On Thursday, May 2nd, John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society guest speaker Richard L. Hapsel, MD, PhD, presented a lecture titled "Looking Back to Move Forward: Race and Transfusion Medicine”.

The event was cosponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society, IU School of Medicine Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, IUPUI Medical Humanities & Health Studies Program, IU School of Medicine History of Medicine Student Interest Group, and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library.

• The recording of the talk can now be viewed in IU Media Collections Online: https://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/media/049g15jr92

This was the last scheduled JSB History of Medicine talk for the 2023-24 academic year. Look for announcements about upcoming talks for 2024-2025 later this summer.

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