Archive for the 'Medical Mondays' Category

The Discovery of Insulin

An excerpt from Diabetes: The Biography.

Golgi: An Excerpt

An excerpt from Golgi: A Biography of the Founder of Modern Neuroscience.

How Ferrets Identified a Virus

An excerpt from Viruses, Plagues, and History, showing how pigs, dogs, and ferrets helped identify influenza as a virus.

Redefining Death — Again

How do we define death?

Coming To Understand Obsession

An excerpt from The Thought That Counts by James Douglas Kant with Martin Franklin, PH.D., and Linda Wasmer Andrews.

Bioterrorism Beginnings:
The Rajneesh Cult, Oregon, 1985

An excerpt from Bracing For Armageddon?

Nauseating or Nauseous

Phil Sefton, ELS, weighs in on the difference between “nauseating” and “nauseous”.

The Case for Michael Jackson’s Doctor

Was Michael Jackson’s doctor responsible?

Tools for Innovation II: Analogy is the Essence of Innovation

How can analogies inspire innovation?

So You Want To Be A Scientist?

Philip A. Schwartzkroin talks about how to be a scientist.

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