Journal of Medical Biography

Papers
(The median citation count of Journal of Medical Biography is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-10-01 to 2025-10-01.)
ArticleCitations
Sir Arnold James Knight (1789–1871): Physician, educationist, and founder of Sheffield Medical School12
John Hemsley Pearn, Doctors for the World: A History of the Faculty of Medicine of The University of Queensland and its People3
Sir William Osler's fatal trip to Scotland: “Mrs M” and the University Grants Committee3
The Sloop family: Addressing rural health disparities through service and education3
The last days of Daniel Webster: A detailed analysis of his cause of death2
Dr Ayub Khan Ommaya (1930–2008): The eventful life of a revolutionary neurosurgeon2
Idris Bitlisi and the prevalence of historiography in the ottoman empire: A Look at his most important work Hasht Bihisht2
Surgeon Henry Tonks and the blur of artistry2
Statue of Henrietta Lacks (1920–1951)2
John Graunt F.R.S. (1620-74): The founding father of human demography, epidemiology and vital statistics2
Story of a Levantine family in late Ottoman Constantinople: Dr Julius van Millingen and Dr Edwin van Millingen1
A pioneer Turkish urologist-medical historian (Saim Erkun 1901–1949) and his one-century-old review about prostate1
Women in the medical profession in 1900 from extended maternity to social equity. The life of Lucia Servadio1
Mustafa Adil (1871–1904): A pioneer of veterinary bacteriology and public health in the late Ottoman empire1
Franz Tappeiner (1816–1902): The physician who became headhunter. Portrait of a leading figure in 19th Century anthropology1
Dr. Sait Bilal Golem (1899–1955): Veterinarian and pioneer researcher of public health in Albania and Turkey1
Lest we forget: Johann Alexander Vogelsang—a pioneer in maxillofacial surgery in East Germany1
Exploring the medical practices in the Vijayanagar Empire: Insights from historical research1
Dr. Thomas Earl Starzl (1926–2017): Father of Transplantation1
Statue of Dr. Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs (1854–1929): Physician, Activist, and an Inspiration1
The statue of Saroj Gupta (1929–2017)1
Norman Dott's dome-shaped neurosurgical operating theatres in Edinburgh (1960–2020) – End of an era1
Lest we forget: Dr Wu Lien-Teh (1879–1960)1
Sabuncuoğlu Şerefeddin: Pioneer of illustrated surgical atlases and experimental pharmacology in Anatolia1
Zohra Begum Kazi: Pioneering Bengali female doctor and nationalist representation1
Editorial1
Dr Catherine Chisholm, ‘children's physician’: Her work for child welfare and feminist networking in Manchester1
Editorial1
Martin Heinrich Corten (1889–1962): Nazi victim or perpetrator?1
Editorial1
The statue of Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865–1915): A pioneer of Native American public health1
Chaim Sheba (1908–1971) and the Israeli health system1
Sir Benjamin William Rycroft OBE (1902–1967): British ophthalmologist and pioneer in corneal surgery1
Richard Muir: Edinburgh-based pioneer biomedical scientist and medical artist1
A medical trailblazer in the Ottoman Empire: The legacy of Dr Caroline Frances Hamilton (1861–1944)1
A letter about Jean Fernel by Charles Sherrington and the mind–brain connection0
A ‘worthy disciple of Galen’, ‘ardent sportsman’ and ‘expert swordsman’: Henry Kipping (1726–1785) apothecary and surgeon at Brighton, England0
Dr. Wu Mengchao (1922–2021), founder and pioneer of Chinese hepatobiliary surgery0
President William Henry Harrison (1773–1841): A Diagnosis Lost to Time0
The statue of Nurse Mary Seacole (1805–1881): A trailblazer in 19th-century healthcare0
Lancereaux revisited once again0
A biography of Dr Carl Bodon: Pioneer of intracardiac injection of adrenaline0
Francis Fontan (1929-2018): Pioneer pediatric cardiac surgeon0
Edward K. Barsky (1897–1975): Surgery, activism, and the Spanish Civil War0
Anton von Eiselsberg, founder of Austrian neurosurgery0
