Mobile Medical Museum to Present Sally Green Memorial Lecture at Strada Patient Care Center

Stephanie Rookis, curator for the Alabama Museum of Health Sciences in Birmingham, Ala., and Dr. Michael A. Flannery, professor emeritus of UAB Libraries at the University of Alabama at Birmingham in Birmingham, Ala., will present “Modeling Medicine: The Josiah Clark Nott Specimens, Window into 19th Century Health Care” on Thursday, Sept. 7, 2017, at 6 p.m. in the conference room on the first floor of the Strada Patient Care Center.

This lecture is part of a series of events dedicated to Sally Green, former Mobile Medical Museum board of trustee’s president and director, who passed away earlier this year.

Dr. Flannery and Rookis will discuss a special exhibition currently on display at the Mobile Medical Museum of 12 wax anatomical models from the 19th century on loan from the Alabama Museum of Health Sciences through Sept. 29. The models originally came from the collection of Dr. Josiah Clark Nott, who founded the Medical College of Alabama in Mobile, Ala. The school was open from 1859 to 1920.

Dr. Flannery and Rookis will also discuss what the figures tell modern day audiences about medical pathologies from the time, as well as the history of the Medical College of Alabama.

The lecture is free of charge and open to the public. The Strada Patient Care Center is located at 1601 Center St. For more information, contact the Mobile Medical Museum at (251) 415-1109.