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Medicine : an imperfect science / edited by Natasha McEnroe.

Contributor(s): McEnroe, Natasha [editor] | Science Museum (Great Britain).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Scala Arts & Heritage Pulishers Ltd., in association with the Science Museum, c2019Edition: 1st edition.Description: 239 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), facsimiles, portraits ; 29 centimetres.ISBN: 9781785512100.Subject(s): Medicine -- History | Medical sciences -- History
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Book (Not for loan) Science Museum London Dana Research Centre Library: Books Science & Technology Studies Collection 61:93 MEDICINE (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan 2402386020

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sir Henry Wellcome's museum for the science of history [article] / by Ghislaine M.Skinner.

by Skinner, Ghislaine M.

Source: Medical history : a quarterly journal devoted to the history and bibliography of medicine and the related sciences. - Vol.30, p.383-418 (1986) Offprint also in ScM pubns ref set 1986/17.Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1986Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 61:93 MEDICAL] (1).
The Dutch physical chemist J.J. van Laar (1860-1938) versus J.H. van't Hoff's "Osmotic school" [article] / by H.A.M. Snelders.

by Snelders, H. A. M.

Source: Centaurus : international magazine of the history of science and medicine. - Vol.29, no.1, p.53-71 (1986).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1986Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 5:93 CENTAURUS] (1).
The early days of space medicine in Germany [article] : an almost forgotten chapter of German-American history of science / Karl Kirsch and Rolf Winau.

by Kirsch, Karl | Winau, Rolf.

Source: Aviation, space and environmental medicine. - Vol.57, no.7, p.633-635 (1986).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1986Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: Q TU1638] (1).
Alexis Carrel and Carl Beck [article] : a historical footnote / William C. Beck.

by Beck, William C.

Source: Perspectives in biology and medicine. - Vol.30, p.148-151 (1986).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1986Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: JP253] (1).
Rats, fats, and history [article] / Howard A. Schneider.

by Schneider, Howard A.

Source: Perspectives in biology and medicine. - Vol.29, p.392-406 (1986).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1986Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: JP253] (1).
James Watt Mavor (1883-1963) [article] : a forgotten discoverer of radiation effects on heredity / Ernest B. Hook.

by Hook, Ernest B.

Source: Perspectives in biology and medicine. - Vol.29, p.278-291 (1986).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1986Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: JP253] (1).
Joseph Jones [article] : idiosyncratic student of malaria / Eli Chernin.

by Chernin, Eli.

Source: Perspectives in biology and medicine. - Vol.29, p.260-271 (1986).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1986Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: JP253] (1).
Louis Pasteur and "Le rage" [article] : 100 years ago / Harold Malkin.

by Malkin, Harold M.

Source: Perspectives in biology and medicine. - Vol.30, p40-46 (1986).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1986Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: JP253] (1).
Monkey in the middle [article] : pre-Darwinian evolutionary thought and artistic creation / Ellen K. Levy and David E. Levy.

by Levy, Ellen K | Levy, David E.

Source: Perspectives in biology and medicine. - Vol.30, pp95-106 (1986).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1986Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: JP253] (1).
Rontgen's discovery [article] : how and why it happened / Dietrich Harder.

by Harder, Dietrich.

Source: International journal of radiation biology and related studies in physics, chemistry and medicine. - Vol.51, p.815-839 (1987).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1987Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: Q JI7616] (1).
Loss of cabin pressure in Canadian Forces transport aircraft, 1963-1984 [article] / by C.J. Brooks.

by Brooks, C. J.

Source: Aviation, space and environmental medicine. - Vol.58, p.268-275 (1987).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1987Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: Q TU1638] (1).
Early protection and radiological physics [article] / F.W. Spiers.

by Spiers, F. W.

Source: International journal of radiation biology and related studies in physics, chemistry and medicine. - Vol.51, p.841-854 (1987).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1987Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: Q JI7616] (1).
Diagnostic radiology [article] / Ian Isherwood.

by Isherwood, Ian.

Source: International journal of radiation biology and related studies in physics, chemistry and medicine. - Vol.51, p.855-872 (1987).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1987Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: Q JI7616] (1).
Therapeutic uses of X-rays [article] / R.J. Berry.

by Berry, R. J.

Source: International journal of radiation biology and related studies in physics, chemistry and medicine. - Vol.51, p.873-895 (1987).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1987Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: Q JI7616] (1).
Employers, the government, and industrial fatigue in Britain, 1890-1918 [article] / A.J. McIvor.

by McIvor, A. J.