Trevor Mann (1916–1996): Paediatrician responsible for the development of hospital services for children in Brighton, England0
Elinor Catherine Hamlin (1924–2020): ‘The beloved daughter of Ethiopia’0
Early history of skin preservation and transplantation; the role of Carl August Ljunggren0
Nutton V., Renaissance Medicine: A Short History of European Medicine in the Sixteenth Century0
Benjamin Gibson 1774–1812: Manchester's first ophthalmologist0
Vittorio Maragliano (1878 −1944) in the history of European medicine: Grand master and pioneer of Italian radiology0
Statue of Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882–1962): An epitome of healthcare in politics0
The relationship between Rose Anna Shedlock (c1850–1878) and Emile Roux (1853–1933)0
Francis Sibson (1814–1876): A serial specialist0
The cataract surgery of Empress Eugenie of France a century ago by the eminent Spanish ophthalmologist Ignacio Barraquer0
From Baltimore to Italy: The contribution of Grace Baxter (1869–1954) to the development of Italian nursing0
Xavier Landerer (1809–1885): A pioneer of the study of thermal waters in Greece0
Captain George Blair RAMC: A doctor prisoner of the Japanese in Singapore and Taiwan in the Second World War0
The statue of Matron Alice Cashin (1870–1939)0
From Arlington to Paris0
Ben Weinstein, MD (1913–1974) and his enduring impact on the history of medicine experience in medical school0
The Journal of Medical Biography is 30 years old: Past achievements and future prospects0
Epidemic diseases during the World War I and Dr Server Kamil Tokgöz0
“We’re a happy family”: Joey Ramone and family burden in obsessive-compulsive and related disorders0
‘Jus viperinum’: Francis Home (1719–1813) and his experiments on the benefits of viper broth in skin disease0
Louis Farabeuf (1841–1910): Anatomist and inventor of surgical procedures and instruments0
Medical biography: A symbiotic methodology?0
Gösta Jönsson (1909–1978): A pioneer in the hormonal treatment of prostate cancer in Sweden0
The enigma of Sir William Robert Wills Wilde (1815–1876)0
Ernest Hart: Editor of the British Medical Journal 1866–18980
Editorial0
Lest we forget: Dr Michael Ellis DeBakey (1908–2008)0
Robert Henderson: Scottish doctor who was appointed Physician to the Forces (1795) and practised at Brighton, England0
Diabète Maigre and Diabète Gras0
A family at war: The life and times of Frank McLardy, pharmacist0
Journey across the world to study medicine: The Anandi Joshi story0
Dr. Florence Rena Sabin (1871–1953): Remaking the Face of Medicine0
Lest we forget: Dr Paul Farmer (1959–2022) ‘A Global Health Leader at Harvard’0
Liminality analysis: A conceptual framework applicable to medical biography?0
Bernard Bornstein (1900–1977): His life and contribution to Polish and Israeli neurology0
Isabella Barbour ‘Ella’ Pirrie (1857–1929): Pioneering contributions to British nursing0
Dr. Russell Davies (1914–1991): Pioneer of theatre recovery and of anaesthetics in Yugoslavia0
The surgeon José Pascual y Prats (1854–1931): Corporatism, press, bibliography and medicine during the Spain of the Restoration0
Hematologist Bracha Ramot (1927–2006): Between the bedside and the bench0
The impact of Leiden-educated Niels Stensen (Nicolas Steno) on the advancement of medical knowledge and practices0
Microbial culture collections: Stanley Morris Martin, the first international conference (Ottawa 1962), and beyond0
A missed Nobel: Dr Subhas Mukhopadhyay (1931–1981), the Father of Indian IVF0
Dolley and James Madison through the lens of medicine, sickness, and health0
Carl von Linné: The Development of the Idea of Binomial Nomenclature0
A quest of Vera M. Danchakoff, a pioneer of stem cell research0
Diabète Maigre and Diabète Gras Revisited0
Karl Jarmer (1898–1983): Dentist and first professor of dentistry in Dresden0
Sir Nicholas Gilbourne's (magical) cross-over trial of 16310
