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Superbugs and Superdrugs: A history of MRSA
(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 ...
The Resurgence of Breastfeeding, 1975-2000
(Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine at UCL, 2009-03-20)
As breast-milk substitutes became iAs breast-milk substitutes became increasingly sophisticated and heavily marketed in the mid-twentieth century, bottle-feeding became regarded worldwide as safe, convenient, normal and ...
Clinical Pharmacology in the UK, c.1950-2000: Influences and Institutions
(Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2008-12-01)
The history of clinical pharmacology in the UK over the last half of the twentieth century is largely untold. Many important new drugs were developed and brought to market in the 1950s and 1960s ensuring the need for more ...
British Contributions to Medical Research and Education in Africa after the Second World War
(Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2001)
Differences in health services, research and medical education between British East and West Africa over the period to 1980, including the effects of the transition to independent states, were discussed by witnesses with ...
Clinical Pharmacology in the UK, c.1950-2000: Industry and Regulation
(Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2008-12)
Clinical pharmacology in the UK in the 1950s and 1960s was an exciting profession. Many important new drugs were developed and brought to market and a more systematic knowledge of drug effects in humans was needed, as well ...
Early Development of Total Hip Replacement
(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 ...
The Development of Sports Medicine in Twentieth-century Britain
(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 ...
Foot and Mouth Disease: The 1967 outbreak and its aftermath
(Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2003-12-08)
In 1967–68 Britain experienced the worst foot and mouth disease (FMD) epidemic of the twentieth century. Attributed to pig swill containing infected Argentine lamb, 2,228 outbreaks were recorded during a nine-month period, ...
The MRC Applied Psychology Unit
(Wellcome Trust Centre for the History of Medicine at UCL, 2003-06-10)
This transcript considers the origins and impact of the MRC Applied Psychology Unit’s work from 1944 to 1998. Psychologists, clinicians, and industrial, ergonomic and occupational psychologists discuss the evolution of ...
The Recent History of Platelets in Thrombosis and Other Disorders
(Wellcome Witnesses to Twentieth Century Medicine, 2005-07-29)
The recent history of research on platelets and its applications in medicine started with the introduction of ex vivo methods for studying platelet behaviour. The Witness Seminar held on 25 November 2003, chaired by Professor ...