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 2020-03-01 to 2024-03-01.)
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Leonard Thompson ‘ever remembered’: The first person to receive insulin5
Misread and mistaken: Étienne Lancereaux’s enduring legacy in the classification of diabetes mellitus4
William chambers: British army surgeon (Toulon, 1793) and his vaccination institution (1803) in Brighton, England4
John Graunt F.R.S. (1620-74): The founding father of human demography, epidemiology and vital statistics3
William Taylor, Peninsular War surgeon and deputy inspector of hospitals at Waterloo3
Robert Henderson: Scottish doctor who was appointed Physician to the Forces (1795) and practised at Brighton, England3
Jules Guérin and social medicine in 18482
Iginio Tansini (1855–1943): An Italian surgeon and an innovator between the 19th and the 20th centuries2
‘Disciples of Aesclepius’: Glimpses into lives of the ‘Gentlemen of the Faculty’ of medicine in Brighton, England 1800–18092
Trevor Mann (1916–1996): Paediatrician responsible for the development of hospital services for children in Brighton, England1
Edward S Perkins, MD, PhD (1919–2015): In the vanguard of ophthalmic physician–scientists1
Gladys Mary Wauchope (1889–1966): Brighton physician and second female medical student at the London Hospital Medical College1
Theodor Meynert (1833–1892): Famous brain-anatomist and poet1
The 1869 controversy of cellular theory: Goodsir versus Virchow1
‘To unlock the secret places of Man’s Mind’. Thomas Willis (1621–1675)1
George Phillip Cammann (1804–1863): A physician's contribution to the modern stethoscope and auscultatory percussion1
Illustrations of the heart by Arthur Keith: His work with James Mackenzie on the pathophysiology of the heart 1903–081
Unearthing a provincial medical school and its students – A history of the 1834 ‘School of Practical Medicine and Surgery’ at the Sussex County Hospital, Brighton, England1
Surgery on the battlefield: Mobile surgical units in the Second World War and the memoirs they produced1
Leonardo Botallo (1530–1587) and his pioneering contributions to traumatology, cardiology and deontology1
Medical biography: A symbiotic methodology?1
Joseph Wright of Derby and Dr Erasmus Darwin, the artist and his physician1
A letter about Jean Fernel by Charles Sherrington and the mind–brain connection1
Insulin centenary – A patient’s gift1
Bhagwan Din Chaurasia (1937–1985): The unsung hero of Indian anatomy1
Who named and built the Désormeaux endoscope? The case of unacknowledged opticians Charles and Arthur Chevalier1
Xavier Bichat and the renovation of the pathological anatomy1
Leslie Wallace Lauste MBE (1908–2001): Brighton surgeon and prisoner of war in occupied Europe1
Britain’s forgotten military medical school at Fort Pitt, Kent (1860–1863)1
The Journal of Medical Biography is 30 years old: Past achievements and future prospects1
Charles Bell's (1774–1842) contribution to our understanding of facial expression1
One Hundred years after the unveiling of the Chattri memorial, what can the monument tell us about remembrance and COVID-19?1
Edwin Chadwick: A biographical update1
Dr Hetty Brenda Ockrim (1919–2007) and her medical legacy1
Centenary memorabilia of Adam Politzer1
The Tsar’s doctor: The selfless and devoted life of Dr Eugene Botkin1
What does the biography of Duncan Forbes MBE (1873–1941), Medical Officer of Health for Brighton (1908–1938), reveal about managing pandemics?1
Adrien van Trigt, and the first published ophthalmoscopic images (De Speculo Oculi, 1853)1
Vittorio Maragliano (1878 −1944) in the history of European medicine: Grand master and pioneer of Italian radiology1
Demetrius Zambaco Pasha (1832–1913): The first leprologist of the Orient1
A re-assessment of Dr Robert Knox and his contribution to early evolution science0
Benjamin Gibson 1774–1812: Manchester's first ophthalmologist0
Book Review: Doctors for the World: A History of the Faculty of Medicine of The University of Queensland and its People by John Hemsley Pearn0
