Browsing Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine Series by Title

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    • Short-Course Chemotherapy for Tuberculosis 

      Christie, DA; Tansey, EM (Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2005-07-30)
      The introduction in 1952 of isoniazid established the standard treatment of streptomycin, isoniazid and either thiacetazone or para-aminosalicylic acid for pulmonary tuberculosis. To achieve good results, patients had to ...

    • 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 ...

    • Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine: Volume 1 

      Tansey, EM; Christie, DA; Reynolds, LA; Catterall, PP; Willhoft, SV (Wellcome Trust, 1998-04)
      Four Witness Seminar transcripts of meetings held between 1993 and 1996: ‘Technology Transfer in Britain: The case of Monoclonal Antibodies’ (E M Tansey and P P Catterall, eds); ‘Self and Non-Self: A History of Autoimmunity’ ...

    • 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 ...

    • THE WELLCOME-PHYSIOLOGICAL-RESEARCH LABORATORIES 1894-1904 - THE HOME-OFFICE, PHARMACEUTICAL FIRMS, AND ANIMAL-EXPERIMENTS 

      TANSEY, EM (1989-01)

    • WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control 

      REYNOLDS, LA; TANSEY, EM (Queen Mary, University of London, 2012-05-28)
      The World Health Organization (WHO)’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is the first global convention on public health. Comprehensive tobacco control had been the subject of 20 resolutions – consensus statements ...