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Announcement: ISHN 2nd Annual Meeting (Leiden, 1997) 



ANNOUNCEMENT


2nd Meeting of the International Society for the
History of the Neurosciences  (ISHN)

and

6th Meeting of the European Club on the
History of Neurology  (ECHN)
 
June 20 - 21 1997
Leiden, The Netherlands

Commemorating Jacobus Schroeder van der Kolk (1797 - 1862)


Leiden became an important city in the 13th century due to
cloth manufacturing; in the 17th century it became the
second largest Dutch city and Europe's most important textile
producer.  Leiden is a typical university city with an ancient
center, where you'll find many museums, including the
National Archeological Museum, the National Museum for
Ethnology, the Cloth-house (gallery) and the Boerhaave 
Museum for the History of Science and Medicine.  There are
many historical buildings such as the weigh-house, several
gates and churches, and you will enjoy the Hortus Botanicus
near the ancient Academy Building.

Leiden is situated within half an hour's reach of Amsterdam,
Rotterdam, The Hague, Utrecht and the North-Sea.  The first
university of the Netherlands was founded here (1575).  It is
the city where Herman Boerhaave taught in the beginning of
the 18th century.  Many famous 'doctores medicinae' were
teachers of this university (Franciscus Sylvius, Pieter Pauw,
Bernhard Siegfried Albinus, Hieronymus David Gaubius),
or pupils, including Nicolaas Tulp, Jan Swammerdam,
Jacobus Bontius, Willem Piso (the latter two were pioneers
in tropical medicine) Gerard van Swieten, Anton de Haen,
Albrecht von Haller, Carl Linnaeus, and Monro (primus).
Descartes matriculated and published his "Discours de la
methode" (1737) in Leiden.


Local Organizing Committee:
 
prof.dr. H.Beukers
prof.emir.dr. G.W.Bruyn
dr. P.Eling
dr. J.A.M. Frederiks
dr. A.Keyser
dr. P.Koehler
prof.dr. J.P.W.F.Lakke



On June 20th and 21st, 1997, in Leiden, the 2nd Meeting of
the International Society for the History of the Neurosciences
(ISHN) and 6th Meeting of the European Club on the History
of Neurology (ECHN) will be organized in Leiden, The
Netherlands.  The International Society for the History of the
Neurosciences was founded in May of 1995.  The European
Club on the History of Neurology had its first
meeting in 1987.  The combined 1997 meeting, which will
commemorate Jacobus Schroeder van der Kolk (1797 - 1862),
will be organized in the former house of Herman Boerhaave,
"Oud Poelgeest" castle.  Among other subjects attention will
be given to the following themes: neurology in the Golden
Age (The Netherlands, 17th century), relationship between
neurology and psychiatry (it will be the 200th anniversay of
the birth of  Jacobus Schroeder van der Kolk 1797 - 1862)),
neural network theories in history, segmental innervation.

Proposals for papers and for thematic symposia, on any
aspect of the history of the neurosciences are invited.

Platform papers are 10 - 20 minutes in duration followed
by 5 - 10 minutes for discussion. Poster papers are invited
as well.


INSTRUCTIONS:

Abstracts must be typed on a plain white sheet of A4 paper.
The abstract must have the title, name(s) of author(s),
their affiliation and full mailing address.

The abstract must describe both the topic of the proposed
paper and the major points that will be discussed in the paper.


DEADLINE:

Your abstract (original plus 3 copies) must be received by
February 1st, 1997.  The deliberations of the program
committee will be completed by March 1997.


Send your abstract to:

Secretariat:
P.J.Koehler MD,PhD
Department of Neurology
de Wever Hospital
PO Box 4446
6401 CX Heerlen
The Netherlands

Tel.**31.45.5766700
Fax.**31.45.5767416
E-mail: u493001@vm.uci.kun.nl

For additional information about the ISHN, please contact
Dr. Duane Haines   
Dr. Stan Finger   
Dr. Harry Whitaker   

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Archivist, Science Collections
Department of Special Collections
University Research Library, UCLA
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