PROF. BURDON SANDERSON ON PHYSIOLOGICAL METHOD

Dr. Burdon Sanderson on Pyæmia

The following most remarkable account of one of Dr. Burdon Sanderson's important experiments on the subject of pyaemia is taken from the British Medical Journal:?" Dr. Sanderson then proceeded to exhibit a dog, into the abdominal cavity of which six drops of a pysemic transudation liquid had been injected three hours before. The animal was in a state of profound collapse, accompanied with vomit...

Sir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson (1828-1905): a pioneer in electrophysiology.

IN THE CONTEXT of history scientists often share the fate of artists, for the final judgment of their work is subject to the whims of later generations. Even a great scientist may fade into obscurity as later investigators incorporate his ideas into their own and forget their origin. Such a fate seems to have befallen John Scott Burdon-Sanderson. Working in the last two decades of the nineteent...

Making medicine scientific: John Burdon Sanderson and the culture of Victorian science

of pain-killing drugs. In the 1870s, the debate was primarily philosophical rather than medical. Nevertheless, the discussion drew on technological advances such as chloroform; ideas about a person's comparative worth; the fashion for social Darwinism; and palliative care. Similarly in the early 1900s, Kemp links proposals for euthanasia to the contemporary vogue for eugenics-though he is alway...

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Dr Jennifer Sanderson and Professor Paul Mazerolle

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This evaluation would not have been possible without the help and support of several people. We would like to acknowledge, and thank Holly Brennan from Family Planning Queensland who worked closely with the research team throughout the project and provided feedback during survey development. We are also grateful to other staff from Family Planning Queensland who offered comments...