Editorial

Malcolm Parsons

Variations on a theme
J Med Biogr 17(1): 1; doi:10.1258/jmb.2007.007057 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physicians

D L Gardner, M F Macnicol, P Endicott, D R T Rayner, and P Geissler

A little-known aspect of Arthur Conan Doyle (1859–1930): the call of India and a debt to Walter Scott (1771–1832)
J Med Biogr 17(1): 2—7; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008004 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

M J Denham

Professor Arthur Norman Exton-Smith CBE MA MD FRCP (1920–90): distinguished Geriatrician and Gerontologist
J Med Biogr 17(1): 8—13; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008003 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Glimpses

Serefnur Ozturk

Leonardo Da Vinci (1452–1519) as a stroke victim: hemiparesis: a result of a vegetarian diet?
J Med Biogr 17(1): 7; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008002 [Full Text] [PDF]  

D Geraint James

Conn's syndrome
J Med Biogr 17(1): 54; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008036 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Medical Statues

Henry Connor

Moses Maimonides (1135–1204)
J Med Biogr 17(1): 13; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008005 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Surgeons

Gerald Westbury and Harold Ellis

Sir Stanford Cade KBE CB FRCS (1895–1973): a pioneer in the modern treatment of cancer
J Med Biogr 17(1): 14—17; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008030 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Medical Statues

Neil McIntyre

Ignác Fülöp Semmelweis (1818–65)
J Med Biogr 17(1): 22; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008008 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Surgeons

Andrzej Wincewicz, Mariola Sulkowska, E James Lieberman, Alina Bakunowicz-Lazarczyk, and Stanislaw Sulkowski

Dr Adam Zamenhof (1888–1940) and his insight into ophthalmology
J Med Biogr 17(1): 18—22; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008037 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Psychiatrists

John A S Beard

Dr William Sargant (1907–88) and the emergence of physical treatments in British psychiatry
J Med Biogr 17(1): 23—29; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008026 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Neurologists

Geoffrey O Storey

Walter Russell Brain (1895–1966), Baron Brain of Eynsham, Lord Brain MA DM DSc LLD DCL FRCP FRCS FRCOG FRCPEd. FRCP.Glas FRACP FACP FCPSA FRS
J Med Biogr 17(1): 30—34; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008034 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Patients

Caoimhghin S Breathnach and John B Moynihan

Intensive care 1650: the revival of Anne Greene (c. 1628–59)
J Med Biogr 17(1): 35—38; doi:10.1258/jmb.2007.007041 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Manuel Fernandes-Thomaz

John Hyacinth de Magellan (1722–90): 18th century physicist with views on medical matters
J Med Biogr 17(1): 39—46; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008025 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Physiologists

Ignat Drozdov, Irvin M Modlin, Mark Kidd, and Victor V Goloubinov

Nikolai Konstantinovich Kulchitsky (1856–1925)
J Med Biogr 17(1): 47—54; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008038 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Truants

Richard L Golden

Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) and the nucleus of Darkschewitsch: a discursive commentary
J Med Biogr 17(1): 55—60; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008001 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Notes and Jottings

Notes and Jottings
J Med Biogr 17(1): 60; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008035 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book Reviews

John Ford

Men of steel. Surgery in the Napoleonic Wars
J Med Biogr 17(1): 61; doi:10.1258/jmb.2007.007047 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Malcolm Parsons

Europe's Physician – the various life of Sir Theodore de Mayerne
J Med Biogr 17(1): 61; doi:10.1258/jmb.2007.007049 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Letter to the Editor

Milo Keynes

Letter to the Editor
J Med Biogr 17(1): 62; doi:10.1258/jmb.2007.007021 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Book Reviews

Sue Weir

A Victorian Surgeon – a biography of James Fitzjames Fraser West (1833–83) Birmingham Surgeon
J Med Biogr 17(1): 62; doi:10.1258/jmb.2007.007046 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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