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Dr. Eric M. Meslin is Director of the Indiana University Center for Bioethics, Professor of Medicine, and of Medical and Molecular Genetics in the Indiana University School of Medicine, and Professor of Philosophy in the School of Liberal Arts. He is also Assistant Dean for Bioethics at the Indiana University School of Medicine. Dr. Meslin received his B.A. in Philosophy from York University (T...

Dr. Johan Louis Schlimmer (1819 - 1881): the eminent professor of modern medicine at Dar Al-Fonun School.

uring the reign of the fourth Qajar king, Naser-ad-Din Shah (who reigned from 1848–1896), the Chief Minister, Amir Kabir, was involved in modernization of Iran. He founded the first modern higher educational institute in Iran the so called “Dar al-Fonun” (House of Techniques) in 1851. One of the subjects taught there was medicine; now, it is considered a major step in promulgation of modern med...

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Tuberculosis (Biographies of Disease)

The Fifth Decennial International Conference on Healthcare-Associated Infections, held March 2010 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, brought the issue of antimicrobial drug resistance to the forefront. Results of a survey that polled members of the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America regarding critical knowledge gaps and research priorities were presented. Respondents reported that 3 of the 5...

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Refdbms is a database system for sharing bibliographic references among many users at sites on a wide-area networksuch as the Internet. This paper describes our experiences in building and using refdbms for the last two years. Itsummarizes the collection of facilities that refdbms provides, and gives detailed information on how well refdbmsfunctions as a collaborative, wide-area, di...