topic:"Biography" found 28 records - Provincial Hospitals Library Catalogue

Call me doctor

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Neilson, Shane. --Lawrencetown Beach, NS: Pottersfield Press , 2006.

Call Number: WZ 100 N414c 2006

Location: Halifax Infirmary

Call Number: WZ 100 N414c 2006

Author: Neilson, Shane

Place of Publication: Lawrencetown Beach, NS

Publisher: Pottersfield Press

Date of Publication: 2006

Physical Description: 142 p.

ISBN: 9781895900781

Subjects (MeSH): Physicians - Canada - Biography

Format: Book

Location: Halifax Infirmary

Loan Period: 3 weeks

Canada's mystery man of high finance : the story of Izaak Walton Killam ...

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[by] Douglas How. --Hantsport, NS: Lancelot Press , 1986.

Call Number: HG 172 K55 H68 1986

Location: IWK Health Sciences Library

Call Number: HG 172 K55 H68 1986

Author: How, Douglas

Responsibility: [by] Douglas How

Place of Publication: Hantsport, NS

Publisher: Lancelot Press

Date of Publication: 1986

Physical Description: 173 p. : ports.

ISBN: 088999305X

Subjects (MeSH): Capitalists and Financiers - Biography; Killam, Izaak Walton, 1885-1955; Killam, Dorothy Johnston, 1899-1965; Canada

Notes: Spine title: Mystery man of finance.

Format: Book

Location: IWK Health Sciences Library

Copies: 1

Loan Period: 2 weeks

A century of homeopaths : their influence on medicine and health

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Jonathan Davidson. --New York: Springer , c2014.

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"As the values of integrative medicine continues to grow, alternative points of view and treatments are increasing in acceptance and prevalence. Homeopathic medicine is considered an important root to this approach. However, contributions of homeopathically qualified doctors have long been overlooked. A Century of Homeopaths is a detailed account of the many homeopaths who have contributed to medical progress since 1840. The accomplishments of over 100 homeopaths form the organizing structure o…

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Author: Davidson, Jonathan R. T

Responsibility: Jonathan Davidson

Place of Publication: New York

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2014

Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 207 pages)

ISBN: 9781493905270 (electronic book); 9781493905263

Subjects (MeSH): Homeopathy - Biography; Homeopathy - History; History of Medicine

Subjects (LCSH): Homeopathic physicians - Biography; Homeopathy - History; Homeopathy - Biography; Health Personnel - Biography; History, 19th Century - Biography; History, 20th Century - Biography

Abstract: "As the values of integrative medicine continues to grow, alternative points of view and treatments are increasing in acceptance and prevalence. Homeopathic medicine is considered an important root to this approach. However, contributions of homeopathically qualified doctors have long been overlooked. A Century of Homeopaths is a detailed account of the many homeopaths who have contributed to medical progress since 1840. The accomplishments of over 100 homeopaths form the organizing structure of the book -- many of whom have been lost to history. The text describes the ways in which homeopaths have influenced medical practice, research and public health, as well as the seminal effect of homeopaths in the emergence of today's medical specialties and in social reform, thus providing insights to healthcare professionals, researchers, students and medical historians"--Provided by publisher.

Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Samuel Hahnemann: Rebarbative Genius -- 3. Women, Reform, and Medical Leadership -- 4. The Homeopathic Scalpel: Contributions to Surgery from the World of Homeopathy -- 5. Homeopaths and the Dawning of Anesthesiology -- 6. Homeopathy and the Mind: From Alienists to Neuroscientists -- 7. Public Health -- 8. The Early Days of Radiation: Homeopathic Shadows -- 9. Heartbeat, Heart Failure, and Homeopathy -- 10. Allergy and Allergic Disorders: Homeopathic Leaders -- 11. Academic Homeopaths Reinvented -- 12. Oncology -- 13. Other Stars in the Sky -- 14. Congress, Parliament, Presidents, and Monarchs -- 15. Bioethics and the Contributions of Otto Guttentag -- 16. Less Is More: Finding the Right Dose -- 17. A Homeopathic Rogues' Gallery -- 18. Concluding Thoughts.

Format: e-Book

Location: Online

Encyclopedia of Pathology

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edited by J.H.J.M. van Krieken. --Cham: Springer , c2019.

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This book presents a collection of short biographies and works of the pioneers in pathology, together with a brief history of the European Society of Pathology and the New York Pathological Society. Detailed information is provided on the development and current status of immunohistochemistry, light microscopy and dry preparations in medical education. The alphabetically arranged entries allow readers to quickly and easily find the information they need.

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Other Authors: van Krieken, J.H.J.M.

