Laennec: his medical history.

Laennec: his medical history.

Critical study of the career of Théophile Laënnec, with particular reference to his medical history, gives cause to query the commonly accepted belief that his whole life was a constant battle against pulmonary tuberculosis. He developed respiratory symptoms almost immediately on his arrival in Paris but they were those of bronchial asthma and responded promptly and completely to a change of en...

Laennec 1781–1826

to synthesize, the works of their contributors. They also attempt a useful, if somewhat narrowly conceived, taxonomy of ethers and discuss some of the interesting questions raised by and about the recent historiography of the subject. On the whole, historians of science should welcome this book, which shows how far and in how many directions the discipline has travelled since E. T. Whittaker's ...

Laennec. Catalogue des manuscrits scientifiques

LYDIE BOULLE, M.D. GRMEK, CATHERINE LUPOVICI, and JANINE SAMIONCONTET, Laennec. Catalogue des manuscrits scientifiques, Paris, Masson, 1982, 4to, pp. vi, 316, Fr. 200.00. The scientific manuscripts of Laennec, among them such important unpublished items as his course in the College de France embracing all of medicine, or a book on pathological anatomy, are now distributed in five libraries in t...

The family doctor, his life and history

and science fulfil similar functions". As he says, "The human brain needs to have a representation of the world that is unified and coherent." In his discussion of evolution Jacob is an out-and-out Darwinian, but gives a good analysis of the problems raised by molecular biology. He contrasts the selectionist Darwinian model with the instructionist theories of creationists. As an immunologist, h...

Dr. Samuel Johnson: His Medical History as Recorded by James Boswell.