Journal of Medical Biography

Papers
(The TQCC 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 2022-04-01 to 2026-04-01.)
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Sir Arnold James Knight (1789–1871): Physician, educationist, and founder of Sheffield Medical School5
Surgeon Henry Tonks and the blur of artistry4
Statue of Henrietta Lacks (1920–1951)4
The medical practice of James McCune Smith (1813–1865)3
The Sloop family: Addressing rural health disparities through service and education3
Idris Bitlisi and the prevalence of historiography in the ottoman empire: A Look at his most important work Hasht Bihisht3
Dr Ayub Khan Ommaya (1930–2008): The eventful life of a revolutionary neurosurgeon3
The last days of Daniel Webster: A detailed analysis of his cause of death3
John Hemsley Pearn, Doctors for the World: A History of the Faculty of Medicine of The University of Queensland and its People3
Editorial2
Women in the medical profession in 1900 from extended maternity to social equity. The life of Lucia Servadio2
Bertrand Russell's interpretation of Socrates’ behavior fits2
The statue of Saroj Gupta (1929–2017)2
The medical education of James McCune Smith (1813–1865)2
A pioneer Turkish urologist-medical historian (Saim Erkun 1901–1949) and his one-century-old review about prostate2
Statue of Dr. Aletta Henriëtte Jacobs (1854–1929): Physician, Activist, and an Inspiration2
Norman Dott's dome-shaped neurosurgical operating theatres in Edinburgh (1960–2020) – End of an era2
Mustafa Adil (1871–1904): A pioneer of veterinary bacteriology and public health in the late Ottoman empire2
Martin Heinrich Corten (1889–1962): Nazi victim or perpetrator?2
Zohra Begum Kazi: Pioneering Bengali female doctor and nationalist representation1
‘A Defence of Physick’: Thomas Reeve's proposed ‘fair experiment’ on the benefits of tar-water treatment (1744)1
Sabuncuoğlu Şerefeddin: Pioneer of illustrated surgical atlases and experimental pharmacology in Anatolia1
Dr. Thomas Earl Starzl (1926–2017): Father of Transplantation1
Dr. Sait Bilal Golem (1899–1955): Veterinarian and pioneer researcher of public health in Albania and Turkey1
Armond S. Goldman (1930–2023) and the development of the immunobiology of human milk1
Mike McKiernan, Art and Occupation. Matador, Market Harborough1
Editorial1
Ernest Hart: Editor of the British Medical Journal 1866–18981
An ophthalmologist fought against trachoma in Turkey and his books from an archive: Dr Nuri Fehmi Ayberk and The Development of Ophthalmology in Turkey1
Editorial1
A medical trailblazer in the Ottoman Empire: The legacy of Dr Caroline Frances Hamilton (1861–1944)1
Story of a Levantine family in late Ottoman Constantinople: Dr Julius van Millingen and Dr Edwin van Millingen1
Editorial1
Exploring the medical practices in the Vijayanagar Empire: Insights from historical research1
Dr Catherine Chisholm, ‘children's physician’: Her work for child welfare and feminist networking in Manchester1
The legacy of Dr Marjory Warren's publications1
Lay tests, storytelling and anecdotes: Lessons from a London gentleman's comparison of treatments for leg ulcers (pre-1726)1
Louis Farabeuf (1841–1910): Anatomist and inventor of surgical procedures and instruments1
Dr Pranjivandas Manekchand Mehta MD, MS, FCPS 1889–1981 and Caraka Samhita (1949)1
Richard Muir: Edinburgh-based pioneer biomedical scientist and medical artist1
Chaim Sheba (1908–1971) and the Israeli health system1
The statue of Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865–1915): A pioneer of Native American public health1
Lest we forget: Dr Wu Lien-Teh (1879–1960)1
Lest we forget: Johann Alexander Vogelsang—a pioneer in maxillofacial surgery in East Germany1
Sir Benjamin William Rycroft OBE (1902–1967): British ophthalmologist and pioneer in corneal surgery1
Arthur William Mickle Ellis (1883–1966): Canadian doctor, Rockefeller physician, army medic, medical director and university professor1
A family at war: The life and times of Frank McLardy, pharmacist1
Dr Agnes Savill: Pioneer, polymath and dermatology's renaissance woman1
Dr. Florence Rena Sabin (1871–1953): Remaking the Face of Medicine0
