dr. Phil Diller, those in attendance were encouraged to share remembrances of Dr. Winkler. Many spoke, thanking not only Dr. Henry Winkler, but also Bea and their extended family for their continued commitment and generosity to the Winkler Center. For more on Henry Winkler see https://libapps.libraries.uc.edu/ liblog/2016/10/dr-henry-r-winkler/

L to R, Back Row: Lori Harris, Assistant Director, Health Sciences Library and Winkler Center; Xuemao Wang, Dean and University Librarian; Front Row: Dr. Phillip Diller, Chair, Winkler Center Advisory Board; Dr. Alan Winkler, Bea Winkler, Sara Penhale, Leslie Schick, Associate Dean of Libraries; Gino Pasi, Archivist/Curator, Winkler Center.

Oral History News In September, Dr. William Camm interviewed Dr. Corwin Dunn.

Dr. Dunn was the first director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Christ Hospital and for 10 years, the director of Christ’s Internal Medicine residency program.

In addition, the Winkler Center did another oral history interview in October with former advisory board chair Marianne Ivey interviewing former Dean of the College of Pharmacy, Victor Warner. Dr. Warner served as Dean of the College of Pharmacy from 1985 through 1996. The interview is still being edited, but will soon be available online as well.

Dr. Corwin Dunn being interviewed for the Winkler Center Oral History Project.

We thank Drs. Camm and Ivey for their continued commitment to these projects and their unceasing desire to document the record of the Cincinnati area’s and UC’s health professions history.

Both oral histories can be viewed via the UC Digital Collections and Repositories website at http://digital.libraries.uc.edu/collections/winklerOralHistory/

Associate Dean, Leslie Schick

Associate Dean, Leslie Schick 513-558-4321 513-558-4321 leslie.schick@uc.edu leslie.schick@uc.edu

Assistant Director, Lori E. Harris

Assistant Director, Lori E. Harris 513-558-0315 513-558-0315 lori.harris@uc.edu lori.harris@uc.edu

Archivist/Curator, Gino Pasi Archivist/Curator, Gino Pasi 513-558-5123 513-558-5123 gino.pasi@uc.edu gino.pasi@uc.edu

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Being Social

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Before this past November 27th it had been over two years since the Winkler Center had posted anything to its Facebook social media page. Over the last several weeks, however, the Winkler has reinvigorated its posting and updates to Facebook and is doing at least two posts per week. The value of a vigorous social media for an institution cannot be underestimated. The main advantage is of course greater outreach, but more specific benefits include increased visitation, more reference requests and questions and the opportunities for collection donation and development. If you haven’t already, we encourage you to like us on Facebook and check out on a daily basis what might be going on here. https://www.facebook.com/HenryRWinklerCenter/.

Collection Spotlight Recently, Winkler staff uncovered a rather large collection of early 20th century pharmacy prescriptions. The collection numbers over a thousand old prescriptions written on a variety of doctors’ personal prescription stationaries. Some of the tabs belong to particular drug-stores that presumably had given area doctors pads on which to write their prescriptions. Many of the medications prescribed around 1900 we realize were not unusual for the time, but seem very strange to us today, e.g., heroin capsules or cocaine ear drops. Others are surprising simply because they are still prescribed today, like ephedrine or codeine. Though we are not certain, we believe the collection was given to the Winkler Center by the College of Pharmacy. Once processed, this collection will be an extremely valuable resource to researchers studying pharmacy in this time period. Shown here are some examples from the collection.

Contact Information: Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library

University of Cincinnati Libraries 231 Albert Sabin Way Cincinnati, OH 45267–0574

Phone 513–558–5120 http://libraries.uc.edu/hsl/history/

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In Memoriam The Winkler Center was saddened to hear of the passing recently of Heloisa Sabin. Born, Heloisa Dunshee de Abranches, she married famous medical researcher and developer of the oral polio vaccine, Albert B. Sabin, in 1972.

Before her marriage to Dr. Sabin, she was women’s editor of a family-owned newspaper, Jornal do Brasil, in Rio de Janerio where she worked for 16 years. The Jornal was the largest daily newspaper in Rio at the time. She also studied at Columbia University in New York and held a law degree.

Sabin in 2010 at the 50th Anniversary of Sabin Sundays, with Executive Director of the Winkler Center, Steve Marine.

