This talk will consider the origins of basic science and laboratory science in American medicine and medical education by exploring the career of Frederick Novy and the origins of bacteriology in American medicine, 1889-1933. Novy was a student and later professor in the University of Michigan Medical School, where he performed pioneering work in the field.

Powel Kazanjian is Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases (Medical School) and Professor of History (College of Literature, Science, and the Arts). He is author of the forthcoming Frederick Novy and the Development of Bacteriology in Medicine (Rutgers University Press).