16th Annual Medical History Conference

In Honor of Volney W. Steele

Monday, May 2nd 2016
1:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Museum of the Rockies, Hagar Auditorium

PROGRAM DETAILS

 
1:00 PM          INTRODUCTION & WELCOME
Martin Teintze, Ph.D. Director of the MSU WWAMI Program

1:10 PM          “MEDICINE, MIDWIVES, AND MOTHERS: CHILDBIRTH IN THE NORTH AMERICAN WEST”
Jennifer Hill, Ph.D.
 
1:50 PM          “AS AMERICAN AS APPLE PIE: ILLEGAL ABORTION IN MONTANA, 1880-1973”
Senator Diane Sands
 
3:10-3:20         BREAK 
 
3:20 PM          “PRACTICING MEDICINE IN LATE 19TH CENTURY RURAL MONTANA:  DR.  CHARLES MCNULTY OF VIRGINIA CITY”
Todd Savitt, Ph.D.
 
4:00 PM          HOMAGE TO VOLNEY W. STEELE M.D., “TRADITION, MEDICAL PRACTICE, AND YOUR FUTURE AS A DOCTOR: ONE MAN'S EXAMPLE”
Introduction by Martin Teintze, Ph.D. followed by a eulogy by Pierce Mullen, Ph.D. and memorial excerpts from Richard Sabo, M.D., Charles Rinker, M.D., Robert Flaherty, M.D., Patricia Oriet, RN, Paul Visscher, M.D., Mr. Eric Hastings, and Robert Hickman, DDS. Closing comments by Ralph Steele, J.D.
 
5:15 PM – END OF PROGRAM & RECEPTION