This is a history of how twentieth-century Britons came to view themselves and their world in
psychological terms, and how this changed over time. It examines the extent to which …

Films of Fact Page 1 Written to mark the centenary of Paul Rotha, Documentarist 1907-1984
Films of Fact A HISTORY OF SCIENCE IN DOCUMENTARY FILMS ANDTELEVISION …

Foot and mouth disease (FMD) is currently regarded as one of the world's worst animal
plagues. But how did this label become attached to a curable disease that poses little threat …

Although epidemiology as a scientific study of disease in populations claimed an
independent disciplinary status already in the mid–nineteenth century, its history in the …

1. Even today almost all fracture surgeons are male. 2. Cf. Söderqvist 1997b, p. 4. 3. On oral
history and its pitfalls, see for example Thompson 1988; Söderqvist 1997b, pp. 7–8; de …

Women's medicine explores the key role played by British female doctors in the production
and circulation of contraceptive knowledge and the handling of sexual disorders between …

Sunshine plays an important role in all aspects of life but there has been little social analysis
of the sun and its place in our world. Recently experts have warned us that the sun's rays are …

More than 30 years after its introduction by George Engel, the biopsychosocial model exerts
a major influence on the rhetoric and intentions of academic medicine. However, advocates …

One of the defining features of interwar medical debates in German-speaking countries was
the remarkable popularity of holistic concepts among both experts and the lay public. Attacks …

Abstract The Aschheim–Zondek reaction is generally regarded as the first reliable hormone
test for pregnancy and as a major product of the 'heroic age'of reproductive endocrinology …