Dr Kadambini Bose Ganguly (1861–1923): First Indian woman to practise Western medicine in India0
Hideo Fukumi: Medical research in the shadow of biological warfare0
Thomas Lewis Mackesy (1790–1869): Eminent surgeon of Waterford0
B. G. Johns and his “famous blind men” the genesis of heroic blindness in Victorian England0
Albert Sharman (1903–1970): Gynaecologist, inventor and teacher0
Sir William Osler (1849–1919) and neurology in his time0
The contribution of the Scottish doctor Robert Erskine to the development of Russian medicine in the 18th century0
Interim editorial0
Suspicious eyes – Elvis's glaucoma battle0
Dimitrios Zambakis’ Scientific Hypothesis on the Transmission of Leprosy0
Achille Sclavo (1861–1930): A great 19th and 20th-century pioneer in the history of hygiene and public health0
Xavier Bichat and the renovation of the pathological anatomy0
Robert Lawson Tait (1845–1899): The true innovator of aseptic surgery?0
Marcello Malpighi (1628–1694): His life, discoveries and struggles with the detractors of microscopic anatomy0
Ephraim McDowell (1771–1830) and Jane Todd Crawford (1763–1842)0
Emily Blackwell’s Medical School Betrayal: “Duplicity and Double Dealing Somewhere”0
JEH Roberts (1881–1948): Pioneer thoracic surgeon0
The legacy of Dr Marjory Warren's publications0
A re-assessment of Dr Robert Knox and his contribution to early evolution science0
Vavro Šrobár: Slovak politician and publicist as a medical doctor involved (also) in the history of medicine0
Why is William Sharp's name forgotten when his novel method for treating fractures of the Ankle is still used today?0
Editorial0
Thomas A., Invisible Light: The Remarkable Story of Radiology0
Dr. Max Wolf: A New York city physician rescued from the Holocaust by Albert Goring0
Marcello Malpighi's failing health, death, and the remarkable story of his mortal remains0
Lennart Nilsson (1922-2017) – Pioneer of embryo photography and his work Ett barn blir till0
Tayādhūq (Theodocus/Théodoros) and his role in the formation of Islamic medicine0
The unknown and misunderstood life of Ruggero Oddi, the pioneer of biliary system physiology0
Doctor, Indian nationalist and humanitarian: Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari (1880–1936)0
John Lizars’ (1792–1860). A system of anatomical plates of the human body: Artistry and analysis0
An ophthalmologist fought against trachoma in Turkey and his books from an archive: Dr Nuri Fehmi Ayberk and The Development of Ophthalmology in Turkey0
Jules Guérin and social medicine in 18480
Robert Auchmutie – A surgeon beheaded for duelling0
Memorials to Dr WG Grace – general practitioner and cricketing legend0
Contrasting versions of Medical Police, the forerunner of Public Health, in Edinburgh in the early 19th century0
Jean-Nicolas Marjolin (1780–1850): An ulcer, an anthrax, and a rose0
Dr (Professor) Bishnupada Mukhopadhaya (1916–2003): A visionary surgeon and leader of Indian orthopaedics0
Hruban, RH and Linder, W, A scientific revolution: ten men and women who reinvented American medicine0
Disease versus disease: Paolo Zacchia on syphilis and epilepsy0
On saline infusion, clonus, molecules and forgotten scientists: Who was Dr Julius Sander (1840–1909)?0
Salomón Hakim, MD (1922–2011): A honeymoon with Neurosurgery0
The development of maxillofacial surgery in East Germany: From a municipal hospital to specialised department at the medical academy Dresden0
Alice Hamilton (1869–1970): Pioneer of industrial medicine0
Lancereaux, diabète maigre, and diabète gras revisited0
Editorial0
From Man's to Practical Anatomy: The evolution of an anatomical textbook0
Victor Abraham Goldman (1903–1993) a pioneer of dental anaesthesia0
Ibn Wāfid Andalusi, a medieval physician, pharmacist, and botanist, with a look at his most important work Al-Adwiyah Al-Mufradah0
Peter Richard Barton BDS MBBS MA MDS FDSRCS MRCS LRCP (1921–2010) oral and maxillofacial surgeon and artist0
