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The Medical and Physical Journal and the construction of medical journalism in Britain, 1733–1803 医学与物理学杂志》与英国医学新闻业的构建，1733-1803 年

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Medical History Pub Date : 2024-09-13 DOI: 10.1017/mdh.2024.19

Alan Mackintosh

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Treating with minerals in the Middle Ages: the rare substance mūmiyāʾ (pitch-asphalt) and its medicinal uses in Byzantium 中世纪的矿物疗法：拜占庭的稀有物质 mūmiyāʾ（沥青）及其药用价值

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Medical History Pub Date : 2024-09-13 DOI: 10.1017/mdh.2024.25

Petros Bouras-Vallianatos, Fabian Käs

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The first recorded outbreak of epidemic dropsy, 1877–80: Climate, empire, and colonial medical science between India, Bengal, and Mauritius 1877-80 年首次爆发有记录的流行性臌胀：印度、孟加拉和毛里求斯之间的气候、帝国和殖民医学科学

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Medical History Pub Date : 2024-09-13 DOI: 10.1017/mdh.2024.24

Yadhav Deerpaul, Alexander Springer, Philip Gooding

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Culpeper’s herbal The English Physitian and its debt to apothecary John Parkinson 卡尔佩珀的草药《英国医师》及其欠药剂师约翰-帕金森的债

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Medical History Pub Date : 2024-09-13 DOI: 10.1017/mdh.2024.22

Graeme Tobyn

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Nourishing food, clean air and exercise: medical debates over environment and polar hygiene on Robert Falcon Scott's British National Antarctic expedition, 1901-1904. 营养食品、清洁空气和锻炼：1901-1904 年罗伯特-法尔孔-斯科特的英国国家南极探险队关于环境和极地卫生的医学辩论。

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Medical History Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-03-18 DOI: 10.1017/mdh.2024.3

Edward Armston-Sheret

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Medical schools in empires: connecting the dots - CORRIGENDUM. 帝国的医学院：连点——勘误。

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Medical History Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-09 DOI: 10.1017/mdh.2024.37

Hohee Cho, Martin Robert

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MDH volume 68 issue 3 Cover and Front matter. MDH第68卷第3期封面和封面问题。

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Medical History Pub Date : 2024-07-01 Epub Date: 2024-12-09 DOI: 10.1017/mdh.2024.46

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Medical schools in empires: connecting the dots. 帝国的医学院：连接点。

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Medical History Pub Date : 2024-05-27 DOI: 10.1017/mdh.2024.14

Hohee Cho, Martin Robert

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'Microcosm of the Pacific': Colonial encounters at the Central Medical School in Fiji. 太平洋的缩影"：斐济中央医学院的殖民遭遇。

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Medical History Pub Date : 2024-05-20 DOI: 10.1017/mdh.2024.10

Hohee Cho

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Crafting British medicine in the Empire: the establishment of medical schools in India and Canada, 1763–1837 在帝国打造英国医学：1763-1837 年在印度和加拿大建立医学院

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Medical History Pub Date : 2024-04-12 DOI: 10.1017/mdh.2024.6

Martin Robert

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