Asked what it was like being the wife of the famous research professor and virologist, “exciting,” she said. “I thought he was fascinating before I met him and I still think he is.” “Life with Dr. Sabin is certainly different from any other kind of life I could lead,” Mrs. Sabin asserted. “We are traveling all the time and I get to meet a lot of people who really enrich my life. .

Not only do we travel in the United States but we also travel in

Europe and other countries where my husband has speaking engagements.” The Sabins not only traveled to numerous locales, but also resided at various times in New York, Washington D.C., Charleston, SC, Switzerland and Israel.

Heloisa became a steward of the Sabin legacy and a tireless activist in later life. Upon Albert Sabin’s death in 1993, she spent a majority of her time speaking out and fundraising to continue her late husband’s work in the study and improvement of immunizations, specifically in regard to Polio. In addition, she became a strong proponent of the use of animals in medical research, as the Polio vaccine her husband developed would not have been so successful had it not been for data gleaned from animal testing.

She was a founding member of the Albert Sabin Research Institute, which advocates for global immunization to end all vaccine-preventable diseases.

She visited UC frequently, promoting ways to memorialize her husband’s accomplishments in the place where they occurred.

Working with administration of what was then the Cincinnati Medical Heritage Center (now the Winker Center), she saw to it that Albert B. Sabin’s professional and personal papers came here in 1993.

In addition to her meaningful charitable contributions to the University, Mrs. Sabin played a role in the naming of the Children’s Hospital Sabin Center, Albert Sabin Way, and the Hauck Center for the Albert Sabin Archives. She also influenced the development of the Sabin exhibit in the Vontz Center and the Ohio Historical Marker dedicated to Sabin at the Vontz’s entrance.

The Winkler Center will miss Heloisa as will all those whose lives she touched.

If you are interested in researching the Sabin collection at the Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions, please call (513) 558-5120 or email chhp@ucmeil.uc.edu. To view an online inventory of the Albert B. Sabin Papers please visit Winkler-Albert B. Sabin Papers at http://sabin.uc.edu/.

Works Used Hembree, Linda. “Life with Noted Researcher Fascinating.” Spartanburg Herald (Spartanburg, SC). Wednesday, 3 December 1975.

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Marine, Steve. Correspondence with UC Foundation, Donor Files, Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions, University of Cincinnati,

Associate Dean, Leslie Schick

Associate Dean, Leslie Schick 513-558-4321 513-558-4321 leslie.schick@uc.edu leslie.schick@uc.edu

Assistant Director, Lori E. Harris

Assistant Director, Lori E. Harris 513-558-0315 513-558-0315 lori.harris@uc.edu lori.harris@uc.edu

Archivist/Curator, Gino Pasi Archivist/Curator, Gino Pasi 513-558-5123 513-558-5123 gino.pasi@uc.edu gino.pasi@uc.edu

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2016 Advisory Board Members Philip M. Diller, MD, PhD, Chair Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Academic Health Center John Bossert, MD William B. Camm, MD Kenneth Davis, MD Professor of Surgery & Clinical Anesthesia, UC Health, UC Surgical Research Unit Stewart B. Dunsker, MD Professor Emeritus, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Cincinnati Michael K. Farrell, MD Professor of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center Marie Garrison, MSN College of Nursing, University of Cincinnati William E. Hurford, MD Medical Officer of UC Health, Professor of Anesthesia Dan Hurley Director, Leadership Cincinnati Marianne F. Ivey, PharmD, MPH, FASHP Professor Emerita, UC Pharmacy Practice Laura Kretschmer, EdD Professor Emerita of Audiology, College of the Allied Health Sciences, University of Cincinnati Daniel N. Lucas, MD Diagnostic Radiologist, Arizona Medical Imaging Stephen A. Marine Associate Dean Emeritus Richard A. Puff Assistant Vice President, Public Relations and Communications, UC Academic Health Center Leslie Schick Associate Dean, Director, Health Sciences Library and Henry R. Winkler Center Xuemao Wang, MBA, MLIS Dean and University Librarian, University of Cincinnati Libraries Dennis B. Worthen, PhD Adjunct Professor, James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati Creighton B. Wright, MD, MBA, FACS, FAHA Vice President, Mercy West

Contact Information: Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library

University of Cincinnati Libraries 231 Albert Sabin Way Cincinnati, OH 45267–0574

Phone 513–558–5120 http://libraries.uc.edu/hsl/history/

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