Responsibility: edited by J.H.J.M. van Krieken

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: c2019

Physical Description: 1 online resource

Series Title: Springer reference

ISBN: 9783319288451

Subjects (MeSH): Pathologists - biography; Pathology

Specialty: Pathology

Notes: Living edition

Abstract: This book presents a collection of short biographies and works of the pioneers in pathology, together with a brief history of the European Society of Pathology and the New York Pathological Society. Detailed information is provided on the development and current status of immunohistochemistry, light microscopy and dry preparations in medical education. The alphabetically arranged entries allow readers to quickly and easily find the information they need.

Contents: The History of Congenital Abnormalities -- Abbott, Maud (1869-1940) -- Addison, Thomas (1793-1860) -- Aetius of Amida (502-575) -- Anichkov, Nikolaj (1880-1964) -- Araeteus (1st century AD) -- Aschoff, Ludwig (1866-1942) -- Aurelianus, Caelius (5th Century BC) -- Autopsy -- Avenzoar (1070-1162) -- Baillie, Matthew (1761-1823) -- Baló, Joseph (1895-1979) -- Banti, Guido (1852-1925) -- Barrett, Norman (1903-1979) -- Benivieni, Antonio (1443-1502) -- Bennett, John Hughes (1812-1875) -- Bichat, Marie-F-Xav. (1771-1802) -- Bielschowsky, Max (1869-1940) -- Billroth, Theodor (1829-1894) -- Boerhaave, Hermann (1668-1738) -- Bonet, Theophile (1620-1689) -- Bright, Richard (1789-1858) -- Broders, Albert Compton (1885-1964) -- Celsus, Aulus Corn. (?30 BC-30AD) -- Charcot, Jean-Martin (1825-1893) -- Cohnheim, Julius (1839-1884) -- Coons, AH (1912-1978) -- Corvisart, Jean Nicolas (1755-1821) -- Cytopathology -- Dry preparations in medical teaching -- Dukes, Cuthbert Esquire (1890-1977) -- Dupuytren Guillaume (1777-1835) -- Ehrlich, Paul(1854-1915) -- Eijkman, Christiaan (1858-1930) -- Erasistratos (? 310-250 BC) -- Erdheim Jacob (1874-1937) -- History of European Society of Pathology -- Eustachius, Bartelommeo (1524-74) -- Fallopius, Gabriele (1523-1562) -- Fernel, Jean (1497-1558) -- Feulgen Robert (1884-1955) -- Frerischs, Friedich T.Von (1819-85) -- Gleason, Donald F (1920-2009) -- Goodpasture, Ernest W.(1886-1960) -- Grawitz, Paul Albert (1850-1932) -- Harvey,William (1578-1657) -- Heidenheim Rudolph (1834-1897) -- Henle, Jacob (1809-1885) -- Herophilos (335-280 BC) -- Hippocrates (460-370 BC) -- Hodgkin, Thomas (1798-1866) -- Hunter, John (1728-1793) -- Immunohistochemistry -- Johann Friedrich Meckel (1781-1833) -- Klemperer, Paul (1887-1964) -- Koch, Robert (1843-1910) -- Koss, Leopold -- Krompecher, Edmund (1870-1926) -- Kundrat, Hans (1845-1893) -- Laennec, R.T.H. (1781-1826) -- Landsteiner, Karl (1868-1943) -- Leeuwenhoek, A. van (1632-1723) -- Lennert, Karl -- Light microscopy in pathology -- Lilllie, R D -- Lukes, Robert (1922-1994) -- Mallory, Frank Burr (1862-1941) -- Malphigi, Marcello (1628-1694) -- Marchiavava, Ettore (1847-1935) -- Mason, Pierre (1880-1859) -- Metchnikoff, Elie (1845-1916) -- Meyer, Robert (1864-1947) -- Miescher, Johann 1844-1895) -- Morgagni, Giovanni B. (1682-1771) -- Mueller, Johannes (1801-1858) -- Nephropathology -- New York Pathological Society -- Osler, William (1849-1919) -- Paget, James (1814-1899) -- Papanicolaou, Georgios (1883-1962) -- Pathology museums -- Pearse, Antony -- Piringer-Kuchinka, Alexandra (1912 - 2004) -- Pompe, Johannes C (1901-1945) -- Ramón y Cajal, Santiago (1852-1934) -- Raspail Francois V. (1794-1876) -- Recklinghausen F.D. von (1833-1910) -- Reed Mendelhall , Dorothy (1874-1964) -- Robert Remak (1815-1865) -- Rokitanski, Carl von, (1804-1878) -- Russell, Dorothy (1895-1983) -- Schlagenhaufer Friedrich (1866-1930) -- Schönlein, Johann Lukas (1793-1864) -- Schwann, Theodor (1810-1882) -- Scully, Robert E. (1923-2012) -- Semmelweiss , Ignatius (1818-1865).-Senac, Jean-Baptiste de (1693-1770) -- Sternberg, Carl (1972-1935) -- Stout, Arthur Purdy (1885-1967) -- Vesalius, Andreas (1514-1564) -- Virchow, Rudolph (1821-1902) -- Von Waldeyer-Hartz, Heinrich Wilhelm (1836-1921) -- Waldenstrom Jan G (1903-1993) -- Warthin -- Weigert, Karl (1845-1904) -- Welch, William Henry ( 1850-1934) -- Whipple, George Hoyt (1878-1976) -- Willis, Thomas (1621-1675) -- Wilms, Carl Marx Wilhelm (1867-1918) -- Wright, James Homer (1869 ? 1928).