Source: British journal of industrial medicine. - Vol.44, p.724-732 (1987).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1987Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: Q TL2015] (1).
Industrielaboratorien fur Wissenschaftstransfer [article] : Aufbau und Entwicklung der Siemensforschung bis zum Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges anhand von Beispielen aus der Halbleiterforschung / von Helmut Schubert.

by Schubert, Helmut.

Source: Centaurus : international magazine of the history of science and medicine. - Vol.30, p.245-292 (1987).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1987Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 5:93 CENTAURUS] (1).
Brief communication [article] : the invention of the resistor / by L.N. Kryzhanovsky.

by Kryzhanovsky, L. N. (Leonid N).

Source: Centaurus : international magazine of the history of science and medicine. - 32, p.336-339 (1989).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1989Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 5:93 CENTAURUS] (1).
Archives and sources [article] : Medical practitioners in medieval England / by Faye Getz.

by Getz, Faye.

Source: Social history of medicine : the journal of The Society for the Social History of Medicine. - Vol. 3, p.245-283 (1990).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1990Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 61:93 SOCIAL] (1).
Notes on the Antikythera Mechanism [article] / by Allan G. Bromley.

by Bromley, Allan.

Source: Centaurus : international magazine of the history of science and medicine. - Vol.29, no.1, p.5-27 (1986).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1986Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 5:93 CENTAURUS] (1).
Technology in Dutch society during the nineteenth century [article] / Dick van Lente.

by Lente, Dick van.

Source: Tractrix : yearbook for the history of science, medicine, technology and mathematics. - Vol.2, p.127-139 (1990).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1990Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 5:93 TRACTRIX] (1).
Asepsis and the transformation of surgical instruments [article] / James M. Edmonson.

by Edmonson, James M.

Source: Transactions and studies of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia : medicine and history. - Ser.5, Vol.13, no.1 (Mar.), p.75-91 (1991).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1991Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 61:93 TRANSACTIONS] (1).
Steam and polders [article] : Belgium and the Netherlands, 1790-1850 / Harry Lintsen and Rick Steenaard.

by Lintsen, H. W. (Harry W) | Steenaard, Rik.

Source: Tractrix : yearbook for the history of science, medicine, technology and mathematics. - Vol.3, p.121-147 (1991).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1991Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 5:93 TRACTRIX] (1).
The age of the air-pump [article] / Anne C. van Helden.

by Helden, Anne C. van.

Source: Tractrix : yearbook for the history of science, medicine, technology and mathematics. - Vol.3, p.149-172 (1991).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1991Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 5:93 TRACTRIX] (1).
Exporting scientific instruments around 1700 [article] : the Musschenbroek documents in Marburg / Peter de Clercq.

by Clercq, Peter de.

Source: Tractrix : yearbook for the history of science, medicine, technology and mathematics. - Vol.3, p.79-120 (1991).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1991Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 5:93 TRACTRIX] (1).
Richmann's experiment and the electrophorus [article] : [the world's first electric measuring instrument, a quadrant-scale electrometer, the index electricus or electrical gnomon] / Leonid N. Kryzhanovsky.

by Kryzhanovsky, L. N. (Leonid N).

Source: Centaurus : international magazine of the history of science and medicine. - Vol.34, no.2, p.119-124 (1991).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1991Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 5:93 CENTAURUS] (1).
Idiosyncrasy, achromatic lenses, and early Romanticism [article] : [early optical technology] / Keith Hutchison.

by Hutchison, Keith.

Source: Centaurus : international magazine of the history of science and medicine. - Vol.34, no.2, p.125-171 (1991).Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1991Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 5:93 CENTAURUS] (1).
The medical and scientific periodicals of the 17th and 18th centuries [article] : with a revised catalogue and check-list / Fielding H. Garrison.

by Garrison, Fielding H.

Source: Bulletin of the Institute of the History of Medicine. - Vol.2, no.5 (July), p.285-343.Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1934Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 61:93 BULLETIN] (1).
The development of the dry battery [article] : prelude to a mass consumption article (1882-1908) / by Joost Mertens.

by Mertens, Joost.

Source: Centaurus : international magazine of the history of science and medicine - Vol.42, no.2, p.109-134.Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 2000Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 5:93 CENTAURUS] (1).
Babylonian short-time measurements [article] : lunar sixes / Peter J. Huber.

by Huber, Peter J.

