Wellcome Medal and Prize in the History of Medicine University of Edinburgh

After graduating in medicine Douglas Guthrie embarked on a career as an ENT surgeon. When his Edinburgh hospital appointment ended in 1936 he began to write History of Medicine, which, thanks to a favourable review by George Bernard Shaw, became a worldwide best seller when first published in 1945. This marked the start of Guthrie’s second career as a lecturer in history of medicine at the University of Edinburgh where his prime responsibility was delivering systematic lectures on medical history to medical undergraduates. At a time when history of medicine was virtually the exclusive preserve of medical doctors, Guthrie promoted to them the historiography techniques of the academic historian. His vision that social historians should become involved in the field and that history of medicine should be taught in arts and humanities faculties began to be adopted in British universities a decade or so after Guthrie made the recommendation. His legacy includes the Scottish Society of the History of Medicine and the British Society for the History of Medicine, both of which he helped to found. His name is commemorated in various charitable trusts which he established to promote the study of history of medicine.

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Matthew H Kaufman, The regius chair of military surgery in the University of Edinburgh, 1806–55, Clio Medica 69, Wellcome Series in the History of Medicine, Amsterdam and New York, Rodopi, 2003, pp. vi, 361, €80.00, $116.00 (hardback 90-420-1248-X); €37.00, $54.00 (paperback 90-420-1238-2).

Medical History ◽

10.1017/s002572730000212x ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 52 (1) ◽

pp. 135-136

Author(s):

Philip K Wilson

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

History Of Medicine ◽

Military Surgery ◽

History Of ◽

University Of Edinburgh ◽

The University

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The Regius Chair of Military Surgery in the University of Edinburgh, 1806-55 Matthew H. KaufmanThe Regius Chair of Military Surgery in the University of Edinburgh, 1806-55 Matthew H. Kaufman The Wellcome Series in the History of Medicine, Clio Medica 69 Amsterdam, and New York: Rodopi, 2003, 361 p., $96.00 (cloth), $44.40 (paper)

Canadian Bulletin of Medical History ◽

10.3138/cbmh.23.2.580 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 580-582

Author(s):

James Robert Allard

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

History Of Medicine ◽

Military Surgery ◽

History Of ◽

University Of Edinburgh ◽

The University

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History of medicine

Health Libraries Review ◽

10.1046/j.0265-6647.2001.00343.x ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 135-136

Author(s):

David Pearson ◽

Susan Gove ◽

John Lancaster

Keyword(s):

History Of Medicine ◽

History Of

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History of medicine

Indian Journal of Neurotrauma ◽

10.1016/s0973-0508(05)80035-8 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 153

Author(s):

Prakash Singh

Keyword(s):

History Of Medicine ◽

History Of

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Cambridge history of medicine

AIDS and Contemporary History ◽

10.1017/cbo9780511522901.015 ◽

1993 ◽

pp. 285-286

Keyword(s):

History Of Medicine ◽

History Of

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Cambridge History of Medicine

International Health Organisations and Movements, 1918–1939 ◽

10.1017/cbo9780511599606.018 ◽

1995 ◽

pp. 338-339

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History Of Medicine ◽

History Of

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Aneurysms in the history of medicine

VASA ◽

10.1024/0301-1526.31.4.281 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 31 (4) ◽

pp. 281-286 ◽

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Bollinger ◽

Rüttimann

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History Of Medicine ◽

Albert Einstein ◽

Thomas Mann ◽

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John Hunter ◽

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Die Geschichte des sackförmigen oder fusiformen Aneurysmas reicht in die Zeit der alten Ägypter, Byzantiner und Griechen zurück. Vesal 1557 und Harvey 1628 führten den Begriff in die moderne Medizin ein, indem sie bei je einem Patienten einen pulsierenden Tumor intra vitam feststellten und post mortem verifizierten. Weitere Eckpfeiler bildeten die Monographien von Lancisi und Scarpa im 18. bzw. beginnenden 19. Jahrhundert. Die erste wirksame Therapie bestand in der Kompression des Aneurysmasacks von außen, die zweite in der Arterienligatur, der John Hunter 1785 zum Durchbruch verhalf. Endoaneurysmoraphie (Matas) und Umhüllung mit Folien wurden breit angewendet, bevor Ultraschalldiagnostik und Bypass-Chirurgie Routineverfahren wurden und die Prognose dramatisch verbesserten. Die diagnostischen und therapeutischen Probleme in der Mitte des 20. Jahrhunderts werden anhand von zwei prominenten Patienten dargestellt, Albert Einstein und Thomas Mann, die beide im Jahr 1955 an einer Aneurysmaruptur verstarben.

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