The principles and practice of death: The Oslerian conflicted conception of dying0
Disease versus disease: Paolo Zacchia on syphilis and epilepsy0
William Butler (1535–1618): A biography of a singular physician0
Sir William Osler's fatal trip to Scotland: “Mrs M” and the University Grants Committee0
Diabète Maigre and Diabète Gras0
Editorial0
The cataract surgery of Empress Eugenie of France a century ago by the eminent Spanish ophthalmologist Ignacio Barraquer0
Sir Benjamin William Rycroft OBE (1902–1967): British ophthalmologist and pioneer in corneal surgery0
The role of the London Hospital in the development of the treatment of spinal injury0
The signs and symptoms of Ernest Shackleton0
From Baltimore to Italy: The contribution of Grace Baxter (1869–1954) to the development of Italian nursing0
Achille Sclavo (1861–1930): A great 19th and 20th-century pioneer in the history of hygiene and public health0
Early history of skin preservation and transplantation; the role of Carl August Ljunggren0
“A monument to suffering and to patience”: The harrowing journey of Nabby Adams through breast cancer0
Lest we forget: Dr Lewis John Hurwitz (1926–1971)0
Women in the medical profession in 1900 from extended maternity to social equity. The life of Lucia Servadio0
Franz Tappeiner (1816–1902): The physician who became headhunter. Portrait of a leading figure in 19th Century anthropology0
A collection of illustrations of the heart by Arthur Keith, and his work with James Mackenzie on the pathophysiology of the heart 1903–19080
Statue of Dr. Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs (1854–1929): Physician, Activist, and an Inspiration0
Lennart Nilsson (1922-2017) – Pioneer of embryo photography and his work Ett barn blir till0
Pietro Pacifico Gamondi (1914-1993), tropical physician and ethnologist. A protagonist of medical research in the middle of the 20th century0
Two statues of António Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz GCSE GCIB (c. 1874–1955)0
Herbert French (1875–1951) and his differential diagnosis a “work of reference unique in medical literature”0
Robert Lawson Tait (1845–1899): The true innovator of aseptic surgery?0
Dr. Max Wolf: A New York city physician rescued from the Holocaust by Albert Goring0
Dolley and James Madison through the lens of medicine, sickness, and health0
Dr. Thomas Earl Starzl (1926–2017): Father of Transplantation0
Statue of Henrietta Lacks (1920–1951)0
Pioneering orthopaedic trauma surgery in Turkey: Burhaneddin Toker (1890–1951), the stormy 1930s, and refugees running from Nazism0
Emily Blackwell’s Medical School Betrayal: “Duplicity and Double Dealing Somewhere”0
Editorial0
Willance's Leap – a memorial to a successful amputation of the leg after trauma in 16060
Dr. Sait Bilal Golem (1899–1955): Veterinarian and pioneer researcher of public health in Albania and Turkey0
Charles S Bryan (ed.). Sir William Osler: An Encyclopedia0
John Rattray (1707–1771), Surgeon and Golfer0
Professor Ian Aird: Master of surgical education0
Biographical review of Ibn Rushd (Averroes) – A physician of 12th CE0
A family at war: The life and times of Frank McLardy, pharmacist0
Francesco Maria Fiorentini (1603–1673): An Italian physician in ‘The Iron Century’0
Sir William Osler and the Schorstein Memorial lectures at the London Hospital0
Carl von Linné: The Development of the Idea of Binomial Nomenclature0
Editorial0
Ida Belle Scudder and Ketayun Ardeshir Dinshaw: The two iconic women who shaped the face of radiation oncology in India0
Hideo Fukumi: Medical research in the shadow of biological warfare0
The statue of Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865–1915): A pioneer of Native American public health0
Samuel Fuller (1580–1633). Pilgrim doctor with the Mayflower0
A Midsummer Night’s Gene: The familial Neurological Illness of Felix Mendelssohn0
President William Henry Harrison (1773–1841): A Diagnosis Lost to Time0
Francis Fontan (1929-2018): Pioneer pediatric cardiac surgeon0
Memorials to John Snow – Pioneer in anaesthesia and epidemiology0
