Science on Tap - Philadelphia

Join us tonight at 6 pm for The Laboring Physician: How Brown-Séquard's Method Emerged in the American Clinic, 1889-1900.

The field of endocrinology began in June 1889, when the ageing Franco-American physiologist Charles Brown-Séquard injected himself with a concoction of crushed up testicles, semen, and blood that he harvested from guinea pigs and dogs. In this talk, Patrick shows how Brown-Séquard’s experiments caused a global sensation, and started a new field of medical science, especially in America. This talk comes with a content warning: Patrick weaves a story of grisly and ghastly experiments performed by American doctors, who made foul-smelling and foul-tasting medicine from the offcuts of recently slaughtered animals. It wasn’t pretty, and it wasn’t elegant, but history rarely is. Come along to Patrick’s talk to learn how cowboy doctors got their hands dirty with animal carcasses and made surprisingly effective remedies in the fin-de-siècle.

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Tickets are still available for tonight’s Science On Tap featuring Dr. Kathryn Mickle. This is a FREE event, but registration is required.
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Ray-finned fishes, or actinopterygians, include fishes with familiar shapes like goldfish, tuna, and salmon, as well as some very oddly shaped fishes like seahorses, flounder, and pufferfish. Not only do ray-finned fishes exhibit remarkable morphological diversity, they are also found in diverse environments, ranging from small freshwater streams to the deep sea.

In her talk, Dr. Mickle will discuss her work on lower actinopterygian fishes, how new species are described, and why detailed taxonomic descriptions are important not only for our understanding of the diversity of these fossil fishes but also our understanding of today’s ray-finned fishes.

Join us on Monday, 09/12 for our next Science on Tap event -
Observing the Streets, Defining Our Health: How Public, Urbanizing Spaces Influence Our Understanding of Healthiness, in Early Colonial Philadelphia and Beyond.

In this talk, Molly Nebiolo will discuss how inhabitants of early Philadelphia only needed to look outside to the streets or go for a stroll to observe, understand, and define the healthiness of themselves and their community.

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