This brief review of the history of Langerhans cell histiocytosis brings us into touch with the history of medicine of the last 100 years and the opportunity to reflect on the progress in medicine in general. Hand, Christian, Schüller, Letterer, and Siwe represent far more than names to attach to ...

In their book Culver and Gert define irrational action in the context of medicine and psychiatry. This definition is used to define other key concepts including Malady. It is argued that their definition provides neither a necessary condition nor a sufficient condition for an action to be irrational in this ...

The iron lung is often used to epitomize the costly halfway technologies of modern-day medicine that fail to cure and only prolong a seriously compromised existence. Historical evidence indicates that the iron lung was not a costly instrument of last resort; instead, it was a lifesaving device that played a ...

This paper examines the relationship between traditional and modern medicine with reference to an experimental research study conducted in South Africa, which focused on interviews by traditional Zulu healers and modern clinical psychologists with the same group of psychiatric patients. Results indicated that while traditional and modern practitioners worked from ...

The authors summarize the 8-year experience of a tertiary medical center with 75 cases of medulloblastoma in Saudi Arabia. A discussion of the evolution of modern management of this difficult problem ensues. As 5-year survival statistics approach 80% in some institutions, attention is being focused on the long-term effects of ...

Overconcern with bowel function has been prevalent throughout history. Overuse of laxatives is persisting for a certain segment of the population even today. This paper attempts to put this practice into perspective by presenting a review of mankind's treatment and mistreatment of the GI system from the ancient Egyptians to ...

Using the concepts frontier and interface the introduction and spreading of modern Western medicine in Nepal and its relations to other medical systems are described and analyzed. Medical systems do not prevail in the same degree in all places; we may call the geographic areas of concentration the core areas ...

This paper suggests that the paradigm of the lived-body developed by Straus , Merleau - Ponty and others has important implications for medical practice and theory. Certain recognized flaws in modern medicine, such as its reductionist tendencies and lack of emphasis on preventive measures are shown to be related to ...

It is a truism that medicine is in a crisis but the truism is right. This paper sets out the symptoms of the crisis. The effectiveness of modern medicine has been questioned by many. Doctors use too many tests and do not always understand the results. This is the practice ...

Obstetricians have traditionally viewed fetal hydrocephalus with resultant macrocephaly as a dismal condition with little chance for a good outcome. Cephalocentesis with decompression of the fetal head in order to permit vaginal delivery has often been the management of choice. In view of the significant perinatal consequences of cephalocentesis and ...

In this paper, I have examined in some detail a number of examples of actual and potential consensus between Jewish ethics and the practice of modern psychotherapy, psychology, and psychiatry. Moreover, I have posited specific halakhic models which represent analogies to modern psychotherapeutic principles and practices, which through analogy lend ...

Relates four of the classical Christian heresies--ebionism, adoptionism, docetism, and gnosticism--to the practice of pastoral counseling. Each of these heresies distorted the attempts to relate the divine and human nature of Christ. Variations of these heresies can be seen similarly distorting the practice of pastoral counseling. Reacquaintance with these traditional ...

For 2000 years bloodletting was an accepted form of treatment. During this time, the indications and philosophical basis for lancing, cupping, and the application of leeches evolved in conjunction with advances in anatomy and physiology. In the late 19th century discoveries by tissue pathologists using new diagnostic techniques undermined earlier ...

It has been hypothesized that populations may experience an increase in their natural fertility during the early stages of modernization as a result of the relaxation of various fertility-inhibiting practices and customs prevalent in traditional societies. This article offers evidence of such an increase in natural fertility among Canadian Indians. ...

The invention of the stethoscope by René Théophile Hyacinthe Laennec occurred within an emerging French tradition of bedside empiricism that combined physical diagnosis with autopsy correlation. On the occasion of the bicentennial of the birth of the discoverer of mediate auscultation, we celebrate the life and work of one of ...

René Théophile Hyacinthe Laënnec was born on 17 February 1781 in Quimper and spent much of his youth in Nantes, where his uncle Guillaume was Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. He was considerably influenced by his uncle and went to study medicine in Paris where he qualified in 1804. ...

After a brief historical view of mycosis fungoides from Alibert's time to the present, the authors go on to detail the average biologic course of mycosis fungoides, give a protocol for investigating patients with disease as extensively as modern means permit, review past and present staging schemes, and finally, review ...

Doctors, for several reasons, should be concerned with exorcism is the view of Professor Trethowan, who in this paper, looks at the main features of exorcism as practised in the middle ages and now appearing in the modern world, as was seen in the recent Ossett case in Britain. He ...

Such information as can be found in the references given is set out regarding those doctors who emigrated form Britain with the British Settlers of 1820. It is regretted that so little information is obtainable as as they lived in strenuous times and must have done good work without the ...

Although a great deal of urology was written and practiced during the early Arabian era, most of it is still uncovered and not translated into the English language or translated by non-physicians. As Arab urologists, who have access to the original Arabic manuscripts, and as a token to our ancestors ...

Good technique management is an imperative in modern, efficient departmental routine and patient care. The control of processor efficiency and generator output, along with the production of comprehensive technique charts are factors that contribute to this effective management. They fall well within the responsibility area of the radiologic technologist and ...

Thesis (doctoral)--University of Helsinki, 2001.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, San Diego, 2007.

This is a photo of Dr. Daniel Frank Davis Russell as a young boy, born Sept 2, 1879 to Alonzo Proctor Russell and Mary Ann Goddard Richardson Russell. After a lifetime of practicing bedside medicine in Leeds, he died in 1975. The D.F.D. Russell Medical Center is named after him. ...

Although the importance of handwashing is routinely acknowledged, a religious application of this practice still does not exist. Discussion in modern medicine on the subject of handwashing always states that it is the single most important factor in preventing hospital-acquired infection. This article continues the series on infection control and ...