Addison and the White Corpuscles. An Aspect of Nineteenth-Century Biology. L. J. Rather. University of California Press, Berkeley, 1972. x, 236 pp. + plates. $8.50. Publications of the Wellcome Institute of the History of Medicine, new series, vol. 22

Science ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 178 (4057) ◽  
pp. 152-152
Author(s):  
T. S. Hall
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
History Of Medicine ◽  
University Of California ◽  
History Of

Galen: The First Cardiac Surgeon?

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Reza Rajabnejad ◽  
Maryam Ranjbar ◽  
Mohammad Al-Attar
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Case Report ◽  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Dark Part ◽  
History Of ◽  
Cardiac Surgeon

AbstractIt is widely believed that the first and the second pericardium surgeries were done in the nineteenth century by Francisco Romero and Dominique Jean Larrey, respectively; however, Galen was the first surgeon who proceeded with pericardiectomy. This ancient case report of sternum osteomyelitis and pericardiectomy illuminates some dark part of the history of medicine and the ability of physicians in that era.

Catalogue of Tamil manuscripts in the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine

1990 ◽  
Vol 122 (2) ◽  
pp. 359-369
Author(s):  
S. Gunasingam
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
South Asia ◽  
History Of Medicine ◽  
British Empire ◽  
South Asian ◽  
African Countries ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
History Of

Since the time South Asia, together with other Asian and African countries, became an integral part of the British Empire, the significance of manuscripts, published works and other artefacts, relating to those regions has stimulated continued appreciation in the United Kingdom, albeit with varying degrees of interest. It is interesting to note that the factors which have contributed in one way or another to the collecting of South Asian I material for British institutions vary in their nature, and thus illuminate the attitudes of different periods. During the entire nineteenth century, the collectors were primarily administrators; for most of the first half of the twentieth century, it was the interest and the needs of British universities that led to the accumulation of substantial holdings in many academic or specialist libraries.

scholarly journals Put Out Your Tongue! The Role of Clinical Insight in the Study of the History of Medicine

2011 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 301-306 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Edwards
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Medical Practitioner ◽  
Retrospective Diagnosis ◽  
Medical Progress ◽  
History Of

Historians of medicine are often gloomily familiar with clinicians' incursions into their intellectual arena. We physicians offer hagiographic biographies of obscure nineteenth-century medical figures, triumphalist narratives of medical progress and – the most heinous offence – retrospective diagnosis of ailments afflicting historical characters. But clinicians have also offered some excellent insights to the discipline. As a medical practitioner, I intend to argue that clinical insight can be valuable; not in providing answers – here, clinicians' contemporary interpretations of disease and its treatment can lead us to become unstuck – but in raising questions which might not occur to historians.

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