In June, the International Standards Development Organization (IHTSDO) elected four members to its standing committees — Content, Technical, Quality Assurance, and Research & Innovation. The committees are important to the ongoing development of SNOMED CT. Also, in a move relevant to SNOMED CT users, the IHTSDO General Assembly revised the IHTSDO Articles, including increasing the…
Robert Hooke (1635-1703) was a multi-talented artist, scientist, engineer, architect, and inventor. His crowning achievement was Micrographia, or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies made by Magnifying Glasses. This book, first published 1665, is an exquisitely illustrated introduction to the previously unknown microscopic world, and is considered a masterpiece. In August, the History of Medicine…
Harry Potter, the boy wizard at the center of British writer J.K. Rowling’s seven-book best-selling series, is part of a fantasy world solidly grounded in history, medicine and magical lore. To help shape and sustain her stories, Rowling drew from important works in alchemy and early herbal medicine. Through November 30, an exhibition by the…
In August, Profiles in Science added an extensive selection from the papers of Sol Spiegelman, PhD (1914-1983), a pioneering molecular biologist whose discoveries helped reveal the mechanisms of gene action and laid the foundations of recombinant DNA technology. “Sol Spiegelman was an extraordinarily creative scientist; his achievements include the first test-tube synthesis of an infective virus RNA…
On Bastille Day, July 14, the National Library of Medicine launched a new French-language online version of Turning the Pages. Through Tournez les Pages, readers can access the NLM’s medical history treasures, including Oeuvres, the 1585 edition of the collected works of Ambroise Paré (1510-1590). Paré, a surgeon, revolutionized the treatment of wounds.
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