Josef Hammar (1868-1927) - a Swedish physician in the Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902)
This article argues that his participation was for both idealistic and pragmatic reasons. Further, it presents new sources for understanding the day-to-day work in military medicine in the Boer war from an outside perspective and discusses the issue of medical neutrality in a conflict that has been called the rehearsal for the First World War. (Source: Journal of Medical Biography)
Source: Journal of Medical Biography - June 2, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Bro, T. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Thomas N Bonner (1923-2003), medical historian
Thomas Bonner made a long academic career, teaching medical history and higher education at several American universities and presiding over three of these. He engaged in politics for 2 years. As a historian of medicine, he published important books on topics including Midwestern medicine, medical education in the United States and in European countries, the entry of women into medicine in the 19th century and on the educator Abraham Flexner. His works were based on exhaustive research, penetrating analysis, language skills and the ability to explain complex information in understandable terms. Bonner lived a passionate li...
Source: Journal of Medical Biography - June 2, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Bickel, M. H. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
William Cookesley, William Hunter and the first patient to survive removal of the appendix in 1731 - A case history with 31 years follow up
William Cookesley, a surgeon in Devon, England, successfully operated on a patient with an Amyand hernia in 1731, incidentally excising the appendix. His patient is the earliest documented to have survived appendicectomy. This was confirmed by a post mortem examination 31 years later. Part of the remaining bowel was preserved by William Hunter and this specimen remains in the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow. (Source: Journal of Medical Biography)
Source: Journal of Medical Biography - June 2, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Selley, P. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Medical missionaries to China and the reformation of anatomy
The earliest record of human anatomy in chapters of the Yellow Emperor’s Inner Classic is likely to be based upon proper dissections. The first incident of human dissection for medical purpose documented in the History of Han Dynasty occurred in AD 13. During the Sung dynasty, a physician prepared illustrations of internal organs of executed criminals, published in 1113 as the Images of Truth. Successive Chinese medical treatises have plagiarized but preserved the anatomical diagrams without improvements or modifications. China had to wait till the mid-19th century for Anglo-American Protestant medical missionaries t...
Source: Journal of Medical Biography - June 2, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Fu, L. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
The pre-Anschluss Vienna School of Medicine - the physicians: Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857-1940) and Karel Wenckebach (1864-1940)
Three physicians are discussed. Sigmund Freud, probably the best-known member of the Vienna School of Medicine, was the path-breaking pioneer in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. Julius Wagner-Jauregg was a psychiatrist who discovered the link between iodine deficiency and goitre and also developed malaria therapy to treat progressive paralysis caused by syphilis for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize. Karel Wenckebach, the pioneering Dutch cardiologist, is best known for the Wenckebach block. After the Anschluss, fate dealt very different hands to these three physicians. Freud fled to London where he soon died. Wagner-J...
Source: Journal of Medical Biography - June 2, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Shaw, L. B., Shaw, R. A. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
John Herbert Hovell (1910-1988), TD, MRCS, LRCP, FRCS, FDSRCS (Eng), FFD (Ire), DOrth
When the author studied at the Royal Dental Hospital from 1957 to 1961, John Hovell was a highly respected teacher and consultant, very popular with both patients and undergraduates. Hovell uniquely practised two widely different specialties at consultant level: oral surgery and orthodontics. Moreover, his story is one of a great dental clinician, a dental politician and a charismatic and caring man. (Source: Journal of Medical Biography)
Source: Journal of Medical Biography - June 2, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Gelbier, S. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Review of 'Eminent Neuroscientists by Kalyan B Bhattacharyya (Calcutta)
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Source: Journal of Medical Biography - February 12, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Rose, F. C. Tags: Book reviews Source Type: research
AEW Miles, The accidental birth of military medicine: The origins of the Royal Army Medical Corps
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Source: Journal of Medical Biography - February 12, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Emery, A. E. Tags: Book reviews Source Type: research
Letter to the Editor
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Source: Journal of Medical Biography - February 12, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Pandya, S. K. Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research
Lord Listers antiseptic steam spray
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Source: Journal of Medical Biography - February 12, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Kirkup, J. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Inspirations in medical genetics
There are abundant instances in the history of genetics and medical genetics to illustrate how curiosity, charisma of mentors, nature, art, the saving of lives and many other matters have inspired great discoveries. These achievements from deciphering genetic concepts to characterizing genetic disorders have been crucial for management of the patients. There remains, however, a long pathway ahead. (Source: Journal of Medical Biography)
Source: Journal of Medical Biography - February 12, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Asadollahi, R. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Edward Elgar (1857-1934): Moaner or loner?
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Source: Journal of Medical Biography - February 12, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Harcup, J., Noble, J. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Lady Brilliana Harley (1598-1643): Her medicines and her doctors
Lady Brilliana Harley was the redoubtable chatelaine of Brampton Bryan Castle in Herefordshire during the mid-seventeenth century. Her many letters reveal much about the medications which she dispensed to her family and about the family’s medical attendants. Whenever possible the Harleys preferred to consult university-educated physicians rather than the local apothecary or surgeon. These physicians are all known from other sources but Brilliana’s letters add to what is known of their provincial practices. In particular, they reveal their willingness to undertake blood-letting, often thought to be the province ...
Source: Journal of Medical Biography - February 12, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Connor, H. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Christian Albrecht Jensen (1792-1870): An artistic illustration of Fovilles syndrome
Foville’s syndrome, a neurological brainstem syndrome, was described in France in 1858. By chance, a talented portrait painter, CA Jensen, probably illustrated the syndrome at the same time in Copenhagen. This note illustrates the importance of observation in both neurology and art and the variety in interpretation of the same picture by viewers. (Source: Journal of Medical Biography)
Source: Journal of Medical Biography - February 12, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Stenager, E. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
Humphry Fortescue Osmond (1917-2004), a radical and conventional psychiatrist: The transcendent years
This article describes the life and work of the psychiatrist Humphry Osmond who pursued a radical path as a psychiatrist while he remained within the establishment. To the public mind however, he is best known as the man who introduced Aldous Huxley to mescaline and coined the iconic word psychedelic. From an early stage of his career, Henry Osmond embraced new ideas to break the nexus in psychiatry at a time when neither biological nor psychoanalytic treatments were shown to have much benefit. To do this, he joined the radical social experiment in health in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan where he initiated a range ...
Source: Journal of Medical Biography - February 12, 2016 Category: History of Medicine Authors: Kaplan, R. M. Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
