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The Real Lessons from Medicine’s Long History of Human Experiments in Syphilis by Kim S. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 12 Oct 2010 12:00am into the news another sordid episode in American medical history, the infamous study of “Untreated Syphilis in the Male Negro,” popularly known as the Tuskegee Project. In this thirty... infected with syphilis without their knowledge or consent in order to test new syphilis treatments, most of which involved penicillin. The Guatemalan experiments were funded Read on »

Medical history and the medical humanities between two reductionisms by Thomas S. Patient Expert

Posted Wed 30 Jun 2010 5:34am It’s hard to escape the impression that the humanities (including medical history, medical humanities, etc.) are living a wobbly existence, balancing on a fine line over... as both a producer and a product of history and culture, and thus as a shaper of himself”. Not an entirely new or radical conception, I guess, but it deserves being repeated Read on »

15th congress of European Association of Museums for the History of Medical Sciences in Copenhagen, September 2010 by Thomas S. Patient Expert

Posted Sat 20 Jun 2009 10:30pm Make a note in your 2010 calendar already — for the 15th Congress of the European Association of Museums of the History of Medical Sciences (EAMHMS), which will be held here at Medical Museion in Copenhagen, 17-19 September 2010. The congress theme revolves around the question: How can medical history museums contribute to the popular engagement Read on »

The recent history of medical technology — piecing it together from memoirs and reminiscences by Thomas S. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 07 Dec 2009 3:00am of the complexities of the recent history of medical technology. I haven’t made a systematic search for memoirs and reminiscences of similar kinds — but I’m convinced there are many out there, although they can be difficult to find. (Btw, for a useful academic course syllabus for the history of medical technology, see here). Read on »

The future of medical history — the swansong conference of the Wellcome Centre for the History of Medicine by Thomas S. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 16 Apr 2010 11:40am The Wellcome Centre for the History of Medicne at UCL has circulated an announcement for a conference which “represents our swansong and statement of what we would have liked to have been allowed to achieve in the history of medicine”. Appropriately titled ‘The Future of Medical History’, the conference will take place on 15-17 July 2010 Read on »

Project links ER docs to patient's medication history by Mike Klein Patient Expert

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Instant Medical History by Dr. Aniruddha M. Medical Doctor

Posted Tue 18 Nov 2008 12:18am Instant Medical History provides an excellent first person account of how a physician found his medical practise improving dramatically after he started using computer software to take a medical history from his patients. Maybe you should suggest this to your doctor ? Read on »

DOTmed.com - This Month in Medical History: You Have to Hand It to … by Dr. Syed L. Doctor of Dentistry

Posted Thu 11 Jun 2009 6:04pm Dr. Jesse H Originally posted here: DOTmed.com - This Month in Medical History: You Have to Hand It to … Read on »

Nordic medical history meeting, 2011 by Thomas S. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 24 Jan 2010 12:00am The 23rd Nordic Medical History Congress will be held in Oslo, 25-27 May 2011. Contact Olav Hamran, Norwegian National Medical Museum (medisin@tekniskmuseum.no) for more info. Read on »

The Importance of a Medical History by Dr. Syed L. Doctor of Dentistry

Posted Wed 24 Dec 2008 3:12pm A thorough medical history should always be obtained from a patient on the first visit to the dental office, and updated periodically. This crucial information..., and uncontrolled high blood pressure, may cause serious consequences if the dentist in not informed of such. It is for your safety that a thorough medical history is taken. The dentist Read on »