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Textbooks - Research News and Information
Monday, September 08, 2008
Definition of 'Textbooks'Books used in the study of a subject that contain a systematic presentation of the principles and vocabulary of a subject. Common names: Textbooks; Textbook |
17 Oct 2007
Matthew Baillie's treatise on morbid anatomy marks the first systematic textbook on this topic. Approximately 250 years ago, Baillie made detailed descriptions of childhood hydrocephalus in his often forgotten treatise. The present paper... Read more...
Recurring errors among recent history of psychology textbooks.
24 Sep 2007
Five recurring errors in history of psychology textbooks are discussed. One involves an identical misquotation. The remaining examples involve factual and interpretational errors that more than one and usually several textbook authors... Read more...
The birth of the most important 18th century dental text: Pierre Fauchard's Le Chirurgien Dentiste.
23 Sep 2007
Pierre Fauchard (1678-1761) is considered the father of modern dentistry. His seminal book, Le Chirurgien Dentiste, ou Traité des Dents (1728), is the discipline's first complete work. During the five years preceding its publication... Read more...
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Latest indexed articles for 'Textbooks'
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- Matthew Baillie (1761-1823) and his early detailed descriptions of childhood hydrocephalus in the Morbid Anatomy.
17 Oct 2007 - Recurring errors among recent history of psychology textbooks.
24 Sep 2007 - The birth of the most important 18th century dental text: Pierre Fauchard's Le Chirurgien Dentiste.
23 Sep 2007 - Oral trauma and dental emergency management recommendations of first-aid textbooks and manuals.
5 Sep 2007 - Teaching without a textbook: strategies to focus learning on fundamental concepts and scientific process.
4 Sep 2007 - The earliest document regarding the history of cranioplasty from the Ottoman era.
26 Aug 2007 - Learning radiology a survey investigating radiology resident use of textbooks, journals, and the internet.
19 Aug 2007 - Peer reviewing e-learning: opportunities, challenges, and solutions.
24 Apr 2007 - Who buys textbooks online: a replication.
23 Apr 2007 - Local institutionalization, discontinuity, and German textbooks of psychology, 1816-1854.
9 Apr 2007 - Impact of the design of U.S. history textbooks on content acquisition and academic engagement of special education students: an experimental investigation.
25 Mar 2007 - Sleep medicine content of major medical textbooks continues to be underrepresented.
19 Mar 2007 - Pericardial pathology 900 years ago. A study and translations from an Arabic medical textbook.
4 Mar 2007 - Geriatric content in pharmacotherapy and therapeutics textbooks.
Mar 2007 - Teaching stapes surgery.
23 Jan 2007 - Taking things apart: ovario-hysterectomy--textbook knowledge and actual practice in veterinary surgery.
11 Dec 2006 - Niccolo da Reggio's translations of Galen and their reception in France.
11 Dec 2006 - New aspects of the German 'scientific nursing' movement before World War I: Florence Nightingale's Notes on nursing disguised as part of a medical tradition.
13 Nov 2006 - The conceptualisation of health and disease in veterinary medicine.
7 Nov 2006 - Drs Richard Evanson (1800-1871) and Henry Maunsell (1806-1879) of Dublin and their paediatric text.
22 Oct 2006
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Technical information about 'Textbooks'
Definition: Books used in the study of a subject that contain a systematic presentation of the principles and vocabulary of a subject.
Descriptor UI: D013782
Alternative terms: Textbooks; Textbook;
Related Mesh Headings: Reference Books;
Allowable Qualifiers: history; standards;
Tree Number: L01.178.682.192.900; L01.178.820.900;
History Note: 91(81); was see under BOOKS 1981-90