| Woods and Russell, Hill, and the emergence of medical statistics. | |
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PMID: 20535761 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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In 1937, Austin Bradford Hill wrote Principles of Medical Statistics (Lancet: London, 1937) that became renowned throughout the world and is widely associated with the birth of modern medical statistics. Some 6 years earlier Hilda Mary Woods and William Thomas Russell, colleagues of Hill at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, wrote a similar book An Introduction to Medical Statistics (PS King and Son: London, 1931) that is little known today. We trace the origins of these two books from the foundations of early demography and vital statistics, and make a detailed examination of some of their chapters. It is clear that these texts mark a watershed in the history of medical statistics that demarcates the vital statistics of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries from the modern discipline. Moreover, we consider that the book by Woods and Russell is of some importance in the development of medical statistics and we describe and acknowledge their place in the history of this discipline. |
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Authors:
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Vern Farewell; Tony Johnson |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Statistics in medicine Volume: 29 ISSN: 1097-0258 ISO Abbreviation: Stat Med Publication Date: 2010 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-06-10 Completed Date: 2010-09-09 Revised Date: 2011-03-01 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8215016 Medline TA: Stat Med Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1459-76 Citation Subset: IM |
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(c) 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
Affiliation:
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Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge Institute of Public Health, University Forvie Site, Cambridge CB2 0SR, U.K. ern.farewell@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk |
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History, 20th Century London Statistics as Topic / history* |
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ID/Acronym/Agency:
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U.1052.00.009//Medical Research Council |
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Personal Name Subject:
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Austin Bradford Hill; Hilda Mary Woods; William Thomas Russell |
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