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Sunday, November 21, 2021 - 10:33

This Date in UCSF History: Doc Recalls Pre-Roe v. Wade Horrors

[Originally published in Synapse on November 21, 1996.] Before 1973, the year Roe vs. Wade guaranteed women the right to safe, therapeutic abortion in the U.S., David Grimes, MD, recalled visiting the septic unit of a Los Angeles hospital. Women seriously ill from botched illegal abortions lay in the twenty beds of the common ward. The ward was always filled to capacity.

Health

Sunday, November 14, 2021 - 10:21

This Date in UCSF History: Student AIDS Forum Connects Patients and Caregivers

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Originally published on November 15, 1990.

Several prominent physicians who have devoted much of their working lives in recent years to the AIDS epidemic shared their insights with students at the Nov. 7 forum.

Monday, November 8, 2021 - 09:17

This Date in UCSF History: We Need Affirmative Action

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[Originally published on November 13, 1997.] Last week the United States Supreme Court ruled that it would not hear a challenge to Proposition 209, the California anti-affirmative action campaign to dismantle race- and gender-based programs in public hiring, contracting, and school admissions.

Science

Sunday, October 31, 2021 - 11:52

This Date in UCSF History: The Fascinating World of Forensic Medicine

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[Originally published in Synapse on November 6, 2003.] What comes to your mind when you hear the words “forensic medicine?” Murder, dismantled body parts, or DNA analysis? Whatever it is, one probably does not equate forensic medicine with two hours of amusing stories and laughter. But that was exactly what happened at Dr. Henry C. Lee’s talk, Forensic Evidence Found on Human Bodies — National and International Cases

Monday, October 25, 2021 - 20:10

This Date in UCSF History: Mentioning the Unmentionable

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[Originally published on October 25, 2007.] Midway through my first year preceptorship, a particularly difficult patient interview taught me the importance of asking patients about depression. Getting a straight history from this patient had been difficult as he repeatedly answered questions with sarcasm and carried himself with a strained sense of cheerfulness.