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So how do we know that?
Come join people who are curious, thoughtful, and use evidence-based thinking to better understand the world around us and ourselves. We will explore this through the wide spectrum of books or videos chosen. These discussions will be guided by the monthly topic and they will be engaging and far-ranging to encourage participation from all attending.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- The Birth of the Pill by Jonathan EigNeeds location
The story of the "only product in American history so powerful that it needed no name" with the lives of the four-larger-than-life characters who dreamed, funded, researched, and tested it. A fascinating story of one of the most important scientific discoveries of the twentieth century.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFypy7IKM7k 5 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uYtfo_PPb4 35 min audio only
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFKXcsSGQ-0 29 min audio only
4 copies in library system - The Contagion of Liberty: Politics of Smallpox in the American RevolutionIrondequoit Public Library, Rochester, NY
The Contagion of Liberty: The Politics of Smallpox in the American Revolution by Andrew M. Wehrman
The Revolutionary War broke out during a smallpox epidemic, and in response, General George Washington ordered the inoculation of the Continental Army. But Washington did not have to convince fearful colonists to protect themselves against smallpox--they were the ones demanding it. In The book describes a revolution within a revolution, where the violent insistence for freedom from disease ultimately helped American colonists achieve independence from Great Britain. Inoculation, a shocking procedure introduced to America by an enslaved African, became the most sought-after medical procedure of the eighteenth century. Across the colonies, poor Americans rioted for equal access to medicine, while cities and towns shut down for quarantines. This offers a new dimension to our understanding of both the American Revolution and the origins of public health in the US. The miraculous discovery of vaccination in the early 1800s posed new challenges that upended the revolutionaries' dream of disease eradication, and Wehrman reveals that the quintessentially American rejection of universal health care systems has deeper roots than previously known.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TbKrwd4c-0 2 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIsAkL1ipCM 40 min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSiPeMJ_nCs 60 min
1 copy in library system, 7 copies available from host
