Medicine Under the Big Sky
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