Buying online: textbooks versus books.
Predictors of purchasing textbooks and other types of books by college and university students were found to be different.
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The Osler Club of London, 1928-38: young medical gentlemen, their heroes, liberal education, books, and other matters.
This study focuses on the interpretation of the Oslerian legacy reflected in the activities and intellectual emphases of the Osler Club of London during its first 10 years. It argues that the founders and early members of the Club were neophytes in a medical elite, pursuing ideals which were congenial to a subgroup of that elite and in which the Club members had been raised and educated. These ideals may be summed up in the expression "the nineteenth-century, British medical gentleman." Sir William Osler was chosen as patron of the Club because he exemplified important aspects of these ideals. However, in its orientation toward the "British medical gentleman," reflecting the gentility of Osler--including his concern for people, his commitment to teaching, his loyalty to students and medical colleagues, and his interest in the history of medicine, its books, and the broader humanities--the Club missed an important dimension of the Oslerian legacy: an interest in the social institutions and responsibilities of medicine. Finally, this study shows that perhaps the most influential Club founder, A. W. Franklin, in his later life expanded his own vision of medicine to include and even go beyond this latter dimension of the Oslerian legacy.
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[Analysis of frontispieces in seventeenth-century books from the Rouen libraries collections].
In the seventeenth century books the frontispieces generally epitomize in a single engraving of the thought of the author. After a short review of the Rouen libraries collections on which this study is based, five frontispieces with different set of themes are analysed: the ordering of a chemist's shop by Jean de Renou, the tribute paid to the Ancients by bauhin, teh Fortune, Time and Wisdom allegories represented in the works of Dalechamp, the allegory of the Royal pharmacopoeia by Moyse Charas and the Song of Solomon by Clusius. In conclusion, we will wonder about the possible understanding of the chemist at the time, facing these coded pictures.
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Difference in the location of finger placement on the radial artery for pulse diagnosis in the Orient; and, 15th to 18th century Occidental rare books on pulse diagnosis.
Present day finger placement on the radial artery for pulse diagnosis to determine the relationship between organs and general condition vary according to widely used Chinese or Tibetan method. Variations exist between different historical Chinese periods on finger organ representation points and vary to minimum extent among Tibetan historical and current writers. By photographing lesser known Occidental 15th to 18th century rare books on pulse readings from the New York Academy of Medicine and the Philadelphia College of Physicians and Surgeons, a clearer understanding of Oriental influences to Occidental cardio-vascular understanding is apparent. The Chinese pulse meridian influenced European scales for measurement in pulse speed (or rhythm), vessel size, and organ condition.
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Body proportions as information for age and cuteness: animals in illustrated children's books.
Growth systematically changes the body proportions of both humans and animals so that the ratio of head height to body height decreases with age. Prior studies have demonstrated that body proportions provide effective information for age perception. To test the proposal that illustrators incorporate this information into their drawings, measurements were made of the head and body heights of 100 pairs of animals appearing in children's picture books. In 93 pairs, the animal intended to be perceived as older had a smaller head-to-body ratio than did the younger animal. Ratings collected for 25 of these pairs showed that both perceived age and cuteness are significantly correlated with body proportions. The magnitudes of the correlations were only modest, suggesting that other aspects of the drawings influenced perceived age and cuteness. In addition, observers reported that body proportions are only one of a variety of factors influencing age and cuteness perception. As has been found in other studies, perceived age and cuteness were negatively correlated.
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Memory books: helping children cope with loss.
Children who have a parent or significant family member who is ill or dying or who has died handle their grief in different ways. Memory books have helped keep children mentally healthier and kept them at home rather than being hospitalized for the behaviors by which they express their grief.
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Chu Cheng and Chu's bequeathed book.
Chu Cheng, a native of Yangzhai county in Henan Province, was born in the Nanqi Dynasty. His "Chu's Bequeathed Book" has more than 2200 Chinese characters, was divided into ten verses, reflecting the secrets of Qi-Blood-Yin-Yang. This author tries to introduce and study Chu Cheng's life, his story and his academic views, not only on embryogensis, pulse taking and Five Ti, but also on Yin-Ying-Jing-Xue, obstetrical hygiene and infectious disease and the usage of medicine, etc.
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The legacy of New Jersey physician book collectors.
This article offers a brief history of the development of New Jersey's major history of medicine collection, and an overview of selected resources currently available to researchers. Old and rare medical books now are available to a new generation of physicians and scholars.
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[Obstetrics and gynecology in "Liber Regius" the famous book of Haly Abbas, physisian of Xth. century].
Obstetrics and gynecology in "Liber Regius" the famous book of Haly Abbas, physician of Xth century.
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[Ebers Papyrus. The book of medical knowledge of the 16th century B.C. Egyptians].
In 2nd century B.C. Clemens Alexanrinus was sure, that the Egyptians collected all their knowledge in 42 secret books. of which last six contained medical knowledge. Despite this and records of other ancient authors, for long time the opinion about the history of medicine was not changed. In traditional view the role of Hippocrates and the Greeks was emphasized. In 19th century egyptologist began finding Egyptian papyri, whose contents concerned medical matters. The first medical papyrus was published by Georg Ebers in 1875. The Ebers Papyrus is a scroll 20,23 meters in length and contains 108 columns of text. I is dated at the reign of Amenophis I (1536 B.C.). This papyrus was published and translated by different researches (the most valuable is German edition Grundriss de Medizin de alten ägypter, and based on this Paul Ghalioungui edition). In the opinion of Grundriss, chaotic arrangement of medical advices in papyrus suggest different originals from which they drew. The text of The Ebers Papyrus is ordered in series of prescriptions, which are grouped according to different diseases, illnesses and injuries. ALmost all of those groups have introduction by the formula: "Here begins.." used on 36 occasions. They are, however, often varied and disorganised. The owner of this papyrus was probably a physician - the text mentions about "physician secrets". Herodotus writes, that Egyptian physicians were specialized, which seems to be confirmed by The Ebers Papyrus.
