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History of the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children , C 1980-2000

Overy, C; Reynolds, LA; Tansey, EM (Queen Mary, University of London, 2012-05)

The Avon Longitudinal Survey of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) arose from a proposal in the mid-1980s to design a cohort study in Europe which concentrated on the health of children. The UK-side of this was developed in the ...

Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine: Volume 2

Tansey, EM; Christie, DA; Reynolds, LA (Wellcome Trust, 1998-09)

Second volume of four Witness Seminar transcripts of meetings held between 1996 and 1997: ‘Making the Human Body Transparent: The Impact of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Magnetic Resonance Imaging’ (Tansey E M, Christie ...

History of Cervical Cancer and the Role of the Human Papillomavirus, 1960-2000

Reynolds, LA; Tansey, EM (Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2009-12)

The history, largely untold, of the development of cervical cytology, of effective screening and its ultimate success in reducing cervical cancer incidence and mortality, and the viral cause of cervical cancer, took place ...

The Development of Sports Medicine in Twentieth-century Britain

Reynolds, LA; Tansey, EM (Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2009-05)

Sports medicine has grown in importance and visibility in recent years, yet as a discipline it struggled to gain broad recognition within the medical profession from c.1952 until specialty status was granted in 2005. It ...

History of Dialysis in the UK: c.1950-1980

Crowther, SM; Reynolds, LA; Tansey, EM (Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2009-12)

Dialysis, the first technological substitution for organ function, is significant not only for the numbers of patients who have benefited. It contributed to the emergence of the field of medical ethics and the development ...

Clinical Research in Britain 1950-1980

Reynolds, LA; Tansey, EM (Wellcome Trust, 2000)

What is clinical research? The growth of clinical research in the UK since the Second World War is examined, including the 1953 Cohen Report and the subsequent creation of the Medical Research Council’s Clinical Research ...

Post Penicillin Antibiotics: From acceptance to resistance?

Tansey, EM; Reynolds, LA (Wellcome Trust, 2000)

The introduction of penicillin during the Second World War led to a revolution in both drug development and therapeutics. Several important themes emerged during the course of the meeting – the discovery of the antimicrobial ...

Medical Ethics Education in Britain, 1963-1993

Reynolds, LA; Tansey, EM (Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2007-11-22)

Changing attitudes toward human experimentation along with other controversial moral issues emerged after the Second World War and, in 1963, led to the London Medical Group, organized by Ted Shotter, with similar Medical ...

Early Development of Total Hip Replacement

Reynolds, LA; Tansey, EM (Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2007-03)

Total hip replacement effectively began in the UK in 1938 and has led to widely used, commercially successful, mass-produced devices that relieve pain for an ever increasing period. The Witness Seminar, chaired by Mr Alan ...

Superbugs and Superdrugs: A history of MRSA

Reynolds, LA; Tansey, EM (Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2008-05)

Because of its unique adaptability and resistance to many antibacterial drugs and antiseptics, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a nosocomial menace of the present day. It has invaded medical and surgical ...