The impact of a ninth-century Jewish physician on North African and European medical culture: Isaac al-Israelī0
Moritz Nagel (1808–1871): A faceless name in the history of the adrenal glands0
Editorial0
Belisario Domínguez: A life and death deserving of a medal0
Eugene Hertoghe (1860–1928): Pioneer in endocrinology and the treatment of hypothyroidism0
Dr John Goodsir (1746–1816): The surgeon of Largo0
Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History0
Seeking alternatives, asserting choices: Dr Mahendralal Sarkar's life in medicine and science0
Exploring the Enigma of Maristans in Muslim-Ruled Kashmir0
Editorial0
Dr William Reginald Morse (1874–1939): A pioneer in medical education and medical anthropology in Western China0
Consulting in the dark: Robert Hamilton (1749–1830) and the importance of ‘tenderness’ towards patients0
Willance's Leap – a memorial to a successful amputation of the leg after trauma in 16060
Royal Naval nursing in Scotland and Ceylon in the Second World War: Official histories, memoirs and a representative microhistory0
The Statue of Joseph Guislain (1797–1860): A visionary and pioneer of psychiatric excellence0
Lest we forget: Dr Lewis John Hurwitz (1926–1971)0
Mike McKiernan, Art and Occupation. Matador, Market Harborough0
A forgotten pioneer in Australian psychiatry: Dr Edward Waldegrave Wardley (1813–1872)0
Dr Bonté Elgood (1874–1960): First woman doctor in Egypt and pioneer of maternal and child care0
Granville Coggs (1925–2019) – WWII pilot, pioneering radiologist, and inspiration to minorities in medicine0
Jean Baptiste Lucien Baudens: The father of trauma laparotomy0
Bernard Hart (1879–1966) and his influence on British psychiatry0
Dr. Vladimir Fortunato (1885–1938), once lauded but now obscure Russian-American medical model sculptor0
Two statues of António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz GCSE GCIB (c. 1874–1955)0
“A monument to suffering and to patience”: The harrowing journey of Nabby Adams through breast cancer0
Armond S. Goldman (1930–2023) and the development of the immunobiology of human milk0
‘Disciples of Aesclepius’: Glimpses into lives of the ‘Gentlemen of the Faculty’ of medicine in Brighton, England 1800–18090
The life and work of Judson T. Chesterman, pioneering cardiac surgeon0
William Butler (1535–1618): A biography of a singular physician0
Dr Pranjivandas Manekchand Mehta MD, MS, FCPS 1889–1981 and Caraka Samhita (1949)0
Unraveling the physiology of the autonomic nervous system: An unlikely collaboration between Arturo Rosenblueth and Walter Cannon0
Ulysses S. Grant: Chronic Malaria and the myth of his alcoholism0
Charles Bell's (1774–1842) contribution to our understanding of facial expression0
Wilhelm Keller MD (1818–1877) and the emergence of xenobiochemistry0
Dr Agnes Savill: Pioneer, polymath and dermatology's renaissance woman0
Alexander Ure MD, FRCS (1808-1866), and the beginning of drug metabolism studies0
William Attree (died 1846): Royal and army surgeon who underwent amputation of the leg at Brighton, England (1807)0
Physician and diplomat in the Ottoman palace: Solomon Ben Nathan Ashkenazi (1520–1602)0
Annie Dodge Wauneka: Legendary Mother of the Navajo people0
William Warwick James OBE FRCS MCh FDS FLS (1874 to 1965)0
Dr Graham Steell and monaural stethoscopes: Cardiology before the ECG0
Ishāq bin Ali al-Ruhawi, a pioneer in medical professionalism in the 9th century AD0
First Indian woman to practise Western medicine in India0
‘For a wager a hundred yards’: Sir John Floyer’s controlled trial of the effect of cold water upon athleticism (1702)0
Dr. Allen Oldfather Whipple (1881–1963): Namesake of the pancreaticoduodenectomy0
An immigrant Irish contingent in the crowd at the execution of William Burke in Edinburgh in 18290
A Midsummer Night’s Gene: The familial Neurological Illness of Felix Mendelssohn0
Acta Anatomica: A portrait of an anatomy department, Christmas 19510
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