Pioneers in Criminology: Karl Roeder: A Forgotten Prison Reformer

Pioneers in Criminology XIII--Hans Gross (1847-1915)

The forgotten Indian pioneers of fingerprint science

While researching on the history of fingerprinting, we came across several archive records which throw light on the key role played by two Indian police officers, SubInspectors Azizul Haque and Hem Chandra Bose, in the advancement of the science of fingerprints. The so-called Henry’s System of Fingerprint Classification was actually worked out by them. The world’s first fingerprint bureau was s...

[Horemkenesi, da Vinci, Borodin: three forgotten pioneers in ischemic heart disease].

Santiago Ramón y Cajal complained bitterly that his publications would not have been delayed so often if his discoveries had been made in countries of greater scientific prestige, such as France or Germany, instead of Spain. Cajal knew what he was talking about. The 100th anniversary of his Nobel Prize was celebrated in 2006, and perhaps it is now fitting to remember that he was the first to sh...

Professor Monastyrski N.D. (1847-1888): One of the Forgotten Pioneers of Biliary Surgery.

Today, the ingenious and untimely deceased surgeon Monastyrski's name is almost lost in the history of medicine and means little, if anything, to young surgeons. Monastyrski Nestor Dmitrievich was born in 1847 in Czerniowce and graduated from the medical faculty of the University of Vienna. Deeply inspired by the stars of European medicine and surgery: Billroth, Kaposi, Mikulicz, he became a br...

Sharka (Plum pox virus): A forgotten disease in Iran

Plum pox or sharka, a viral disease caused by Plum pox virus (PPV), severely affects the production of Prunus species in Europe. The first evidence of sharka was reported in Iran in 2000 . Due to the economic impact of this disease on crop production, recent advances in the term of  biology, epidemiology, and disease management are provided in this paper to assure awareness among growers and pr...