Liminality analysis: A conceptual framework applicable to medical biography?0
Journey across the world to study medicine: The Anandi Joshi story0
Why is William Sharp's name forgotten when his novel method for treating fractures of the Ankle is still used today?0
The contributions of James Carmichael Smyth, Archibald Menzies and Robert Jackson to the treatment of typhus in royal naval vessels in the late 18th century0
The statue of Saroj Gupta (1929–2017)0
Editorial0
Seeking alternatives, asserting choices: Dr Mahendralal Sarkar's life in medicine and science0
Editorial0
Lest we forget: Dr Michael Ellis DeBakey (1908–2008)0
Dr John Goodsir (1746–1816): The surgeon of Largo0
Dimitrios Zambakis’ Scientific Hypothesis on the Transmission of Leprosy0
Surgeon Henry Tonks and the blur of artistry0
The fable of “The Doctor and the Goose,” by Charles Chauvin Boisclair Deléry, D.M.P.0
Bernard Hart (1879–1966) and his influence on British psychiatry0
William Attree (died 1846): Royal and army surgeon who underwent amputation of the leg at Brighton, England (1807)0
Henry Hurry Goodeve (1807–1884), the first professor of Anatomy in India0
Charles Hewitt Moore, FRCS (1821–1870): Medical innovator0
Dr Ayub Khan Ommaya (1930–2008): The eventful life of a revolutionary neurosurgeon0
Mary Merryweather – Nursing pioneer and proto feminist0
Epidemic diseases during the World War I and Dr Server Kamil Tokgöz0
Henry Head’s lifelong studies of cutaneous sensation0
William Warwick James OBE FRCS MCh FDS FLS (1874 to 1965)0
Carl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria (1839–1909): A royal ophthalmologist0
Thomas Shapter (1809–1902) of Exeter: Nineteenth century epidemiologist, physician, psychiatrist and author0
Dr. Vladimir Fortunato (1885–1938), once lauded but now obscure Russian-American medical model sculptor0
Peter Richard Barton BDS MBBS MA MDS FDSRCS MRCS LRCP (1921–2010) oral and maxillofacial surgeon and artist0
Alexander Ure MD, FRCS (1808-1866), and the beginning of drug metabolism studies0
Dr. Florence Rena Sabin (1871–1953): Remaking the Face of Medicine0
John Goodsir (1814–1867) and his neurological illness0
İbtisam Lale Atahan (1946–2007): The first female Turkish physician in the discipline of radiation oncology0
Lt. Cmdr. Laura M. Cobb (1892–1981): Chief navy nurse who oversaw medical care in WWII civilian concentration camps0
The unknown and misunderstood life of Ruggero Oddi, the pioneer of biliary system physiology0
The contribution of the Scottish doctor Robert Erskine to the development of Russian medicine in the 18th century0
Salomón Hakim, MD (1922–2011): A honeymoon with Neurosurgery0
Ulysses S. Grant: Chronic Malaria and the myth of his alcoholism0
Chester R. Burns (1937–2006) and the origins of the American Osler Society0
Editorial0
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Gerald Hubert Leatherman DSc FDS FFD DOdont (1903–1991), the World Dental Federation, dental hygienists and the promotion of oral health0
Dr. Allen Oldfather Whipple (1881–1963): Namesake of the pancreaticoduodenectomy0
Editorial0
Saving private W. H.: The surgical experiences of Dugald Blair Brown (1847–1896): Lieutenant-Colonel, FRCS, Edin., AMD0
Physician and diplomat in the Ottoman palace: Solomon Ben Nathan Ashkenazi (1520–1602)0
Statue of Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882–1962): An epitome of healthcare in politics0
The attempted murder of a surgeon (1882): Frank Algernon Hall of Lewes, Sussex0
Belisario Domínguez: A life and death deserving of a medal0
Victor Abraham Goldman (1903–1993) a pioneer of dental anaesthesia0
B. G. Johns and his “famous blind men” the genesis of heroic blindness in Victorian England0
Louis Farabeuf (1841–1910): Anatomist and inventor of surgical procedures and instruments0
Lillias Hamilton: Personal physician to the Amir of Afghanistan0
Acta Anatomica: A portrait of an anatomy department, Christmas 19510
Alice Hamilton (1869–1970): Pioneer of industrial medicine0
Zohra Begum Kazi: Pioneering Bengali female doctor and nationalist representation0
