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Topic: History of Medicine

Related:
  Medicine    History  
  Family History    Art History  
  School of Medicine    Natural History  
  American History    US History  
  World History    Health and Medicine  
  Makes History    Church History  

 
 
 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Most admires:Florence Nightingale
Favorite possession(s):Smallpox vaccine
Personality:Nervous
Currently has on their coffee table:Men's Health magazine
Dream job(s):Nurse,  Social worker
Education:Post-graduate,  College
Interest(s):Psychology,  Biology,  English
Favorite destination(s):Britain,  Asia
Medical note(s):Taking weight loss pills,  Taking Prozac,  Taking Viagra
Worst habit(s):Smoking Marijuana
Favorite quote(s):"Fill what's empty , empty what's full, and scratch where it itches." - the Duchess of Windsor, when asked what is the secret of a long and happy life
 
 
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Brian Mengel,
Civil Servant

The importance of primary sources for the historian of medicine and healthcare achieved further recognition from the Wellcome Trust with the launching of the joint Research Resources in Medical History initiative with the British Library in January 2001.
Louise Simon, Information Officer at the Wellcome Trust Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, reports on changes to the Gateway: We are pleased to announce that the P sci-com gateway can now be accessed and searched via the BIOME Service.
Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk

Herbal medicine is one of the oldest systems of medicine in the world and every culture has a history of using herbs for healing.
Zhang Xian Qian,
Ex-Olympic Swimmer

This is the first time in history that a college of veterinary medicine's facility will provide this service for the Olympic Games.
Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist

These are the Centres for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine at Imperial College, the Department of Science and Technology Studies at University College London, and The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at University College London.
The Wellcome Trust has continued his legacy through ongoing support for the library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, now the Wellcome Library for the History and Understanding of Medicine, and by funding research and teaching.
The Academic Unit has now become a full part of University College London under the title of The Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, attached to the Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology.
David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist

A history of asthma during childhood, for example, may be discovered this way and keep the physician from prescribing certain heart medicines that may provoke an asthmatic attack.
Not all medicines are suitable for all people depending on their medical history and everyone should check first with their pharmacist or doctor before choosing medicines to take.
Some of the medicines may be contraindicated for you because of allergies or your personal health history.
Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate

Nor are charges envisaged in the medium term for depositors whose datasets are realised wholly or in part as the result of grants received from the Arts and Humanities Research Board, the British Academy, the Economic and Social Research Council, the Leverhulme Trust, the Wellcome Trust's History of Medicine Programme.
Nor are charges envisaged in the medium term for depositors whose datasets are realised wholly or in part as the result of grants received from the British Academy, the Economic and Social Research Council, the Leverhulme Trust, the Wellcome Trust's History of Medicine Programme.
 
 
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