Source: Centaurus : international magazine of the history of science and medicine. - Vol.42, no.3, p.223-234.Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 2000Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 5:93 CENTAURUS] (1).
Dating the oldest Egyptian star map [article] / Ove Von Spaeth.

by Spaeth, Ove Von.

Source: Centaurus : international magazine of the history of science and medicine. - Vol.42, no.3, p.159-179.Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 2000Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 5:93 CENTAURUS] (1).
Second Millennium Babylonian water clocks [article] : a physical study / C. Michel-Nozieres.

by Michel-Nozieres, C.

Source: Centaurus : international magazine of the history of science and medicine. - Vol.42, no.3, p.180-209.Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 2000Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 5:93 CENTAURUS] (1).
The design of Babylonian waterclocks [article] : astronomical and experimental evidence / J. Fermor and J.M. Steele.

by Fermor, J | Steele, J. M.

Source: Centaurus : international magazine of the history of science and medicine. - Vol.42, no.3, p.210-222.Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 2000Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 5:93 CENTAURUS] (1).
A tale of two experts [article] : Thalidomide and political engagement in the United States and West Germany / by Arthur Daemmrich.

by Daemmrich, Arthur.

Source: Social history of medicine. - Vol.15, no.1 (Apr.), p.137-158.Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 2002Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 61:93 SOCIAL] (1).
Teaching obstetrics at home [article] : medical schools and home delivery service in the first half of the twentieth century / Charlotte G. Borst.

by Borst, Charlotte G.

Source: Bulletin of the history of medicine. - Vol.72, no.2 (Summer), p.220-245.Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1998Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 61:93 BULLETIN] (1).
The limits of progress [article]: the professional lives of women doctors, 1881-1826 / Virginia G. Drachman.

by Drachman, Virginia G, 1948-.

Source: Bulletin of the history of medicine. - Vol.60, no.1 (Spring), p.58-72.Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1986Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 61:93 BULLETIN] (1).
Medical women abroad [article] : a new dimension of women's push for opportunity in medicine, 1850-1914 / Thomas Neville Bonner.

by Bonner, Thomas Neville.

Source: Bulletin of the history of medicine. - Vol.62, no.1 (Spring), p.58-73.Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1988Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 61:93 BULLETIN] (1).
The great experiment [article] : the admission of women students to St Mary's Hospital Medical School, 1916-1925 / James Stuart Garner.

by Garner, James Stuart.

Source: Medical history : a quarterly journal devoted to the history and bibliography of medicine and the related sciences. - Vol.42, no.1 (Jan.), p.68-88.Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1998Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 61:93 MEDICAL] (1).
The surgeoness [article] : the female practitioner of surgery 1400-1800 / A.L. Wyman.

by Wyman, A. L.

Source: Medical history : a quarterly journal devoted to the history and bibliography of medicine and the related sciences. - Vol.28, no.1 (Jan.), p.22-41.Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1984Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 61:93 MEDICAL] (1).
Notes and events [article] : England's earliest women doctors / Edward J. Kealey.

by Kealey, Edward J.

Source: Journal of the history of medicine and allied sciences. - Vol.40, no.4 (Oct.), p.473-477Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1985Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 61:93 JOURNAL] (1).
"A most hideous object" [article] : John Davies (1796-1872) and plastic surgery / John Symons.

by Symons, John.

Source: Medical history : a quarterly journal devoted to the history and bibliography of medicine and the related sciences. - Vol.45, no.3 (Jul.), p.395-402.Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 2001Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 61:93 MEDICAL] (1).
Chronic pulmonary disease in South Wales coal mines : an eye witness account of the MRC surveys (1937-1942) / by P. D'Arcy Hart ; edited and annotated by E.M. Tansey.

by Hart, P. D'Arcy (Philip Montagn D'Arcy), b. 1900 | Tansey, E. M.

Source: Social history of medicine - Vol. 11, no. 3 (Dec 1998), p. 459-468Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1998Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 61:93 SOCIAL] (1).
The history of personal hygiene / Andrew Wear.

by Wear, A. (Andrew), 1946-.

Source: Companion encyclopedia of the history of medicine / edited by W.F. Bynum and Roy Porter. - London : Routledge, 1993. - Vol. 2, p.1283-1308.Material type: article Article; Format: print Publisher: 1993Availability: Items available for reference: Science Museum Wroughton [Call number: 61:93 COMPANION] (1).

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