George Sarton first used the term ‘medical humanities’ in the 1940s in the pages of ISIS, a
journal devoted to the history of science, medicine and civilization: two decades later the …

… Paul's birth, aided her--the former (brilliant, artistic, erratic, domineering) chiefly in housekeeping,
the latter in looking after Paul … ther are 2 ways to do every thing," Paul affirmed in one of …

One of my former registrars demonstrated a superb level of clinical knowledge, but some
patients after seeing him would then ask for an appointment with me in order to check whether …

This paper examines the portrayal of characters that are deaf in 29 English novels written
over 300 years by mainstream authors for a largely hearing readership. Their attributes are …

The Australian grass subtribe Neurachninae contains closely related species that use C 3 ,
C 4 , and C 2 photosynthesis. To gain insight into the evolution of C 4 photosynthesis in …

Upregulation of Pim kinases is observed in several types of leukemias and lymphomas. Pim-1,
-2, and -3 promote cell proliferation and survival downstream of cytokine and growth …

This column explores the links and synergies between medicine and literature. What roles
can literature play in reflecting and influencing good practice, and what sorts of images of …

Objective Microarray studies identified Ch12:orf39 (Spexin) as the most down‐regulated
gene in obese human fat. Therefore, we examined its role in obesity pathogenesis. Methods …

… Dakin considers our theory of planning incomplete because choice-that act we stated was
involved in every stage of the planning process-appears only in some. He sets forth a paradigm …

There is a growing perception that science alone (or science with glances towards ethics
and the social sciences) provides insufficient overall foundation for holistic understandings of …