Richard Cork]]> Books]]> The New Zealand Medical Journal was first printed in Dunedin as a means of communication for "Medical Men in the Colony". It acknowledged New Zealand’s own idiosyncratic advantages and disadvantages that influenced disease, especially in comparison with Australia. Frank Ogston’s article on page 46 details the forensic analysis in the notorious Hall Poisoning Case. Thomas Hall allegedly fatally poisoned his father-in-law and attempted to poison his wife; he was convicted of the latter but escaped the noose in the former, on appeal. The University of Otago Health Sciences Library has perhaps the only complete run of this journal from this, its first volume in September 1887.' Item chosen by Richard German, Health Science Librarian, University of Otago.]]> Frank Ogston]]> Periodicals]]> Robert E. Greenspan]]> Books]]> Robert E. Greenspan]]> Books]]> Abortion in England, 1900-1967 (1988).' This item was chosen by Professor Barbara Brookes, University of Otago]]> Donald McAllister]]> Dissertations]]> Laurence Heister]]> Books]]> On the Influence of the Sun and Moon upon Human Bodies and the Diseases Arising Therefrom (1704). This page refers to the anatomy of vipers.]]> Richard Mead]]> Books]]> George Combe]]> Books]]> Phil A. Silva]]> Reports]]> John Hunter]]> Books]]> William Smellie]]> Books]]> John Hunter]]> Books]]> digitalis. In Case XLII above, where the patient had pulmonary tuberculosis, there was no relief. In another treatment recorded, Case XLIII, Withering had some success.]]> William Withering]]> Books]]> digitalis. He thought it looked like a Fingerhut, or thimble, so he latinized it to digitalis. This perennial is often used to control heart rates. Withering wrote: ‘The leaves – If well dried they readily rub down to a beautiful green powder . . . I give to adults, from one to three grains of this powder twice a day.’]]> William Withering]]> Books]]> Edward Jenner]]> Francis Glisson]]> Books]]> primus, secundus, and tertius. This lecture is on bursae, fluid-filled sacs that are part of the anatomy of every moveable (synovial) joint in our body. Here, the bursae of the upper arm (humerus) are described at both the shoulder and elbow. Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (1697–1770) was the first to observe these, but Monro secundus (1733-1817) does point out that Albinus did not observe all bursae present in the body. Monro also comments that the shoulder joint is the most frequently luxated (dislocated) joint, as it still is today, in for example, contact sports like rugby. Clinical anatomists at Otago continue to research bursae using the technologies of ultrasound and MRI.’ This item in chosen by Louisa Baillie, University of Otago]]> Alexander Monro secundus]]> Manuscripts]]> Dorothy Page]]> Books]]> ]]> Dorothy Page]]> Books]]> ]]> Dorothy Page]]> Books]]> Dorothy Page]]> Books]]> ]]> Dorothy Page]]> Books]]> L’Uomo delinquente (Criminal Man; first edition, 1876). Clearly inspired by Darwin’s notion of evolution, Lombroso argued that criminals were throwbacks, born not made, and always exhibited empirically observable physical abnormalities. Lombroso’s theories appealed because they made the study of crime into an empirical science, as opposed to the abstract philosophy of classical 18th century criminology. It is no surprise then that Criminal Man went through five editions in the author’s lifetime. Lombroso’s theory of ‘the criminal man’ has not stood the test of time, underlining the notion that nearly all brilliant social insights are intrinsically tied to their particular historical context.’ Item chosen by Mark Seymour, History, University of Otago]]> Cesare Lombroso. Translated by Mary Gibson and Nicole Hahn Rafter, with translation assistance from Mark Seymour]]> Books]]> English Physician, a mixture of herbalism and astrology, was published in 1652. This is the 12th edition of 1809. The book is still in print today.]]> Nicholas Culpeper]]> Books]]> Antoine Schnapper]]> Books]]>