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Rich anniversary book honors 'The city that doctors built'.
Medical City, Dallas, celebrated its 30th anniversary with a special edition of its internal publication. Called "The City That Doctors Built," the substantial book honors the physicians that people this unique specialty hospital.
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[Experience on clinical application of acupoints in the remained book of the Illustrations of Moxibustion in Dunhuang Caves].
The Illustrations of Moxibustion, a remained book in Dunhuang Caves, is now available the earliest monograph of moxibustion methods since having writing in our country. In this paper, the points selected and therapeutic methods in The Illustrations of Moxibustion are used for treatment of typical cases of cerebral palsy, rheumatoid arthritis, diarrhea due to gastroenteritis, impotence, premature, diabetes, asthma and so on to explore characteristics of using points, find out the law, test and verify the actual effect and find guiding values for modern clinic, indicating that The Illustrations of Moxibustion can be applied for treatment and rehabilitation of many kinds of refractory diseases with unique therapeutic effects and practical significance.
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Developing a virtual community for health sciences library book selection: Doody's Core Titles.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this article is to describe Doody's Core Titles in the Health Sciences as a new selection guide and a virtual community based on an effective use of online systems and to describe its potential impact on library collection development. SETTING/PARTICIPANTS/RESOURCES: The setting is the availability of health sciences selection guides. Participants include Doody Enterprise staff, Doody's Library Board of Advisors, content specialists, and library selectors. Resources include the online system used to create Doody's Core Titles along with references to complementary databases. BRIEF DESCRIPTION: Doody's Core Titles is described and discussed in relation to the literature of selection guides, especially in comparison to the Brandon/Hill selected lists that were published from 1965 to 2003. Doody's Core Titles seeks to fill the vacuum created when the Brandon/Hill lists ceased publication. Doody's Core Titles is a unique selection guide based on its method of creating an online community of experts to identify and score a core list of titles in 119 health sciences specialties and disciplines. RESULTS/OUTCOME: The result is a new selection guide, now available annually, that will aid health sciences librarians in identifying core titles for local collections. EVALUATION METHOD: Doody's Core Titles organizes the evaluation of core titles that are identified and recommended by content specialists associated with Doody's Book Review Service and library selectors. A scoring mechanism is used to create the selection of core titles, similar to the star rating system employed in other Doody Enterprise products and services.
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Book prices and costs for a small-hospital library: a subject analysis.
An analysis of the Brandon/Hill lists has provided individual price figures to assist the librarian of a small hospital in calculating book costs associated with establishing and maintaining an up-to-date collection suited to institutional needs. For the fifty-three subject categories analyzed, the following were calculated over the past twenty-two years: average price per title, size and cost of the category, number of new titles or editions, percentages price increases, and cost of maintaining a basic collection. Used in conjunction with local purchasing data, these figures can be useful in budget preparation.
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Reference books and computerized information services: partners in librarianship.
As a basis for thoughts on the roles of reference books and computerized information services in general, a comparison is made of the value to medical libraries of a comprehensive reference tool (the new dual media publication Biomedical Research in Progress) and a comprehensive information center file (the Smithsonian Science Information Exchange, the national resource for information on research in progress). It is concluded that a detailed reference tool which is physically present for library users has several advantages, in particular the provision of both detailed and comprehensive retrieval of all biomedical research information at substantially less annual cost and with faster access time than is possible with comparable questions put to an information center. On the other hand, the information center is able to provide more up-to-date material in more flexible combinations. The recommendation is made that medical libraries avoid treating the comprehensive reference tool and the computerized information file as alternatives and instead view both as necessary and complementary to each other.
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An index to medical book reviews: a computer experiment.
The experimental production of an index to book reviews of medical publications is described. Details of compilation and preparation of data for processing by an IBM 1440 computer are outlined. Results of a survey testing the response to the index in its present form by medical libraries are presented.
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Cellulolytic activities of fungi destroying ancient books.
Fungi isolated from destroyed ancient books were found to produce active cellulolytic enzymes on various cellulosic substrates. The activity of enzymes from different fungi depended on time of growth and temperature and was independent of growth rate. The isolated fungi degraded cellulose faster at 15 degrees C than at 28 degrees C. The different cellulolytic activities of the fungi may reflect their varied roles in the decomposition of ancient paper.
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[French oncology: a spatiotemporal general view from a special observation point, the Year Books of Cancer].
The Year Book(s) of Cancer were analyzed to count selected French articles within the 1965-1982 period. A comparison between two periods: 1966-1976 and 1978-1982 shows an increase in French production from 2.3 per cent to 4.6 per cent. Strong sectors are breast, female genital tract, leukemia and lymphoma, radiotherapy, immunology and immunotherapy. This increase in number of selected papers is mostly due to articles published in biomedical French journals in which French language is prevalent. The place of provincial institutions changed from 1/4 in 1965-1976 to 1/2 in 1978-1982. With the same method of analysis, cancerology seems more developed in France than cardiology or endocrinology. This statistic suggests the necessary endeavours to further regularly improve the situation.
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