History, 19th Century
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Care and meaning in war zone nursing.

29 Nov 2009 During the past century, nurses have served as caregivers for United States military personnel in every major theater of war. Military nurses in the war zone deliver patient care while working in austere conditions, and are under constant threat of ... Read more...

The multifaceted career of Louis Borsch.

30 Oct 2009 John Louis Borsch Jr, MD (1873-1929), was an ophthalmologist from Philadelphia who spent most of his career in France. During his lifetime he was probably best known as the inventor of the first fused bifocal lens, which was marketed very ... Read more...

Harvey Cushing as a book collector, bibliophile, and archivist: the precedence for the genesis of the Brain Tumor Registry. Historical vignette.

30 Oct 2009 Influenced by individuals such as his parents, Osler, and Halsted, and by his early medical student experience, Harvey Cushing developed a strong interest in collecting, especially antiquarian medical books. Even today, his collection housed at Yale ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'History, 19th Century'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Care and meaning in war zone nursing. 29 Nov 2009
• The cover. Evening mood at Schlachtensee. 2 Nov 2009
• Evolution: theory, not fact. 30 Oct 2009
• The multifaceted career of Louis Borsch. 30 Oct 2009
• The story of Louis Braille. 30 Oct 2009
• Harvey Cushing as a book collector, bibliophile, and archivist: the precedence for the genesis of the Brain Tumor Registry. Historical vignette. 30 Oct 2009
• Cattleya orchid and three Brazilian hummingbirds. 30 Oct 2009
• "Cholera forcing". The myth of the good epidemic and the coming of good water. 30 Oct 2009
• Strange power of speech. 29 Oct 2009
• The cover. The court jester Stanczyk (1480-1560) receives news of the loss of Smolensk (1514), during a ball at Queen Bona's court. 19 Oct 2009
• Cardioversion: past, present, and future. 18 Oct 2009
• Abraham Lincoln did not have type 5 spinocerebellar ataxia. 18 Oct 2009
• [The painful light--portraits of awakeness and melancholy by painter Edward Hopper] 6 Oct 2009
• Hughlings Jackson's suggestion for the treatment of epilepsy. 4 Oct 2009
• [Ferenc Flór (1809-1871) was born two hundred years ago] 2 Oct 2009
• Diabetes and the public's health. Oct 2009
• Historical perspective: neurological advances from studies of war injuries and illnesses. 29 Sep 2009
• Milestones in light microscopy. 29 Sep 2009
• Supporting or sabotaging the surgeon's efforts: portrayals of the surgical nurse's role in preventing wound sepsis, 1895-1935. 29 Sep 2009
• Conflict and costs when reforming nursing: the introduction of Nightingale nursing in Australia and Canada. 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'History, 19th Century'

Definition: Time period from 1801 through 1900 of the common era.

Descriptor UI: D049672

Alternative terms: History, 19th Century; 19th Century Histories; Century Histories, 19th; Century History, 19th; Histories, 19th Century; History, Nineteenth Century; Century Histories, Nineteenth; Century History, Nineteenth; Histories, Nineteenth Century; Nineteenth Century Histories; Nineteenth Century History; 19th Century History; History of Medicine, 19th Cent.; Medical History, 19th Cent.; 19th Cent. History of Medicine; 19th Cent. History (Medicine); 19th Cent. Histories (Medicine); Cent. Histories, 19th (Medicine); Cent. History, 19th (Medicine); Histories, 19th Cent. (Medicine); History, 19th Cent. (Medicine); Medicine, 19th Cent.; 19th Cent. Medicine; Historical Events, 19th Century;

Tree Number: K01.400.504.937;

History Note: 2005

Technical Notes: IM general only; NIM as check tag