Medical philately (Medical Theme on Stamps).

A brief Iranian medical history through commemorative postage stamps.

Medical philately provides a useful medium for the study of medical history. There are a handful of Iranian stamps which have been issued with a medical theme. This report briefly reviews the history of Iranian medicine through Iranian commemorative postage stamps. Some notable stamps are presented.

Medical philately (medical personalities on stamps).

Medical philately: The pen and the scalpel -- the story of medicine and literature.

The medical profession has always been prominent in the cultural life of the community. Many doctors have been able to carry out their professional duties as well as actively to pursue their outside interests. Some have abandoned their medicine altogether -- they have been called 'medical truants'. Literature and medicine have always been closely associated, and a number of literary doctors who...

The story of a medical lifetime, told in a stamp.

CMAJ • OCT. 20, 1998; 159 (8) 911 Medical philately, the collection and study of stamps related to medicine, poses an interesting challenge because stamps’ medical significance is not always readily apparent. As well, many of the “doctors” they honour are not doctors of medicine. It is difficult to define what medical stamps are because they can depict people with a medical or scientific backgr...

A sexually transmitted disease: History of AIDS through philately.

AIDS has become the new plague; a disease that is not only physically and psychologically debilitating, but culturally and socially devastating as well. Like the plague, AIDS has caused fear, prejudice and even panic in society. Although there are remarkable improvements in the diagnosis and treatment of the disease, AIDS continues its grim passage around the globe. After a slight downturn in t...