In conjunction with hosting the traveling exhibition “Pick Your Poison: Intoxicating Pleasures and Medical Prescriptions,” the McGoogan Health Sciences Library will present a conversation with Lydia Kang, MD, author and associate professor of internal medicine at UNMC.
The exhibition, located on Level 6 of McGoogan Library, runs through Nov. 17. The National Library of Medicine produced the display and companion website to explore the factors that have shaped the changing definitions of some of society’s most potent drugs, from medical miracle to social menace.
On Thursday, Nov. 7, Dr. Kang will present “Miracle to Menace: A Conversation with Dr. Lydia Kang” at McGoogan Library, WHM 6032, and online. The event will be from noon to 1 p.m.
Dr. Kang will discuss her research related to substance misuse and its varied acceptance in society as seen in her writing, “Opium and Absinthe, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything” and “A Beautiful Poison.”
She will explore the overlaps and implications of the history, stigma and acceptance of substance misuse as seen through her historical research, fictional characters and her career as an internal medicine physician.