Dr William Reginald Morse (1874–1939): A pioneer in medical education and medical anthropology in Western China0
Nutton V., Renaissance Medicine: A Short History of European Medicine in the Sixteenth Century0
The unknown and misunderstood life of Ruggero Oddi, the pioneer of biliary system physiology0
Forging ophthalmology in Puerto Rico: Dr Ramón Emeterio Betances (1827–1898)0
Marcello Malpighi's failing health, death, and the remarkable story of his mortal remains0
Lest we forget: Dr Michael Ellis DeBakey (1908–2008)0
Dr Kadambini Bose Ganguly (1861–1923): First Indian woman to practise Western medicine in India0
George Fordyce's (1736–1802) controlled trial using mercury at St Thomas’ Hospital, London0
Disease versus disease: Paolo Zacchia on syphilis and epilepsy0
Bacilli to books: The life and legacy of John Elmer Weeks0
Wilhelm Keller MD (1818–1877) and the emergence of xenobiochemistry0
Editorial0
“A monument to suffering and to patience”: The harrowing journey of Nabby Adams through breast cancer0
A forgotten pioneer in Australian psychiatry: Dr Edward Waldegrave Wardley (1813–1872)0
‘The Choice of Places to dwell in’: Lord Bacon's controlled experiments on ‘putrefaction’ and ‘the Disposition of the Aire’ (pre-1626)0
Lest we forget: Dr Paul Farmer (1959–2022) ‘A Global Health Leader at Harvard’0
‘For a wager a hundred yards’: Sir John Floyer’s controlled trial of the effect of cold water upon athleticism (1702)0
Benjamin Gibson 1774–1812: Manchester's first ophthalmologist0
Early history of skin preservation and transplantation; the role of Carl August Ljunggren0
Microbial culture collections: Stanley Morris Martin, the first international conference (Ottawa 1962), and beyond0
The impact of Leiden-educated Niels Stensen (Nicolas Steno) on the advancement of medical knowledge and practices0
‘Disciples of Aesclepius’: Glimpses into lives of the ‘Gentlemen of the Faculty’ of medicine in Brighton, England 1800–18090
Hideo Fukumi: Medical research in the shadow of biological warfare0
Xavier Bichat and the renovation of the pathological anatomy0
Steven Lomazow, FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote History LomazowSteven. FDR Unmasked: 73 Years of Medical Cover-ups That Rewrote 0
Captain George Blair RAMC: A doctor prisoner of the Japanese in Singapore and Taiwan in the Second World War0
The surgeon José Pascual y Prats (1854–1931): Corporatism, press, bibliography and medicine during the Spain of the Restoration0
Elinor Catherine Hamlin (1924–2020): ‘The beloved daughter of Ethiopia’0
Gösta Jönsson (1909–1978): A pioneer in the hormonal treatment of prostate cancer in Sweden0
Ephraim McDowell (1771–1830) and Jane Todd Crawford (1763–1842)0
Thomas A., Invisible Light: The Remarkable Story of Radiology0
Editorial0
An immigrant Irish contingent in the crowd at the execution of William Burke in Edinburgh in 18290
‘No cure no money’: Reverend William Vickers’ account of the perils of private medicine in eighteenth century London (1711)0
The impact of a ninth-century Jewish physician on North African and European medical culture: Isaac al-Israelī0
Journey across the world to study medicine: The Anandi Joshi story0
Dr. Max Wolf: A New York city physician rescued from the Holocaust by Albert Goring0
Lancereaux, diabète maigre, and diabète gras revisited0
Dr Mehmet Esat (Işık) Pasha and his contributions to ophthalmology0
Vavro Šrobár: Slovak politician and publicist as a medical doctor involved (also) in the history of medicine0
Editorial0
First Indian woman to practise Western medicine in India0
Dolley and James Madison through the lens of medicine, sickness, and health0
The caning of senator Charles Sumner: A review of his injuries and prolonged recovery0
The relationship between Rose Anna Shedlock (c1850–1878) and Emile Roux (1853–1933)0
Robert Henderson: Scottish doctor who was appointed Physician to the Forces (1795) and practised at Brighton, England0
The remarkable life of Carol Davila: Founder of the military medical service and architect of modern medical education in Romania0
From Baltimore to Italy: The contribution of Grace Baxter (1869–1954) to the development of Italian nursing0
