Mary Edwards Walker, M.D., physician and Civil War field surgeon, was the first woman to receive the Medal of Honor. Much ahead of her time, Dr. Walker, in 1855, was […]
Born in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, in 1814, James Paget was one of the outstanding surgeons of his time, remembered for his description of osteitis deformans (Paget’s disease of bone) and of Paget’s disease of the breast. He has been regarded as the surgical equivalent of William Osler in medical education and of Rudolph Virchow in
The surgeon Thomas Pettigrew (1791-1865) was interested in all aspects of antiquity. He gained fame in society through his mummy-unwrapping parties, and his History of Egyptian Mummies is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection. His interest in the early history of medicine is evidenced by this edition of a work by John Hall, which was published by the Percy Society in 1844. Hall was a surgeon, born 1529/30, who published this work in 1565 as an appendix to his translation of the work of the thirteenth-century surgeon Lanfranc of Milan. Little is known about Hall except that he practised medicine in Maidstone, Kent, and had published acrostic verses. He was vociferous in his indignation against fraudulent medicine, and this work describes nine incidents where quacks, both male and female, had visited Maidstone and offered miraculous cures to the gullible: Hall himself was involved in prosecuting some of them.
Early in the twentieth century, the black community in Tulsa—the “Greenwood District” or simply “Greenwood”—became a nationally renowned entrepreneurial center. Legendary African-American statesman…
Hektoen, George Dunea, Berkeley Moynihan, Surgery, Summer 2013
Today’s Wyo Whiskers feature was a frontier Army surgeon and medical pioneer. Dr. Thomas Maghee was born in 1842 in Evansville, Indiana. During the Civil War, he fought with the 24th Indiana …
Get to know the major concepts of Faye Abdellah's "21 Nursing Problems" nursing theor, its application and impact in nursing.
Thanks to James Herriot, the Dales have fame and popularity worldwide. The Herriot books introduced a huge public to the colourful life of a rural veterinary surgeon - an interest which has endured for more than four decades.The Dales Vet is different. It is a unique book celebrating author Neville Turner's passions for the countryside, natural history, dales heritage, music-making, and photography. Neville has marvelled at the world of nature since he was a small boy. He spent over 30 years in rural veterinary practice working on the eastern slopes of the Pennines and his professional life gave him the opportunity to establish an intimacy with the dales over the seasons. During this time he travelled over a million miles in the Dales with a camera by his side. The Dales Vet is a collection of literary sketches illustrated by beautiful pictures from the author's own huge library. The subjects cover life as a rural vet, but also include intimate views of farm animals, hill farmers, wildlife rehabilitation, dales nature, dales culture, and dales landscape in all its glory.This book will be attractive to all country lovers, those with an interest in animals and birds, botanists, farmers, photographers, and people with an interest in our rural heritage.
Either way, Jack Morris stands poised to make history once again. Should the St. Paul native win election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame when this year’s class is announced Wednesday, …
James Franklin, Winter 2015, Sippy, Hektoen, Surgery, Chicago Literary Club
The author traces the positive spirit of a Union regiment through its assistant surgeon, Abraham Landis, and his sons, who gained fame in San Juan, Chicago, Cincinnati, New York, and Washington, D.C. In their enduring optimism, the "Landis boys" remind us today of the spirit of the Thirty-Fifth Ohio Volunteers, when patriotism and respect for others were the norm. Their charm, warmth, integrity, and good humor are reflected on these pages. This fascinating chronicle is beautifully organized and artfully told. It touches all walks of life and includes many remarkable moments in history. The Landis boys' paternal and maternal ancestry of Landises and Kumlers made their way from Europe to opportunity in the Pennsylvania province in 1749. They dealt with the discord and uncertainties of the American Revolution and, as farmers, preachers, and physicians, prospered and sought further opportunity by moving west to Ohio in the early 1800s. In 1862, Abraham Landis left his wife with five small children and served as a Union surgeon. After being wounded and imprisoned, he was discharged and taught his five sons-Walter, Charles, John, Frederick, and Kenesaw Mountain-about his "pilgrimage through the Confederacy." The Landis boys, heirs to ancestral and colonial tradition, grew to appreciate their father's abolitionist stand as a Civil War surgeon and, finding opportunity in a small-town setting, went on to achieve national prominence in the twentieth century. From modest beginnings, all five sons prospered-Walter as the first Postmaster of Puerto Rico, Frederick and Charles as U.S. Congressmen, John as a pioneering Health Officer of Cincinnati, and Kenesaw Mountain as the first Commissioner of Baseball. Numerous vintage photographs and illustrations enliven the narrative. Lincoln Landis (2006), 2007, 5½x8½, paper, 438 pp. ISBN: 9780788438318 101-L3831
In a sport known for its elitist, country-club image, a young woman who had already spent more than half of her adolescent life in training burst on to the United States figure skating scene to make black sports history...
