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Shop now, help young patients Medical center personnel can get a head start on their holiday shopping at a "Holiday Bazaar of Handcrafts" to be held in the hospital lobby next Friday, Nov. 11, beginning at 9 a.m. Sponsored by the E>uke Housestaff Womens' Club, the bazaar will offer a variety of. handmade items for sale including autumn and holiday decorations, wreaths, ornaments, dolls, needlework, pupf>ets, quilts, pillows and placemats. A new feature of this year's bazaar will be a tiirkey raffle. Proceeds from the bazaar will be donated to the hospital for the purchase of a book cart and books for adolescent patients. Bazaar committee members are Martha Wortman, chairman; Kathleen Klimas, co-chairman; Marty Cox, workshops; Lucy Jones, pricing and tagging; Cookie Brown and Mary Arm Cough. ■ Membership in the Duke Housestaff Womens' Club is open to the spouses of physicians on the medicine or pediatric housestaff and to female housestaff members. The organization's president is Priscilla Tillett. ■ 5* r,' : CLEAN WATER—These Bolivian children en)oy a drink of fresh, dean water from their village's first well. Children in 100 coimtries of Africa, Asia and Latin America are receiving supplies of safe water, health care, t>etter nutrition and education through the funds provided by the sale of UNICEF cards. Cards may be puntiased in the Medical Center Library. Historical perspective helpful (Continued from page 1) “ ... And today we're very fortunate to have with us one of the world's foremost authorities on blood types.' We'll try to provide that perspective." The History of Medicine Program, wiU host a number of historical conferences of its own in the future, he said. One possible conference next year will commemorate the birth of William Harvey, who discovered that blood circulates through the body. SEPTEMBER , *ARCH T O' -w ‘s if ° I ^ *7 U 15 " '7 IS ij / J ^ 3o , ^ ip ~ 22 ij , >1 2, ^ ^ J# November 4-11,1977 The Medical Center Calendar lists lectures, symposia and other medical center activities. Notices should be sent to Box 3354, Hospital, no later than one week prior to publication. If last minute scheduling makes it impossible to send a written notice in tiMe, please call 684-4148. Friday, November 4 12:30 p.m. 1 p.m. 5 p.m. Biochemistry Seminar. Dr. Serge Timasheff, professor of biochemistry, Brandeis University, and visiting professor of biochemistry, Duke, "Self-Association of Brain Tubulin to Microtubules and Other Structures," Rm 147, Nanaline H. Duke BIdg. CoffM at 12:15 in the lobby. Networic for Continuing Medical Education (NCME). Two part presentation on "A Clinical Approach to the Major Motor Disorder of the Esophagus." Part 1, "Gastroesophageal Reflux; Symptomatology and Investigation;" part 2, "Gastroesophageal Reflux; Medical and Surgical Management." Also, program on "Informed Consent: Malignant or Benign." View in Rms M405 and 2031 at Duke and Rms D3008, C6002 and C7002 and BIdg 16 at the VA Hospital. Anatomy Seminar. Dr. Richard Marchase, "Ligatin; A Role in Intercellular Adhesion as an Anchor for External, Cell-Surface Proteins," Rm 273 Sands BIdg. Coffee and cookies at 4:45; Monday, November? 12 noon Pathology Research Conference. Dr. John D. Sheribume, associate director. Electron Micro. Lab., VA Hospital, "TEM, SEM and Microprobe Findings in the Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation Study," Rm M204. Tuesday, Novembers 3:30 p.m. Pharmacology Seminar. Dr. Jon Nixon, Burroughs Wellcome Co., "Neurochemical Aspects of Pterin Biosynthesis," Rm 273, Sands BIdg., Coffw at 3:15. 4 p.m. Council on Aging and Human Development. Harriet Miller, former executive director. National Retired Teachers Assodation-American Assodation of Retired Persons, Washington, "Aspects of Individuality," Rm 1504, Gerontology BIdg. Wednesday, November 9 1 p.m. NCME. See Fri., Nov. 4, for program listings and viewing areas. 8 p.m. Issues in Health Care. Dr. Steve Weiler, "Sexuality and Medicine." Admin. Conf. Rm. 8:15 p.m. RoundUHe on Sdence and Public Affairs. Rep. Mike McCormack (D-Wash.), "A Responsible Attitude toward a National Eneigy Policy," Gross Chem. aud. Educated in London An associate professor of community and family medicine, CreUin earned a bachelor of pharmacy degree in 1958, a masters in the history and philosophy of science in 1965 and a Ph.D. in history in 1%9, all from the University of London. ■ He completed medical school at University College in London in 1974, and before being appointed to the faculty here, served on the faculty of Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. • Between 1966 and 1976, he was a staff member at the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine in London. _ - Hieologyaind-history Gifford, who is also associate professor of community and family medidne and medical center archivist, joined the Duke faculty in May. He received a B.A. from Dartmouth College in 1961, bachelor of divinity and master of sacred theology degrees in 1964 and 1%5, both from Andover Newton Theological School, and a Ph.D. in American sodal and intellectucd history from Duke in 1%9. Gifford sf>ent nine years on the faculty of Guilford College between 1968 and 1977. He is the author of "The Evolution of a Medical Center: A History of Medicine at Duke University to 1941." Changing household rales Husband's in the kitchen and the wife's off in the office? The idea may sound strange, but it could become common because many young Americans are receptive to a husband and wife exchanging of roles reports the American Coimdl of Life Insurance. In the Coundl's latest national survey, the opinions of young people between the ages of 18 and 24 were split everUy down the line. Some 50 percent of the youth interviewed said th^ approved of spouses exchanging roles. An equal proportion, however, disapproved, either moderately or strongly with this idea in mind.
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