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PubMed2005

[A short biography of Ashihara Kengyo].

Ashihara Kengyo was one of the most famous acupuncturists of the latter part of the Edo period. He wrote the book Shindo Happi on acupuncture theory. He was blind, but he was unrivaled when it came to acupuncture. As a result, he became the medical doctor for the feudal government and treated the shogun Tokugawa Ienari and many daimyos.He was a descendant of Kiso Yoshinaka, who was a famous samurai of the Kamakura era. Thus he re-established the Kiso family name, and always held a service for his ancestors.I investigated the history of Ashihara Kengyo, on the basis of the data I found on "Kisoshi Karoku". As a result, I discovered a wooden statute of him and many related historical spots.

Acupuncture↗
PubMed2005

[Little known pages of the biography of Ia.V.Villie].

On the base of complex study of archival data and available historical literature the stories connected with Yakov Vasilyevich Villie are discussed. The exact date of his death is given, the causes of existing contradictions are presented. Villie's relations with representatives of our medicine are described. The authors also discuss the problem, which was touched in the middle of XX century, i. e. the Villie's charge of espionage. Together with famous works of Russian authors the materials of foreign investigators devoted to this problem are used.

History, 18th Century↗
PubMed2004

[The obstetrical biography of Queen Isabel the Catholic (medical and historical comments on the Queen's pregnancies, births and miscarriages)].

In commemoration of the 500 year anniversary of Queen Isabel's death, and in homage to her memory, the author provides a suggestive biological perspective of her majesty from a gynaecological historian's point of view. The author highlights the obstetrical episodes that occurred throughout her reproductive life and required the implication of various professionals, such the "protomedicato" typical of the epoch, experienced midwives, and Ladies in Waiting. The most significant obstetrical events were the births of 5 children: Isabel, Juan, Juana, María and Catalina. Given the Court's transient nature, the children were born throughout various geographical areas of the kingdom: Palencia, Seville, Toledo, Cardaba and Alcalá de Henares. Indeed, she was an exceptional woman born to rule and to give birth far and wide throughout the land of her People.

History, 15th Century↗
PubMed2005

Benjamin Henry Sheares, MD, MS, FRCOG: President, Republic of Singapore 1971-1981; Obstetrician and Gynaecologist 1931-1981. A Biography, 12th August 1907-12th May 1981.

From humble origins Benjamin H Sheares with self-discipline and a commitment to excel became an eminent obstetrician and gynaecologist. Beginning in 1942 under difficult conditions he pioneered many improvements in the management of obstetrical and gynaecological patients, and also improved the services and facilities at Kandang Kerbau Hospital so that maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity were markedly reduced. In January 1951 he became the first Singaporean to be appointed Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in the university, and achieved reknown in his service to patients, the teaching of undergraduates and postgraduates, and in clinical research. His surgical treatment of vaginal agenesis was acknowledged internationally. He was elected President of the Republic of Singapore on 30th December 1970 by Parliament and during his three terms spanning one decade he discharged his duties with thoroughness, distinction, tolerance and a quiet dignity. When he died on 12th May 1981 85,000 people, identifying with his humble origins and his achievements through self-reliance and meritocracy, paid their last respects to him. He had set an example on how to live and depart this life.

Education, Medical↗
PubMed2004

[Remarks on homeopathy and therapeutic nihilism in the medical biography of Józef Dietl].

Józef Dietl was for a time interested in homeopathy that became a germ for progressive turn in the conventional medicine in the second half of the 19th century and it have even a certain influence on Dietl's views. The paper tries to trace this influence in the therapeutic nihilism attributed to Dietl and indicates that in the Polish historiography there has been a tendency to pass over in silence the homeopathic train in the medical image of the eminent personage.

Historiography↗
PubMed2005

Rewriting of the biography of Henry Dunant, the founder of the International Red Cross.

This paper presents quite a different version of the origins of the Red Cross from that officially recognised. On the basis of historical documents and statements of authors who are critical and attentive to the detail of the circumstances and events which gave rise to the Red Cross, it is possible to discern a surprising historical truth.

History, 19th Century↗
PubMed2006

[New study on the history of anesthesiology--(12). A biography of Seigo Minami, the first to describe crush syndrome].

Crush syndrome causes a social concern as we experienced in the devastating earthquake in Kobe area in 1995. In the laboratory of Prof. Pick of Berlin, Seigo Minami (1893-1975), a dermatologist, made a detailed microscopic study of the kidneys of three German soldiers in 1922. They had died from renal failure caused by traumatic injuries during the World War 1. Minami concluded that the common cause of their deaths was "Autointoxication" due to necrotic breakdown of damaged muscles. His paper appeared in Virchows Archiv in 1923. This is the first description of crush syndrome in the world. Thereafter Minami joined the members of Prof. Warburg, Kaiser-Wilhelm Institute to investigate respiration and glycolysis of cancer tissues of rats. This research made an important contribution to the works of Prof. Warburg to whom a Nobel prize for medicine and physiology was awarded in 1931. Minami's name as the first describer of crush syndrome remains quite unknown in Japan, although almost all Japanese dermatologists know him by Minami Prize of Japanese Society of Dermatology.

Crush Syndrome↗