Baly, William, M.D.; Gull, William W., M.D. Reports on Epidemic Cholera: Drawn up at the Desire of the Cholera Committee of The Royal College of Physicians. London: John Churchill, 1854. 1st edition. pp. xvi, 220. 8vo. Bound in original brown cloth, embossed in blind. Illustrated with folding maps and charts. The binding of this volume shows considerable wear, but our binder has discreetly stabilized any deterioration and strengthened the hinges, and replaced the endpapers. One portion of one map has been taped, leaving a yellow residue. Otherwise, the contents are clean and tight. This volume contains two reports: one by Gull (pp. vi, 220) and the other by Baly (pp. xvi, 345.) Hardcover. 1854. Not in G&M or Osler. A scarce title; seldom seen.William Withey Gull (1816-1890) was a famous British physician, best known for his close association with London's Guy's Hospital. He was born aboard a barge (his father was a barge owner), and began his career as a schoolmaster. However, through the intercession of a friend and mentor, he was brought to London where he attended lectures at Guy's Hospital. His career advanced rapidly and, in 1851, he became an assistant physician and in 1856 a full physician of the hospital. In 1869 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society, and he was created a baronet in 1872. His fame rests mainly on his clinical work, although he published papers on cholera, rheumatic fever, and paraplegia. Some recent commentators suspect that he may have been 'Jack the Ripper', although, at the time of the murders, he was in his 70s and had suffered a stroke. William Baly (1814-1861) was a British physician who completed his medical studies at the Royal College of Surgeons, with post-graduate work at Paris, Berlin, and Heidelberg. He returned to London in 1836 and went into private practice. In 1859 he was appointed physician to Queen Victoria. He did significant research on dysentery and cholera. (#9900038209) $325.00 USD
In recognition of his contribution to the field of medicine and his advancement of medical equipment, former Morgan State professor Charles Drew, M.D. was posthumously inducted into the National Inven
Today I found out that James Barry, the first British surgeon to perform a C-section in which both the mother and baby survived, was born a woman. It is believed that “James Barry” started out in life as Margaret Ann Bulkley. She was born around 1789 in Ireland. Not much is known about her childhood, except that when it came [...]
EXCLUSIVE: Simone Simmons from London, an alternative healer and friend of the Princess became a member of Diana's inner circle, often talking to her on the phone for up to 10 hours.
Guilhemus Fabricius Hildanus, Hektoen, George Dunea, Spring 2015, Surgery
The surgeon Thomas Pettigrew (1791-1865) was interested in all aspects of antiquity, and gained fame in London society through his mummy-unwrapping parties. (His History of Egyptian Mummies is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.) His interest in the early history of medicine is evidenced by this work, published in 1844, which describes the various forms of superstition which the science of medicine had always attracted since ancient times. Pettigrew considers alchemy and astrology, and the use of talismans, amulets and charms, as well as the history of Egyptian, Greek and Roman medicine, and some modern developments, including 'sympathetical cures' and the rejoining of severed fingers and ears. A chapter is devoted to the belief in the efficacy of the 'royal touch' against the King's Evil (scrofula), and another to the seventeenth-century faith healer Valentine Greatrakes, of whose alleged cures Pettigrew takes a robustly sceptical view.
A blog about the role of the U.S. Navy and Confederate Navy in the American Civil War.
Hektoen, Surgery, Winter 2015, George Dunea, Dominique-Jean Larrey
Hektoen, Patrick Guinan, George Dunea, John Benjamin Murphy, Summer 2016, Surgery
