H. Paul, H. te Velde (eds.), Het vaderlandse verleden. Robert Fruin en de Nederlandse geschiedenis

`De bevordering en volmaking der proefondervindelijke wijsbegeerte': de rol van het Bataafsch Genootschap te Rotterdam in de geschiedenis van de natuurwetenschappen, geneeskunde en techniek (1769–1988)

For all the obvious hazards and problems of using such a compilation, it is an extraordinary resource. It should surely provide the basis for a much-needed prosopography of the medical trade in the pre-reform era. The sheer proliferation ofnumbers (there are clearly well over 35,000 medical practitioners, in the narrow sense, listed here) provides ample confirmation of the arguments, recently a...

Robert H. Norgate

, . In course of time he joined the Bristol Medical School, ?lng most of his clinical work at the Royal Infirmary, and 0 taming the diplomas of M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. in 1891. For a short time he was engaged in private practice, and as Medical Officer to the Bristol Foresters for two years. He acted as assistant medical officer in mental hospitals at ^ster and Maidstone, at which institutions he la...

Robert H. Grubbs - Nobel Lecture

De zwaargewonden eerst? Het Nederlandsche Roode Kruis en het vraagstuk van oorlog in vrede 1867–1945

emotional and intellectual rationales for the movement. At the same time he explores in meticulous detail the complicated practical politics involved. The heart of the story lies in the irony of the movement's survival, the success of the philanthropic effort to "civilize war" being met only through accommodation to, and then generous assistance of, the militaristic interests of individual nati...

Het Coolsingelziekenhuis te Rotterdam (1839–1900): de ontwikkeling van een stedelijk ziekenhuis in de 19e eeuw

Its Finnish counterpart is more for the scholar. Its strength lies in its use of the inscriptions of doctors, written in both Greek and Latin, to give some idea of their social position, a favourite Finnish theme that goes back to Gummerus. Its conclusion modifies the optimistic conclusions of Kudlien, confirming that there is little evidence for great wealth among physicians, and, equally, non...