Bibliography II: The Archives & Medieval Medical History

Medieval medical miniatures

When the proposed scheme was put to Florence Nightingale, she replied politely but less than enthusiastically. She was at the time still nursing in the Crimean War, much preoccupied with the present and future health of the army and very unsure of her own. Although she had in the past visited a number of hospitals both in Britain and Europe and had herself "trained" at Kaiserswerth Institution,...

The Eugenics Society archives in the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre.

The Eugenics Society's archives were among the earliest collections acquired by the Contemporary Medical Archives Centre, in February 1980, just over a year after its inauguration. At that time the collection consisted only of correspondence and other files, the minutes and press-cuttings books being retained by the Society and consultable there by appointment with the General Secretary. In spi...

Bibliography for the history of the Jacobian

The Case History in Medieval Islamic Medical Literature: Tajārib and Mujarrabāt as Source

Knowledge of medieval Islamic medical practice has traditionally been based on the analysis of learned treatises. However, a comparison of the therapeutic advice advocated in formal treatises with treatments prescribed to patients has shown that the appeal to theory was to a large extent neglected in practice and, therefore, that theoretical works are not a reliable account of reality. From thi...

Medical Illustrations in Medieval Manuscripts

Medical Illustrations in Medieval Manuscripts, by LOREN MACKINNEY, London, Wellcome Historical Medical Library, 1965, pp. xvii, 263, 104 plates, 105s. It is a pity that Loren MacKinney did not live to see the publication of this beautifully produced book, which represents to some extent the culminating point of his thirty years' search for medical illustrations in medieval manuscripts. He had i...