Professor George Archibald Grant Mitchell (1906–1993): his work with penicillin during World War II0
Lest we forget: Dr Paul Farmer (1959–2022) ‘A Global Health Leader at Harvard’0
A biography of Dr Carl Bodon: Pioneer of intracardiac injection of adrenaline0
Richard Muir: Edinburgh-based pioneer biomedical scientist and medical artist0
Voltaire and the politicization of medicine and science0
Editorial0
JEH Roberts (1881–1948): Pioneer thoracic surgeon0
Book review: A scientific revolution: ten men and women who reinvented American medicine by Hruban, RH and Linder, W0
Pepys’s plague: How the reaction of the individual, society and the medical profession to the Great Plague of 1665 is similar to our experience of Covid-190
Montagu Lomax: The background and motivation of a ‘remarkable man’ who spearheaded lunacy reform0
Jean Baptiste Lucien Baudens: The father of trauma laparotomy0
Edward Harrison (1759–1838): An overlooked advocate of EcoHealth and One Health in the early 19th century0
Editorial0
On saline infusion, clonus, molecules and forgotten scientists: Who was Dr Julius Sander (1840–1909)?0
Dr James Copland (1791–1870) and his Dictionary of Practical Medicine0
Norman Dott's dome-shaped neurosurgical operating theatres in Edinburgh (1960–2020) – End of an era0
Editorial0
Book Review: Renaissance Medicine: A Short History of European Medicine in the Sixteenth Century by V. Nutton0
Book Review: Invisible Light: The Remarkable Story of Radiology by Thomas, A.0
Angélique Marguerite Le Boursier du Coudray (1712–1790) – Pioneer of simulation0
Tayādhūq (Theodocus/Théodoros) and his role in the formation of Islamic medicine0
Lest we forget: Dr Wu Lien-Teh (1879–1960)0
Robert Kendell: his career and contribution to psychiatric diagnosis0
Hematologist Bracha Ramot (1927–2006): Between the bedside and the bench0
Sir Frederick Grant Banting KBE MC FRS FRSC (c. 1891–1941)0
The statue of Nurse Mary Seacole (1805–1881): A trailblazer in 19th-century healthcare0
A great inspiration for today's vaccination efforts: Biographical sketch of Francisco Xavier Balmis (1753–1819)0
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Granville Coggs (1925–2019) – WWII pilot, pioneering radiologist, and inspiration to minorities in medicine0
Dr Agnes Savill: Pioneer, polymath and dermatology's renaissance woman0
Doctor, Indian nationalist and humanitarian: Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari (1880–1936)0
The Sloop family: Addressing rural health disparities through service and education0
The handedness of Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) analyzed from his hidden signature in the Mona Lisa0
From Man's to Practical Anatomy: The evolution of an anatomical textbook0
José Gregorio Hernández: At the crossroads of medicine and religion in Venezuela0
Mike McKiernan, Art and Occupation. Matador, Market Harborough0
The First Eastern General Hospital (1914–1919) of the Royal Army Medical Corps at Cambridge0
Bernard Bornstein (1900–1977): His life and contribution to Polish and Israeli neurology0
The Statue of Joseph Guislain (1797–1860): A visionary and pioneer of psychiatric excellence0
Medical conditions of Omer Seyfettin (1884–1920), the father of Turkish short stories, enshrined as a mystery0
A ‘worthy disciple of Galen’, ‘ardent sportsman’ and ‘expert swordsman’: Henry Kipping (1726–1785) apothecary and surgeon at Brighton, England0
Dr Graham Steell and monaural stethoscopes: Cardiology before the ECG0
Homage to Dr med. Božidar Kostić0
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Hugh Owen Thomas, and his condemning of bonesetting—“The lady doth protest too much, methinks”: A reexamination0
Ernest Hart: Editor of the British Medical Journal 1866–18980
The enigma of Sir William Robert Wills Wilde (1815–1876)0
An ophthalmologist fought against trachoma in Turkey and his books from an archive: Dr Nuri Fehmi Ayberk and The Development of Ophthalmology in Turkey0
Dr JA Gray (1858–1929)–Surgeon to HH The Amir of Afghanistan0
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