Kenneth Keele, the Medical Historian

Kenneth D. Keele, MD, FRCP (1909–1987)

With the death on 3 May 1987 of the distinguished physician and medical historian, Kenneth Keele, the world of scholarship has sustained an irreplaceable loss, especially in the field of Leonardo da Vinci studies. from a medical family; his father and grandfather were medical practitioners, as were his two brothers, one ofwhom, Cyril Keele, is Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology at Middlesex Hos...

Samuel D. Gross of Philadelphia: pathologist, surgeon, and medical historian.

Samuel David Gross (1805–1884) (Fig. 1), a native of Easton, Pennsylvania, and a graduate of Jeff erson Medical College in Philadelphia, wrote his fi rst book [1] in 1828, just two years after he received his M.D. degree. Th e book, which was the fi rst American treatise on orthopedic pathology and surgery, was an instant success, but Gross’s attempt to establish a surgical practice was a failu...

Stanhope Bayne-Jones (1888-1970). Medical Dean, Military Hero, Microbiologist and Epidemiologist, and Medical Historian.

Stanlhope Bayne-Jones (B-J, as he soon came to be known) led a life which included at least fotur or five careers. Any one of them would have satisfied most men. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, and unfortunately was orphaned at an early age. He always took pride in the fact that he had been descended from distinguislhed medical forebears, one of whom was Dr. Joseph Jones, a prominent Lou...

Another medical journey to ancient Rome and Roman medicine with medical historian

This is the third volume of the monumental A History of Medicine series by the medical historian and classical scholar Plinio Prioreschi M.D., PhD.[1] A limited number of these books were published, and the reader would be fortunate to find copies of the tomes for less than $350 U.S. dollars. We have already reviewed Volume I: Primitive and Ancient Medicine (2nd ed.ition, 1995) and Volume II: G...

Technologist-Historian: Data Visualization Meets the Archive.