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2000–2009

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2003

#14217

Recurrent de novo point mutations in lamin A cause Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome.

The authors showed that mutations in lamin A (LMNA) are the cause of Hutchinson-Gilford progeria sundrom (HGPS). At the end of their abstract they stated that "The discovery of the molecular basis of this disease may …

2003

#14226

Dental practice in Europe at the end of the 18th century. Edited by Christine Hilliam.

2003

#14236

Trepanation: History, Discovery, Theory. Edited by Robert Arnott, Stanley Finger, and C.U.M Smith.

2003

#14300

Design of a novel globular protein fold with atomic-level accuracy.

Called, "the breakthrough in computational de novo protein design." This was the proof of concept paper that computers and AI could be used to predict protein structures accurately and much faster than with convention…

2004

#6955

The D.O.s: Osteopathic medicine in America. 2nd ed.

2004

#6961

Ancient medicine.

Nutton used archaeological and written evidence to survey the development of medical ideas from early Greece to Late Antiquity.

2004

#7042

Medicine, public health and the Qājār state. Patterns of medical modernization in nineteenth-century Iran.

2004

#7109

The book of skin.

2004

#7286

A new small-bodied hominin from the Late Pleistocene of Flores, Indonesia.

In 2003 a joint Indonesian-Australian research team led by Michael Morwood found LB-1—a nearly complete female skeleton of a tiny human that lived about 80,000 years ago—in Liang Bua cave on the island of Flores, Indo…

2004

#7312

British naturalists in Qing China: science, empire and cultural encounter.

2004

#7380

The living universe: NASA and the development of astrobiology.

2004

#7435

The genome war: How Craig Venter tried to capture the code of life and save the world.

2004

#7648

Suppressing the diseases of animals and man: Theobald Smith, microbiologist

2004

#7893

Nazi medicine and the Nuremberg trials: From medical war crimes to informed consent.

2004

#7944

Making Kedjom medicine: A history of public health and well-being in Cameroon.

2004

#7958

Robotic surgery: A current perspective.

A review of the history, development and then-current applications of robotics in surgery. The paper is freely available from PubMedCentral at this link.

2004

#7988

The Hippocratic oath and the ethics of medicine.

2004

#8044

Altering American Consciousness: The history of alcohol and drug use in the United States, 1800-2000.

2004

#8068

Invention of hysteria: Charcot and the Photographic Iconography of the Salpêtrière.

See No. 4558.1

2004

#8070

How sex changed: A history of transsexuality in the United States.

2004

#8076

The politics of healing: Histories of alternative medicine in twentieth-century North America.

2004

#8119

Google Books.

https://books.google.com/intl/EN/googlebooks/about.html. From the Wikipedia article on Google Books, accessed 12 -2016: "Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search and Google Print) is a service from Google …

2004

#8137

Primer of robotic & telerobotic surgery. Edited by Garth H. Ballantyne, Jacques Marescaux, and Pier Cristoforo Giulianotti.

2004

#8249

Medicine and victory: British military medicine in World War II.

2004 –2015

#8310

Maimonides: Medical aphorisms. A parallel Arabic-English edition edited, translated, and annotated by Gerrit Bos. Vol. 1: Treatises 1-5.; Vol. 2: Treatises 6-9; Vol. 3: Treatises 10-15; Vol. 4: Treatises 16-21. Vol. 5: Treatises 22-25.

2004

#8312

Magic and rationality in ancient Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman medicine. Edited by Manfred Horstmanshoff and Marten Stol.

The first comparison of medical systems of the Ancient Near East and the Greek and Roman world. The authors treat early medicine in Babylonia, Egypt, the Minoan and Mycenean world; later medicine in Hippocrates, Galen…

2004

#8321

Eros on the Nile. Translated from the Polish by Geoffrey L. Packer.

Originally published by Eros nad Nilem (Prószyyńki i S-ka S.A, 1998).

2004

#8351

Questions and answers for physicians: A medieval Arabic study manual by 'Abd al- 'Azīz al-Sulamī. Translated, edited and with an introduction by Gary Leiser and Noury Al-Khaledy.

"....a translation and edition of the medieval Arabic medical work entitled Imtiḥān al-alibbā' li-kāffat al-aṭibbā' ("The Experts' Examination for All Physicians"). It is a study guide for students of medicine prepare…

2004

#8723

Catalog of the Robert L. Sadoff Library of Forensic Psychiatry and Legal Medicine.

Sadoff donated this library of about 4,000 items to the College of Physicians of Philadelphia in 2004.

2004

#8786

Nature cures: The history of alternative medicine in America.

2004

#8868

Medicinal plants in folk tradition: An ethnobotany of Britain and Ireland.

The first comprehensive account of medicinal uses of wild plants by the country folk of Britain and Ireland based on manuscript folklore sources as well as published sources. These included information gathered by the…

2004

#8944

Histoire des entomologistes français, 1750-1950. Édition entièrement revue et augmentée.

"The new edition of "Histoire des Entomologistes Français" is completely revised and expanded. The author has supplemented this work with five new biographies, a chapter on Agricultural Entomology, a list of the Socie…

2004

#9025

Stories in the time of cholera: Racial profiling during a medical nightmare.

'In 1992-93, some five hundred people died from cholera in the Orinoco Delta of eastern Venezuela. In some communities, a third of the adults died in a single night, as anthropologist Charles Briggs and Clara Mantini-…

2004

#9263

To cast out disease: A history of the International Health Division of the Rockefeller Foundation (1913-1951).

2004

#9268

Encyclopedia of folk medicine: Old world and new world traditions.

2004

#9382

Chinese medical herbology and pharmacology.

This book, which extends to nearly 1200 pages, and represents the work of numerous experts, is the most comprehensive modern treatise on the subject of which I am aware.

2004

#9634

Smoke: A global history of smoking. Edited by Sander L. Gilman and Xun Zhou.

2004

#9652

Anthrax: A history.

2004

#9709

Hygienic modernity: Meanings of health and disease in treaty-port China.

2004

#9762

War epidemics: An historical geography of infectious diseases in military conflict and civil strife, 1850–2000.

2004

#9766

Civil War pharmacy: A history of drugs, drug supply and provision, and therapeutics for the Union and Confederacy.

2004

#9799

American household botany: A history of useful plants 1620-1900.

2004

#9836

OnView: Curated content from the Center for the History of Medicine's extraordinary collections. The Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine: An alliance of the Boston Medical Library and Harvard Medical School.

http://collections.countway.harvard.edu/onview/collection-tree Archives for Women in Medicine Avery, Mary Ellen papers, 1929-2002 (inclusive) Baumgartner, Leona papers, 1837-1993 (inclusive) 1930-1970 (bulk) Bibring, …

2004

#9861

Plants and empire: Colonial bioprospecting in the Atlantic world.

2004

#9875

The healing arts: Health, disease and society in Europe, 1500-1800. Edited by Peter Elmer

2004

#9876

Health, disease and society in Europe, 1800-1930: A source book. Edited by Deborah Brunton.

2004

#9877

Medicine transformed: Health, disease and society in Europe 1800-1930.

2004

#9899

Jamaican folk medicine: A source of healing.

2004

#9920

Livingstone Online: Illuminating imperial exploration. Adrian S. Wisnicki, director.

http://livingstoneonline.org/ "The "About This Site" section of Livingstone Online describes some of the key elements of this site, including our goals, mission, and staff. The section also includes a set of essays de…

2004

#9974

The great influenza: The epic story of the greatest plague in history.