Format: e-Book

Publication Type: Encyclopedia

Location: Online

European Oncology Leaders : The CancerFutures Collection, 2001-2004

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Veronesi, Umberto. European School of Oncology. --Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag , c2005.

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Location: Online

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Author: Veronesi, Umberto

Corporate Author: European School of Oncology

Other Authors: Redmond, Kathy

Place of Publication: Berlin, Heidelberg

Publisher: Springer-Verlag

Date of Publication: c2005

ISBN: 9783540270690

Subjects (MeSH): Biomedical Research - Biography; Medical Oncology - Biography

Subjects (LCSH): Oncology

Format: e-Book

Location: Online

Foundations of Ophthalmology : Great Insights that Established the Discipline

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Michael F. Marmor, Daniel M. Albert, editors. --Cham: Springer , 2017.

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There have been books over the years discussing the history of ophthalmology, but none that focus directly on just the most critical thinkers whose insights provided the foundation for the discipline. These men and women advanced knowledge about vision, diagnosis, disease mechanisms, and therapy through innovative thinking and perseverance against old ideas. Their stories are intriguing at a personal level and for showing the complexity of advancing medical science and, therefore, should be req…

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Other Authors: Marmor, Michael F; Albert, Daniel M

Responsibility: Michael F. Marmor, Daniel M. Albert, editors

Place of Publication: Cham

Publisher: Springer

Date of Publication: 2017

Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 221 pages) : 155 illus., 55 illus. in color

ISBN: 9783319596419; 9783319596402 (print ed.)

Subjects (MeSH): History of Medicine; Ophthalmology - Biography; Ophthalmology - history

Abstract: There have been books over the years discussing the history of ophthalmology, but none that focus directly on just the most critical thinkers whose insights provided the foundation for the discipline. These men and women advanced knowledge about vision, diagnosis, disease mechanisms, and therapy through innovative thinking and perseverance against old ideas. Their stories are intriguing at a personal level and for showing the complexity of advancing medical science and, therefore, should be required reading for anyone practicing ophthalmology. Foundations of Ophthalmology includes giants such as Young (the nature of color and light), Braille (a practical reading system for the blind), Helmholtz (development of the ophthalmoscope), von Graefe (defining glaucoma), Curie (discovery of radiation and the basis of radiation therapy), Gonin (demonstration how to cure retinal detachment), Ridley (serendipity that led to intraocular lenses), and Kelman (development of phacoemulsification that revolutionized cataract surgery).

Contents: 1. Johannes Kepler and René Descartes: A Retinal Image is Transmitted to the Brain -- 2. Jacques Daviel and the Invention of Modern Cataract Surgery -- 3. John Dalton: the Recognition of Color Deficiency -- 4. Thomas Young and the Foundations of Light, Color, and Optics -- 5. Valentin Haüy and Louis Braille: Enabling Education for the Blind -- 6. Jan Evangelista Purkinje: Visual Physiologist -- 7. Franciscus Donders: The Management of Anomalies of Refraction -- 8. Hermann von Helmholtz: The Power of Ophthalmoscopy -- 9. Albrecht von Graefe: The Beginnings of Scientific Ophthalmology and Education -- 10. Karl Koller: The Introduction of Local Anesthesia -- 11. Allvar Gullstrand: Dioptrics of the Eye and the Slit Lamp -- 12. Marie Curie: Radiation as Medium That Can Cure -- 13. Jules Gonin: Proving the Cause and Cure of Retinal Detachment -- 14. Harold Ridley: The Development of a Plastic Implantable Lens -- 15. Arnall Patz and Norman Alston: Oxygen and Retinopathy of Prematurity -- 16. Charles Kelman: Phacoemulsification and Small Incision Cataract Surgery.