President's Report for Volume 59

Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Death: Closing the Constitution's Succession Gap

Underwriting the presidents.

The United States has had 43 presidents. We examined whether they survive significantly longer or shorter than their contemporaries. We found that survival was better for presidents elected in the 1789-1841 and 1933-2001 periods (SMRs of 0.7 and 0.6, respectively), but worse for those elected in 1845-1929 (SMR = 2.9). We also found increased mortality during the years lived in office (SMR = 1.4...

MDH volume 59 Issue 1 Cover and Back matter

http://journals.cambridge.org/bjh This leading international journal publishes scholarly papers and review articles on all aspects of the history of science. History of science is interpreted widely to include medicine, technology and social studies of science. BJHS papers make important and lively contributions to scholarship and the journal has been an essential library resource for more than...

MDH volume 59 Issue 3 Cover and Front matter

Skill, Judgement and Conduct for the First Generation of Neurosurgeons, 1900–1930 Delia Gavrus 361 ‘The Days of Brilliancy are Past’: Skill, Styles and the Changing Rules of Surgical Performance, ca. 1820–1920 Thomas Schlich 379 Neither Physicians Nor Surgeons: Whither Neuropathological Skill in Post-war England? Anna Kathryn Schoefert 404 Surgical Skills Beyond Scientific Management Nicholas W...

MDH volume 59 Issue 3 Cover and Back matter

http://journals.cambridge.org/asp Arabic Sciences and Philosophy (ASP) is an international journal devoted to the Arabic sciences, mathematics and philosophy in the world of Islam between the eighth and eighteenth centuries, in a cross-cultural context. In 2009, the journal extended its scope to include important papers on scientific modernization from the nineteenth century in the Islamic worl...