Eugene Hertoghe (1860–1928): Pioneer in endocrinology and the treatment of hypothyroidism0
Francis Sibson (1814–1876): A serial specialist0
Achille Sclavo (1861–1930): A great 19th and 20th-century pioneer in the history of hygiene and public health0
Dr Konstantin Kalangos (1914–2004): A biographical study of a physician in Republican Türkiye0
Dr Bonté Elgood (1874–1960): First woman doctor in Egypt and pioneer of maternal and child care0
Consulting in the dark: Robert Hamilton (1749–1830) and the importance of ‘tenderness’ towards patients0
Alice Hamilton (1869–1970): Pioneer of industrial medicine0
Lorenzo Martini (1785–1844): A versatile scientific personality and his contribution to the history of hygiene0
Doctor, Indian nationalist and humanitarian: Mukhtar Ahmad Ansari (1880–1936)0
Valedictory Interim Editorial: ‘Probabilistic history’0
Bernardino Genga, a rediscovered eyewitness to the autopsy of Marcello Malpighi0
Lest we forget: Dr Lewis John Hurwitz (1926–1971)0
Jean-Nicolas Marjolin (1780–1850): An ulcer, an anthrax, and a rose0
Hruban, RH and Linder, W, A scientific revolution: ten men and women who reinvented American medicine0
William Woodville's experiment on smallpox inoculation using case selection by alternation (c1795)0
Dr. Allen Oldfather Whipple (1881–1963): Namesake of the pancreaticoduodenectomy0
Trevor Mann (1916–1996): Paediatrician responsible for the development of hospital services for children in Brighton, England0
Edward K. Barsky (1897–1975): Surgery, activism, and the Spanish Civil War0
The Production of Antibodies (1941) by F. M. Burnet or by Burnet, Freeman, Jackson and Lush: Collaboration in research0
Isabella Barbour ‘Ella’ Pirrie (1857–1929): Pioneering contributions to British nursing0
Suspicious eyes – Elvis's glaucoma battle0
Horses, hounds and hydrophobia: Henry Bracken's ‘strict enquiry’ to compare two treatments for rabies in dogs (1737)0
The Canadian connection: A brief history of small vessel extracranial–intracranial bypass surgery in Canada0
Victor Abraham Goldman (1903–1993) a pioneer of dental anaesthesia0
From Man's to Practical Anatomy: The evolution of an anatomical textbook0
Marcello Malpighi (1628–1694): His life, discoveries and struggles with the detractors of microscopic anatomy0
The Statue of Joseph Guislain (1797–1860): A visionary and pioneer of psychiatric excellence0
Dr. Russell Davies (1914–1991): Pioneer of theatre recovery and of anaesthetics in Yugoslavia0
Green tea, sage, water and wine: Thomas Short's comparative experiment on speed of digestion (1730)0
Alexander Ure MD, FRCS (1808-1866), and the beginning of drug metabolism studies0
Sir William Osler (1849–1919) and neurology in his time0
Antonio de Tornay ( fl . 1483–1493), physician to the Duke of Brittany, the Duke of Alba, and the city of Vitoria0
Florence Matilda Saunders (1855–1904): Pioneer of district nursing in the City of Peterborough0
Hematologist Bracha Ramot (1927–2006): Between the bedside and the bench0
A quest of Vera M. Danchakoff, a pioneer of stem cell research0
“We’re a happy family”: Joey Ramone and family burden in obsessive-compulsive and related disorders0
A study of the Mongolian translation of an eight-volume book written in Manchu by the missionary Dominique Parennin in 17230
Lancereaux revisited once again0
Dr Graham Steell and monaural stethoscopes: Cardiology before the ECG0
Dr. Vladimir Fortunato (1885–1938), once lauded but now obscure Russian-American medical model sculptor0
‘Jus viperinum’: Francis Home (1719–1813) and his experiments on the benefits of viper broth in skin disease0
Willance's Leap – a memorial to a successful amputation of the leg after trauma in 16060
From Arlington to Paris0
Dr (Professor) Bishnupada Mukhopadhaya (1916–2003): A visionary surgeon and leader of Indian orthopaedics0
‘This noble method in physic’: Peter Shaw's proposal for a controlled trial of an ‘antidote’ for rabies (1723)0
Exploring the Enigma of Maristans in Muslim-Ruled Kashmir0
Unraveling the physiology of the autonomic nervous system: An unlikely collaboration between Arturo Rosenblueth and Walter Cannon0
Xavier Landerer (1809–1885): A pioneer of the study of thermal waters in Greece0
