Editorial

Richard L M Newell

‘I want to see the work’: Maud Forrester-Brown: inspiration and paradigm
J Med Biogr 16(4): 185; doi:10.1258/jmb.2007.007052 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Physicians

Masoud Mahmoudian and Parvaneh Rahimi-Moghaddam

The life and work of Abu ul-Ala Shirazi (d. 1001): a Persian pioneer in the treatment of malaria, in the style of Rhazes (865–925)
J Med Biogr 16(4): 186-187; doi:10.1258/jmb.2007.007054 [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]  

Francis Young

The Shorts of Bury St Edmunds: Medicine, Catholicism and politics in the 17th century
J Med Biogr 16(4): 188-194; doi:10.1258/jmb.2007.007058 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Medical Statues

Geoffrey O Storey

Sir James Mackenzie (1853–1925) at 17 Bentinck St, London WI
J Med Biogr 16(4): 187; doi:10.1258/jmb.2006.006009 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Neil McIntyre

Sir John Gray (1816–75)
J Med Biogr 16(4): 204; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008007 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Surgeons

D Vanni, R Ottaviani, and P Vanni

Norman Bethune (1822–92), Canadian surgeon, as remembered by Henry Dunant (1828–1910), founder of the Red Cross Organization
J Med Biogr 16(4): 195-196; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008021 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

John Kirkup

Maud Forrester-Brown (1885–1970): Britain's first woman orthopaedic surgeon
J Med Biogr 16(4): 197-204; doi:10.1258/jmb.2007.007044 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Jennian F Geddes

Louisa Garrett Anderson (1873–1943), surgeon and suffragette
J Med Biogr 16(4): 205-214; doi:10.1258/jmb.2007.007048 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Who Made What?

John Kirkup

Heath's non-rusting steel instruments
J Med Biogr 16(4): 214; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008022 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Neurologists

Mervyn J Eadie

Samuel Wilks (1824–1911): neurologist and generalist of the Mid-Victorian Era
J Med Biogr 16(4): 215-220; doi:10.1258/jmb.2007.007042 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Who Made What?

John Kirkup

Gillies needle-holder/scissors
J Med Biogr 16(4): 220; doi:10.1258/jmb.2007.007056 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Physiologists

Barbara J Hawgood

Sir Michael Foster MD FRS (1836–1907): the rise of the British school of physiology
J Med Biogr 16(4): 221-226; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008009 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Glimpses

D Geraint James

Hutchinson's disorders
J Med Biogr 16(4): 226; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008032 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Pathologists

Geoffrey O Storey

Hubert Maitland Turnbull (1875–1955): Pathologist at the London Hospital
J Med Biogr 16(4): 227-231; doi:10.1258/jmb.2007.007038 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Glimpses

Penelope Hunting

The start of the Peninsular Campaign 1808
J Med Biogr 16(4): 231; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008033 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Patients

C A H Fisher and A J Larner

Jean Langlais (1907–91): an historical case of a blind organist with stroke-induced aphasia and Braille alexia but without amusia
J Med Biogr 16(4): 232-234; doi:10.1258/jmb.2007.007043 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Anniversaries

Penelope Hunting

Thomas Beddoes (1760–1808), founder of the Pneumatic Medical Institution
J Med Biogr 16(4): 235-236; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008018 [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Notes and Jottings

Notes and Jottings
J Med Biogr 16(4): 236; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008031 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Medical Truants

Michael Ashley-Miller

William Allen Miller (1817–70): a distinguished scientist re-discovered
J Med Biogr 16(4): 237-240; doi:10.1258/jmb.2008.008012 [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF]  

Book Reviews

Harold Ellis

J Med Biogr 16(4): 241; doi:10.1258/jmb.2007.007028 [Full Text] [PDF]  

Alex Paton

J Med Biogr 16(4): 241; doi:10.1258/jmb.2007.007032 [Full Text] [PDF]  

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