The Discussion Lists Directory aims to provide up-to-date information (e.g. editors, subscription details, languages, and websites) about history mailing lists. History is understood in a broad sense as the study of the past including all periods, all regions and all fields. At the moment, the directory covers about 980 lists.
Cardiotonic drugs (digitalis, strophantus, etc) were firstly used in the myocardial infarction by Doctor James Bryan Herrick who developed the Thrombogenic Theory to explain the origin of the MI, what happened 86 years ago.
Our aim with this article is to pay tribute to Doctor James Herrick reproducing the therapeutical recommendations about his paper of 1912, part of which remains very actual.
In the western literature, the first description of sickle cell disease was by a Chicago physician, James B. Herrick, who noted in 1910 that a patient of his from the West Indies had an anemia characterized by unusual red cells that were "sickle shaped.".
Richard Dawkins was educated at Oxford University and has taught zoology at the universities of California and Oxford. He is the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University. His books about evolution and science include The Selfish Gene, The Extended Phenotype, The Blind Watchmaker, River Out of Eden, Climbing Mount Improbable, and most recently, Unweaving the Rainbow
The zoologist Richard Dawkins authored a number of best selling popular works on science and genetics including The Selfish Gene, The Blind Watchmaker, The Extended Phenotype, River Out of Eden, Climbing Mount Improbable, and Unweaving the Rainbow. His theory implicating genetics as a key agent in the creation of culture continues to be controversial. This site includes a biography, 53 full text articles written by Dawkins, a long bibliography of works by Dawkins, links to related sites, and information about the work of Dawkins' disciples. Also included here is information about ongoing debates over creationism, and criticism of Dawkins' theories. The navigation is awkward, however, the primary materials here are worth the search effort for historians of biology, genetics and zoology.
This site is devoted to the life and times of Dr. John Snow (1813-1858), a legendary figure in the history of public health, epidemiology and anesthesiology.
In recent years, scholarly work in the history of twentieth-century life science has increased dramatically. This development represents a break in two traditions within the field of history of science: first, from the dominating influence of the history of the physical sciences and mathematics; and second, from the focus on the period before the twentieth century.
Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) was born on Feb. 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England, the son of Robert Waring Darwin (1766-1848) and Susannah Wedgwood (1765-1817). Robert Waring was a well-to-do country physician, whose father, Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) was himself a physician and writer on biological topics. His writings included epic poems and a treatise on zoology which contained speculations concerning evolutionary ideas. Susannah Wedgwood was the daughter of Josiah Wedgwood, one of the founders of the Wedgwood pottery works known for its "blue china" and a supporter of the movement to abolish slavery in the British Empire. Susannah Wedgwood attended the Unitarian Chapel in Shrewsbury located on High Street and conducted by Rev. G. Case
Since the earliest times, humans could view stars at night whenever it happened not to be cloudy. As in prehistoric times, there was barely no light polution in most regions of Earth, our ancestors could view stars of very faint light, and thus some of those objects we now summarize as Deep Sky Objects. This way, some of these objects are known as long as anything is known.
This is an informal and incomplete guide to the history of evolutionary biology from about 1800 to about 1950. It is maintained by John Alroy. Its main emphases are on the late 19th century and on paleontology. However, I hope to see the coverage become more comprehensive in the near future. If you have any comments or suggestions or wish to contribute to the site, I strongly encourage you to do so; please write me. The only limits on contributions are that they must follow the site's format and carry your byline. Contributors to date include Mark Largent.
This is an informal and incomplete guide to the history of evolutionary biology from about 1800 to about 1950. Its main emphases are on the late 19th century and on paleontology. The site provides brief biographies of 53 leading evolutionary biologists beginning with Lamarck and Erasmus Darwin. A timeline from 1747 to 1953, a page of Darwin quotes and a description of significant scientific voyages during the nineteenth-century compliments the site. Researchers may find the annotated bibliography of works in the history of evolution to be the most useful part of this site. Lastly, the site hosts a number of links to related history of evolution sites.
During these two years[1] I was led to think much about religion. Whilst on board the Beagle I was quite orthodox, and I remember being heartily laughed at by several of the officers (though themselves orthodox) for quoting the Bible as an unanswerable authority on some point of morality. I suppose it was the noveltry of the argument that amused them.