Memorials to Dr WG Grace – general practitioner and cricketing legend0
William Attree (died 1846): Royal and army surgeon who underwent amputation of the leg at Brighton, England (1807)0
The statue of Matron Alice Cashin (1870–1939)0
Albert Sharman (1903–1970): Gynaecologist, inventor and teacher0
Ishāq bin Ali al-Ruhawi, a pioneer in medical professionalism in the 9th century AD0
Interim editorial0
Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar: The pathologist Heinrich (Henri) Stilling (1853–1911) in the history of adrenals0
William Butler (1535–1618): A biography of a singular physician0
The statue of Nurse Mary Seacole (1805–1881): A trailblazer in 19th-century healthcare0
Physician and diplomat in the Ottoman palace: Solomon Ben Nathan Ashkenazi (1520–1602)0
Alexander Blackrie's proposed comparison of two treatments for the ‘gravel and stone’ (1763): A randomised controlled non-inferiority trial?0
The life and work of Judson T. Chesterman, pioneering cardiac surgeon0
Diabète Maigre and Diabète Gras0
Emily Blackwell’s Medical School Betrayal: “Duplicity and Double Dealing Somewhere”0
Ben Weinstein, MD (1913–1974) and his enduring impact on the history of medicine experience in medical school0
Jules Guérin and social medicine in 18480
Contrasting versions of Medical Police, the forerunner of Public Health, in Edinburgh in the early 19th century0
Francis Fontan (1929-2018): Pioneer pediatric cardiac surgeon0
Edward S. Miller: Physician, entrepreneur, and community leader (1858–1942)0
B. G. Johns and his “famous blind men” the genesis of heroic blindness in Victorian England0
Annie Dodge Wauneka: Legendary Mother of the Navajo people0
The development of maxillofacial surgery in East Germany: From a municipal hospital to specialised department at the medical academy Dresden0
A ‘worthy disciple of Galen’, ‘ardent sportsman’ and ‘expert swordsman’: Henry Kipping (1726–1785) apothecary and surgeon at Brighton, England0
Medical biography: A symbiotic methodology?0
Jean Baptiste Lucien Baudens: The father of trauma laparotomy0
Diabète Maigre and Diabète Gras Revisited0
Moritz Nagel (1808–1871): A faceless name in the history of the adrenal glands0
Karl Jarmer (1898–1983): Dentist and first professor of dentistry in Dresden0
Dr Florence Sabin (1871–1953): Her work with Friedrich Ziegler (1860–1936) to make a wax model of the brainstem0
Dr. Wu Mengchao (1922–2021), founder and pioneer of Chinese hepatobiliary surgery0
Thomas Lewis Mackesy (1790–1869): Eminent surgeon of Waterford0
Royal Naval nursing in Scotland and Ceylon in the Second World War: Official histories, memoirs and a representative microhistory0
Vittorio Maragliano (1878 −1944) in the history of European medicine: Grand master and pioneer of Italian radiology0
Acta Anatomica: A portrait of an anatomy department, Christmas 19510
A re-assessment of Dr Robert Knox and his contribution to early evolution science0
Liminality analysis: A conceptual framework applicable to medical biography?0
President William Henry Harrison (1773–1841): A Diagnosis Lost to Time0
Epidemic diseases during the World War I and Dr Server Kamil Tokgöz0
Anton von Eiselsberg, founder of Austrian neurosurgery0
Bernard Bornstein (1900–1977): His life and contribution to Polish and Israeli neurology0
Statue of Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy (1882–1962): An epitome of healthcare in politics0
Robert Auchmutie – A surgeon beheaded for duelling0
Allen Buckner Kanavel: Surgical proteus and founder of hand surgery0
The Journal of Medical Biography is 30 years old: Past achievements and future prospects0
A missed Nobel: Dr Subhas Mukhopadhyay (1931–1981), the Father of Indian IVF0
Ibn Wāfid Andalusi, a medieval physician, pharmacist, and botanist, with a look at his most important work Al-Adwiyah Al-Mufradah0
John Lizars’ (1792–1860). A system of anatomical plates of the human body : Artistry and analysis0
Sir Nicholas Gilbourne's (magical) cross-over trial of 16310
Tikhon Efimovich Boldyrev (1900–1984): A Soviet epidemiologist's contributions to public health in 1950s China0
Robert Lawson Tait (1845–1899): The true innovator of aseptic surgery?0
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