Tag: History of Medicine

If you are heading to the American Association for the History of Medicine’s annual meeting in New Haven, be sure to browse JHU Press books and journals in the exhibit area from April 30 to May 3. Press authors will be stopping by, and we’re offering a special on-site-only 40% discount on six selected new…

Events and conferences will keep JHUP authors and staff extra busy this month. Zocalo Public Square hosts Arizona State President Michael Crow, author of Designing the New American University, for a discussion with New York Times columnist Frank Bruni and Chronicle of Higher Education editor Liz McMillen. Authors Michael Burlingame and Charley Mitchell participate in…

Events and conferences will keep JHUP authors and staff extra busy this month. Zocalo Public Square hosts Arizona State President Michael Crow, author of Designing the New American University, for a discussion with New York Times columnist Frank Bruni and Chronicle of Higher Education editor Liz McMillen. Authors Michael Burlingame and Charley Mitchell participate in…

Guest post by John M. Henshaw John Haygarth is scarcely remembered today. But the British physician (1740–1827) was highly regarded in his day, when he made important contributions to the prevention of smallpox and to the treatment of patients with fevers. He was also one of the very first physicians to publish a study of what…

Guest post by John M. Henshaw John Haygarth is scarcely remembered today. But the British physician (1740–1827) was highly regarded in his day, when he made important contributions to the prevention of smallpox and to the treatment of patients with fevers. He was also one of the very first physicians to publish a study of what…

 By Janet Gilbert, JHUP Journals Staff After two hours at the mall, my feet are burning in my pointy work shoes. I hoist my packages up the first set of ten and the second set of five steps to my front door, and toss the bags of gifts in the foyer. I’ll wrap them tomorrow.…

Guest post by Annemarie Goldstein Jutel Diseases are much more than the viruses which cause them. Even in the presence of well-defined physical illness, social and cultural beliefs and behaviors have a strong impact on how we can understand the disease and mitigate its impact. The Ebola virus provides us with an excellent example. A…

Guest post by Annemarie Goldstein Jutel Diseases are much more than the viruses which cause them. Even in the presence of well-defined physical illness, social and cultural beliefs and behaviors have a strong impact on how we can understand the disease and mitigate its impact. The Ebola virus provides us with an excellent example. A…

Guest post by Jeremy A. Greene I entered medical school during a strange interlude in the history of drug marketing. Perhaps you also remember those confusing months in 1997, after the FDA issued statements supporting widespread direct-to-consumer promotion of prescription drugs, but before the regulation of these ads had been fully worked out. Pharmaceutical brand…

Guest post by Jeremy A. Greene I entered medical school during a strange interlude in the history of drug marketing. Perhaps you also remember those confusing months in 1997, after the FDA issued statements supporting widespread direct-to-consumer promotion of prescription drugs, but before the regulation of these ads had been fully worked out. Pharmaceutical brand…