Professional Association

Electronic Scholarly Publishing

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

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http://www.esp.org/

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Electronic Scholarly Publishing

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About ESP
Using the ESP system will be easier if you take a few moments to review the material available via the choices at the left of this screen. At a minimum, be sure to look at the section on REQUIREMENTS.

This site is dedicated to the electronic publishing of scientific and other scholarly materials. Of particular interest are the history of science, genetics, computational biology, and genome research.

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The ESP site is dedicated to the electronic publishing of scientific and other scholarly materials. Of particular interest are the history of science, genetics, computational biology, and genome research. Full texts here include: the anonymous "Vestiges of Natural Creation" (1844), and numerous books by Aristotle, William Bateson, Charles Darwin, Thomas Morgan, Hugo Devries and others. The texts are in PDF format and are not searchable, however, each text comes with a table of contents linking to specific parts of the text making browsing fairly easy.

Feminist Physicist's Gateway to the Internet

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

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http://www.geocities.com/athens/delphi/1836/gateway.html

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The Hypatia Institute - Athens, Greece

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The martyrdom of Hypatia, of course, did insure that her name would live on. For centuries afterwards, Hypatia was the most written about woman scientist in history. Only Marie Curie in the 20th century would rival her fame.

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This is site consist of many links to women in science sites. It is organized into six categories; herstory of science, science education, monster resource websites for the sciences, women scientists sites, women science organizations, funky sites and freebies.

Unusual History of Ether

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

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http://www.anesthesia-nursing.com/ether.html

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Major Thomas Evans-United States Air Force

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Through-out the history of medicine, many substances or preparations have been found to alleviate the pain involved in surgical procedures. This short discussion focuses on the American development one such substance, Ether, or (CH3CH2)2O.

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This site is dedicated to the history of Ester as an anesthetic. The site offers a narrative that traces events from the discovery of the substance to its first official demonstration. The site discusses the fates of the earliest proponents of Ether, but does not detail the how the medical community's acceptance of the practice changed. These pages are also linked to a larger group of sites that deal with other historical aspects of anesthesia.

History of Chemistry

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

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http://www.woodrow.org/teachers/ci/1992/

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Woodrow Wilson Leadership Program in Chemistry

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The History of Chemistry
1992 Woodrow Wilson Summer Institute

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This site contains papers written by advanced high school students who discuss the research and contributions of 25 chemists. The papers are informative and well written, and represent a variety of narative styles. These projects can serve as models for other young students and their teachers.

History of the Memphis Blood Bank

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

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http://www.ascp.org/general/about/evolve/memphis/

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American Society of Clinical Pathologists

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In 1937 Memphis had the highest maternal death rate in the country. A study proved that most of these women bled to death. For every direct transfusion given, an average of six donors had to be typed. Too often the patient expired because this procedure many times took longer than twelve hours. In 1938 Dr. L. W. Diggs was asked to help solve the transfusion problem for massive hemorrhage cases. In those days no money was available for the purchase of blood, but in the literature mention was made by the Russians of using refrigerated cadaver blood. Memphis followed the idea of storing citrated donor blood from Cook County and Philadelphia General Hospitals.

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This site features a lengthy essay on the history of the Memphis Blood Bank, one of the earliest blood banks. The site also includes photographs, images, primary documents and a biography of Dr. Lemuel Whitley Diggs who was largely responsible for the innovation. Links provide information about the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, an organization formed in 1922, which hosts this web site.

Disability Social History Project

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

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http://www.disabilityhistory.org/index.html

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Disability Social History Project

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The Disability History Project is a community history project and we welcome your participation. This is an opportunity for disabled people to reclaim our history and determine how we want to define ourselves and our struggles. People with disabilities have an exciting and rich history that should be shared with the world. Please email us about anything that you would like to see become part of the Disability Social History Project, including your disabled heroes, important events in disability history, and resources.

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The Disability Social History Project has recorded a number of biographies of famous people with disabilities and a timeline tracing developments in social views of disabilities. The biographies contain a number of off-site links for each entry. Bibliographies organized by topic and several exhibits are also provided, as are links to related sites and projects. Great educational tool.

History of Computing

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

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http://www.computer.org/history/

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IEEE Computer Center

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Recognizing that modern achievements are no greater than the foundations upon which they were built, the IEEE Computer Society celebrates computing history in a number of ways. Our primary means of showcasing events in computing history is IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. Since 1979, Annals has sought to raise important questions, highlight major events and influences that shaped the industry, and record the ideas and impressions of computer innovators.

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In order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ENIAC, the Computer Society of the IEEE put together this website. Most prominant here is a thorough chronology of computing technologies. The timeline can be loaded as a long series of web pages or as a downloadable, 68 page PDF document. The site also includes a history of the Computing Society within the IEEE. Members of this society have been key figures in the development of computer technology and software over the past 50 years. "Looking Back," a monthly calendar, features important achievements in the history of computing.

Mining History Network

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

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http://www.ex.ac.uk/~RBurt/MinHistNet/

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Ray Burnley - University of Exeter

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It was decided, as an interim measure, to use the facilities of the Internet to establish a full list of mining historians and potential delegates to the next conference and improve opportunities for continuing communication between researchers. The task was taken-up by Dr Roger Burt of the Department of Economic & Social History, University of Exeter. The mining historian's list appears as People in the MHN homepage.

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This site offers those interested in the history of mining a number of potentially useful resources. Bibliographies are compiled on mining history, organized by geography and topic. There are also links to mining historical societies, databases, the mining history email list, and other related sites. Finally an alphabetized index of mining historians with contact information is available.

National Railway Museum

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

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http://www.nrm.org.uk/

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The National Railway Museum - UK

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The National Railway Museum in York, England is the largest railway museum in the world, responsible for the conservation and interpretation of the British national collection of historically significant railway vehicles and other artefacts. The Museum contains an unrivalled collection of locomotives, rolling stock, railway equipment, documents and records

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The website of Europe's "Museum of the Year" has a wealth of information about the history of railways and locomotion. In addition to physical archives that include over 100 engines, and thousands of train related items, the National Railway Museum also has an archive. The Archive is one of Britain's major reference sources for the study of railway history, containing millions of photographs, charts, maps, posters and books. The Photographic archive alone includes 1.4 million prints. Each of the eight collections (from books, to photographs to engineering drawings) provides a web page describing in depth the nature of the collection. Five exhibits provide greater depth to a few of the millions of items in the Museum's collections. These exhibits generally focus on railway photography and art.

History of Plastic Surgery

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/08/2007 - 20:19.

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http://www.plasticsurgery.org/History.cfm

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Plastic Surgery Information Service

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Mankind's essential nature entails self-improvement. Without the individual's pursuit of learning and enlightenment, peace with his or her neighbors and more efficient means to work, progress would stop. Because human beings have always sought self-fulfillment through self-improvement, plastic surgery -- improving and restoring form and function -- may be one of the world's oldest healing arts.

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Brief history of the development of plastic history since ancient times, with a closer look at the creation and activities of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.