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PubMed2006

Il Fasciculo di Medicina of 1493: medical culture through the eyes of the artist.

THE FASCICULUS MEDICINA, printed in 1491, is considered the first illustrated medical book. The Latin essays and illustrations in this volume provide insight into the medical knowledge of Western Europe and, in the Italian edition published in 1493, glimpses into the medical culture of the late 15th century. We outline the scientific and social environments into which the Fasciculus Medicinae of 1491 was introduced and the transition that occurred with the publication of the 1493 Italian edition. The artist of the 1493 Fasciculo witnessed a paradigm shift occurring. In four woodcuts, the artist captured four themes: the relevance of knowledge-based medicine, the emergence of laboratory medicine, the Hippocratic lessons of patient observation, and the emerging revolution in anatomy.

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PubMed1980

Teachers in general practice: a comparative study.

Thirty-nine randomly selected general practitioners in the Cambridgeshire Health Area were surveyed in an attempt to determine whether there were prior differences between those practitioners who choose to become involved with undergraduate medical students and those who choose not to. Teachers were found to have graduated more recently, subscribe to more journals and were more likely to use medical libraries than non-teachers. All the solo practitioners in the study and two of the four practitioners in two-man groups belonged to a subgroup of non-teachers who had never had students and did not want students in the future. This subfroup also subscribed to fewer journals than the other groups, bought fewer textbooks and used medical libraries less. The only prior differences between teachers and non-teacher that have been demonstrated are year of graduation and type of practice. Other differences could well be attributed to the influence of the students themselves. Studies are needed to clarify this issue, especially as it realates to continuing medical education.

Education, Medical, Continuing↗
PubMed1965

SELECTED LIST OF BOOKS AND JOURNALS FOR THE SMALL MEDICAL LIBRARY.

This list of 358 books and 123 journals is intended as a selection aid for the small library of a hospital, medical society, clinic, or similar organization. Books and journals are arranged by subject, with the books followed by an author index, and the journals by an alphabetical title listing.

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PubMed2005

Introduction to Reference Sources in the Health Sciences: an interview with Jo Anne Boorkman, Jeffrey T. Huber and Fred W. Roper. Interview by Elizabeth Connor.

Few works serve as solid a framework for the field of health sciences librarianship or provide as many insights and detailed knowledge as Introduction to Reference Sources in the Health Sciences. Now in its fourth edition, the book's editors and contributors represent an impressive range of experience, expertise, and subject knowledge appreciated by practicing librarians in a variety of settings and by students of health sciences librarianship. Jo Anne Boorkman, Jeffrey T. Huber, and Fred W. Roper answered a series of questions about the latest edition of this seminal work, and offered opinions about reference works, services, and librarians.

Data Collection↗
PubMed2000

Foundational readings concerning pollen for allergists and aerobiologists.

BACKGROUND: In a medical culture being revolutionized by MEDLINE, MD-Consult, and full-text electronic journals, books are frequently dismissed as antiquated and hopelessly out of date. For those involved in the study of atmospheric pollen, however, books--many several decades old--still represent foundational reading. OBJECTIVES: This paper will present and briefly review 17 books dealing with the ecology of plants that cause pollinosis, pollen morphology, pollen movement in the atmosphere, and air sampling techniques. CONCLUSIONS: This small collection of books provides a foundation with which to approach the study of atmospheric pollen. Allergists and aerobiologists are encouraged to become familiar with these titles, particularly if they intend to publish pollen data in medical journals.

Air Pollution↗
PubMed2006

Are the "life-support" courses updated? An evaluation of their literature base.

BACKGROUND: As a condition of employment, many physicians practicing in the United States are mandated to remain current in their certification of some or all of the life-support courses. These courses reputedly set the standard of care by establishing nationally recognized paradigms of resuscitation. These courses' textbooks are revised and re-released at regular intervals. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether the source data for these texts are vigorously updated with each revision and whether there is an obvious literature-based impetus to release a new version. METHODS: A comparison was made of the years of the references contained within the three most recent textbook editions of the advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), advanced trauma life support, basic life support, and pediatric advanced life support courses. The years of the references were tallied for each text, and these tallies were compared both within and between the courses. Data were divided into three groups: group 1, references published before the previous versions' release; group 2, references published after previous versions' release; group 3, references dated within three years of the texts' release. RESULTS: There appears to be a large amount of overlap of group 1 data throughout most of the course texts; the number of references in group 2 and 3 varies greatly between and within these courses. CONCLUSIONS: With one exception (ACLS in 2003), the life-support courses appear to be based on similar reference sets for the last 7 to 11 years. There may be a reason other than an availability of a critical mass of new information that prompts the release of a new edition of these life-support courses.

Advanced Cardiac Life Support↗
PubMed2006

[Theory and practice in medieval surgery].

(To what extent) are medieval surgical texts realistic? Were they written as guidelines for everyday work, or are they documents of scientific education? Both is true, as the example of the famous Red Powder shows: all ingredients are based on medical theory, and we can be rather sure that most medieval surgeons knew the recipe. Nevertheless, we have great difficulties in comparing medieval and contemporary "experience". Neither can we identify the drugs (e. g. castoreum), nor the diseases they were used for (at least not for certain), nor do we know what was regarded as improvement or success. Instead, we may reconstruct some medieval patterns of interpretation and perception in the field of medicine. Thus, this article may be read as a contribution to the current discussion in the history of mentalities and in cultural studies.

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PubMed1997

Medical history.

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Education, Medical↗
PubMed2004

[Religion and healing in the XIII century: some considerations about therapy and holy medical observations in Iacopo da Varagine's Cronica Civitatis Ianuensis].

The article is dedicated to recovery and holy therapy in Medieval society. In the XIII century Roman Church define the religious observations of physical and spiritual healing: the intervention of Saints and their holy miracles is very important for a perfect recovery. The article analyse the holy therapy through the study of the Cronica Civitatis Ianuensis read by the Dominican friar Iacopo da Varagine, at the end of the XIII century. This work represents one of the most important literary and hagiographic instrument to comprehend medical medieval imaginary.

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